Thread to tell everyone what bargains you've spotted!

luv2ride

Daniel B wrote:

Red Small Perfetto light ss, for 50 notes.

https://www.evanscycles.com/castelli-perfetto-light-short-sleeve-windstopper-jersey-EV263122

Good spot. Given the apparent issues with Wiggle's new ordering system (and possibly now affecting CRC as well), Evans might pick up some extra business with deals like that

timbo_tim

I think this is pretty bargainous - although I know there are always PX sales, if I hadn't just put a deposit down on a C2W bike elsewhere, this would be pretty much top of the list https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/EBPX58TI/planet-x-rt-58-v2-alloy-shimano-tiagra-road-bike all for £439.99 with PRAUTUMN1720

daniel_b

Luv2ride wrote:

Daniel B wrote:

Red Small Perfetto light ss, for 50 notes.

https://www.evanscycles.com/castelli-perfetto-light-short-sleeve-windstopper-jersey-EV263122

Good spot. Given the apparent issues with Wiggle's new ordering system (and possibly now affecting CRC as well), Evans might pick up some extra business with deals like that

What issues are they - must have passed me by?

Also, and I have just bought one, Yellow, Small only, Gabba 2 SS, for £56 - through my work, I have managed to get it for sub £50 though.

https://www.evanscycles.com/castelli-gabba-2-short-sleeve-wind-rain-jersey-EV217218

luv2ride

Daniel B wrote:

Luv2ride wrote:

Daniel B wrote:

Red Small Perfetto light ss, for 50 notes.

https://www.evanscycles.com/castelli-perfetto-light-short-sleeve-windstopper-jersey-EV263122

Good spot. Given the apparent issues with Wiggle's new ordering system (and possibly now affecting CRC as well), Evans might pick up some extra business with deals like that

What issues are they - must have passed me by?

Also, and I have just bought one, Yellow, Small only, Gabba 2 SS, for £56 - through my work, I have managed to get it for sub £50 though.

https://www.evanscycles.com/castelli-gabba-2-short-sleeve-wind-rain-jersey-EV217218

viewtopic.php?f=40042&t=13084590&p=20214682#p20214682

CRC and Wiggle are both seemingjy suffering stock system issues, resulting in numerous failed orders. Just got an unrequested refund for a pair of Fiandre bib tights- they were a great price and really wanted them, so annoying to say the least....

daniel_b

Wowsas, totally missed that.

I think my CRC order was delivered to work yesterday, but was confused by a Royal mail 'Your Wiggle order will be delivered today' e-mail, but that would explain it.

Also made a £35 order from Wiggle for some inner tubes and energy tablet drink things yesterday, and it appears that has already been despatched, so perhaps I have gotten away with it - we will see.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

NitrousOxide wrote:

Tangled Metal wrote:

Anyone spot any decent bargain singlespeed bikes? They all seem to be at or near full price these days.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/charge-plug-gri ... road-bike/

£510 with TRP hydraulic brakes, 40mm WTB Nano tyres, eccentric BB.

It looks a pretty good buy, only slight negative is alloy fork, but at that price it would be worth doing a carbon fork upgrade... And it will still come in cheaper than any other SS I know of with hydraulics!

Someopne on SingleTrackWorld forums bought one of these and it transpires that the brakes are TRP Hylex, something I completely missed at the time of posting here. Same as on Pinnacle Arkose Singlespeed for last few years, they're ~£225 to buy separately.

Makes it more of a bargain IMO, I thought originally the brakes were those hybrid-hydraulic nastiness things!

rick_chasey

How does that chain stay in tension?

keef66

Rick Chasey wrote:

How does that chain stay in tension?

Specs say it has an eccentric BB

luv2ride

NitrousOxide wrote:

NitrousOxide wrote:

Tangled Metal wrote:

Anyone spot any decent bargain singlespeed bikes? They all seem to be at or near full price these days.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/charge-plug-gri ... road-bike/

£510 with TRP hydraulic brakes, 40mm WTB Nano tyres, eccentric BB.

