Thread to tell everyone what bargains you've spotted!

-Dash

londoncommuter wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

londoncommuter wrote:

Very long shot but any couple of London based people want a single piece of clothes/shoes/glasses etc from Evans for £180 or more?

They've got 3 for 2 on and I fancy (but don't need) some shoes for that much and a third off would tip me into getting them.

I was wondering whether this would all stack with discounts/price match etc. No idea though as my price match emails have been rejected as you can't stick the whole URL in as too long and if you put a general page in (i.e. Wiggle.co.uk/giro_synthe) for example it says that you haven't linked to the specific product.

Seems Evans are getting the PlanetX affliction of putting prices up before announcing discounts. The £180 shoes I was after are now £200 but in the 3 for 2 "offer". Bandits.

Same with some other shoes I had lurking in the basket. £50 the other day.. now £100 and in the 3 for 2 offer.

cougie

UndercoverElephant wrote:

RH+ Alpha jacket, down from £275 to £69, size large only. Not overly sure about the style, but it’s one hell of a bargain.



https://m.startfitness.co.uk/cycle/bike ... 3-957.html

Shame I’m probably XL. Oh, and the code FLASH10 should get you another 10% off.

I think I can see why that's reduced.....

The RH+ stuff does seem a bit ambitious with its pricing.

blackstar500

Shirley Basso wrote:

blackstar500 wrote:

Shirley Basso wrote:

Great - really appreciate it.

I have gone for the Pearl Izumi ones for the price. Reviews say the fit isn't fantastic, but I think at 6ft, the large won't be too tight so should allow some movement, and the Rapha ones are