It looks a pretty good buy, only slight negative is alloy fork, but at that price it would be worth doing a carbon fork upgrade... And it will still come in cheaper than any other SS I know of with hydraulics!

Someopne on SingleTrackWorld forums bought one of these and it transpires that the brakes are TRP Hylex, something I completely missed at the time of posting here. Same as on Pinnacle Arkose Singlespeed for last few years, they're ~£225 to buy separately.

Makes it more of a bargain IMO, I thought originally the brakes were those hybrid-hydraulic nastiness things!

Yeah, I've got Hylex's and they are excellent, particularly the longer style hood shape - that bike on Wiggle does look to be an utter bargain...my bike (Arkose singlespeed) also has an eccentric B&B for chain tension, again, works brilliantly. The Wiggle bike is also way cheaper than the Arkose...

Only hesitation might be the alu fork over carbon, but when running such big tyres I wonder if that'd matter too much?

rick_chasey

keef66 wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

How does that chain stay in tension?

Specs say it has an eccentric BB

In this context, I have no idea what that means.

asprilla

Rick Chasey wrote:

keef66 wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

How does that chain stay in tension?

Specs say it has an eccentric BB

In this context, I have no idea what that means.

It means the bb shell is oversized and the axle is off set, but you can rotate the bb within the shell to provide fore/aft movement.

It moves in a circular pattern though so if you change gearing or chain length you'd have to adjust saddle height & fore/aft position to retain your saddle to bb position. In an extreme case you might need to change stem.

rick_chasey

Asprilla wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

keef66 wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

How does that chain stay in tension?

Specs say it has an eccentric BB

In this context, I have no idea what that means.

It means the bb shell is oversized and the axle is off set, but you can rotate the bb within the shell to provide fore/aft movement.

It moves in a circular pattern though so if you change gearing or chain length you'd have to adjust saddle height & fore/aft position to retain your saddle to bb position. In an extreme case you might need to change stem.

Oh man that sounds like a right PITA.

mamil314

Can this be converted to fixie?

6wheels

What happens if you get a puncture on the rear wheel and want to change the inner tube?

N0bodyOfTheGoat

You could convert the Charge Grinduro SS to a fixie using a 6-bolt cassette, instead of having a working rear Hylex brake.

In the even of rear wheel puncture, you rotate the eccentric BB round to slacken the chain, enabling normal removal of rear wheel to fix/replace the tube, then re-attach wheel and chain and rotatae BB around again to remove chain slack.

But while the bike may come with tubes, do note the rims are officially tubeless ready, you could remove the tube and start building your collection of latex objects after adding some sealant.;)

asprilla

Rick Chasey wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

keef66 wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

How does that chain stay in tension?

Specs say it has an eccentric BB

In this context, I have no idea what that means.

It means the bb shell is oversized and the axle is off set, but you can rotate the bb within the shell to provide fore/aft movement.

It moves in a circular pattern though so if you change gearing or chain length you'd have to adjust saddle height & fore/aft position to retain your saddle to bb position. In an extreme case you might need to change stem.

Oh man that sounds like a right PITA.

I had one on my Singular Peregrine a few years ago. It's fine. You'd only need to make all those adjustments if you changed your hearing and that doesn't happen very often.

luv2ride

Asprilla wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

keef66 wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

How does that chain stay in tension?

Specs say it has an eccentric BB

In this context, I have no idea what that means.

It means the bb shell is oversized and the axle is off set, but you can rotate the bb within the shell to provide fore/aft movement.

It moves in a circular pattern though so if you change gearing or chain length you'd have to adjust saddle height & fore/aft position to retain your saddle to bb position. In an extreme case you might need to change stem.

Oh man that sounds like a right PITA.

I had one on my Singular Peregrine a few years ago. It's fine. You'd only need to make all those adjustments if you changed your hearing and that doesn't happen very often.

Yes, i rarely bother adjusting, though that's because I ride mine mostly off-road and minor differences in saddle height seem less of an issue than on my roadie....

rick_chasey

Asprilla wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

keef66 wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

How does that chain stay in tension?

Specs say it has an eccentric BB

In this context, I have no idea what that means.

It means the bb shell is oversized and the axle is off set, but you can rotate the bb within the shell to provide fore/aft movement.

It moves in a circular pattern though so if you change gearing or chain length you'd have to adjust saddle height & fore/aft position to retain your saddle to bb position. In an extreme case you might need to change stem.

Oh man that sounds like a right PITA.

I had one on my Singular Peregrine a few years ago. It's fine. You'd only need to make all those adjustments if you changed your hearing and that doesn't happen very often.

What about chain stretch?

elbowloh

Rick Chasey wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

keef66 wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

How does that chain stay in tension?

Specs say it has an eccentric BB

In this context, I have no idea what that means.

It means the bb shell is oversized and the axle is off set, but you can rotate the bb within the shell to provide fore/aft movement.

It moves in a circular pattern though so if you change gearing or chain length you'd have to adjust saddle height & fore/aft position to retain your saddle to bb position. In an extreme case you might need to change stem.

Oh man that sounds like a right PITA.

I had one on my Singular Peregrine a few years ago. It's fine. You'd only need to make all those adjustments if you changed your hearing and that doesn't happen very often.

What about chain stretch?

Chains don't stretch.

rick_chasey

Alright Mr Smart arse.

They wear, and so the chain's pitch grows, essentially lengthening it.


A phenomenon casually referred to as chain stretch, believe it or not.

elbowloh

Rick Chasey wrote:

Alright Mr Smart ars*.

They wear, and so the chain's pitch grows, essentially lengthening it.


A phenomenon casually referred to as chain stretch, believe it or not.

elbowloh

elbowloh wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Alright Mr Smart ars*.

They wear, and so the chain's pitch grows, essentially lengthening it.


A phenomenon casually referred to as chain stretch, believe it or not.

I guess you'd just replace the chain and avoid have to do any PITA adjustments.

tgotb

elbowloh wrote:

elbowloh wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Alright Mr Smart ars*.

They wear, and so the chain's pitch grows, essentially lengthening it.


A phenomenon casually referred to as chain stretch, believe it or not.

I guess you'd just replace the chain and avoid have to do any PITA adjustments.

Assuming you replace at 0.75%, that's 3mm, which is trivial to take up on an eccentric BB.

If that means you have to adjust the saddle height (which, on average, would move by a similar amount), you're a lot more sensitive to your position than me. I reckon I have that much variation in pad thicknesses between different shorts...

As for stem length...

rick_chasey

Not trivial for chain tension though..!

N0bodyOfTheGoat

https://www.rutlandcycling.com/373749/p ... black.aspx

~£1039 for 105 components and 505 hydraulics on alloy frame. Aksium wheels which I suspect add a bit of weight.

tgotb

Rick Chasey wrote:

Not trivial for chain tension though..!

It's pretty easy to take up on the eccentric though, maybe a 30 second job. My point is that the very small movement in the eccentric is very unlikely to make a perceptible difference in riding position.

UndercoverElephant

Anyone in the market for a lovely-looking Look for trianteloping?

https://www.mantel.com/uk/look-576-e-po ... NzdGFydDE=

Reduced from £1759 to £640.

rick_chasey

TGOTB wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Not trivial for chain tension though..!

It's pretty easy to take up on the eccentric though, maybe a 30 second job. My point is that the very small movement in the eccentric is very unlikely to make a perceptible difference in riding position.

Ah ok.

andy9964

In preparation for the cooler months ahead, I've just ordered a pair of Sealskinz Dragon Eye gloves for £21.25 from their outlet store.
Used the FIRST15 code (even though the email said it can't be used on sale items) and it still qualified for free postage, despite being under £25
L and XXL only

https://www.sealskinz.com/UK/dragoneye- ... category=1

mrb123

NitrousOxide wrote:

https://www.rutlandcycling.com/373749/products/cube-attain-sl-disc-2017-road-bike-black.aspx

~£1039 for 105 components and 505 hydraulics on alloy frame. Aksium wheels which I suspect add a bit of weight.

Still 1350 for the carbon 105 model I see. May yet come down, but shows what a great deal they did last winter when they were selling them for a grand.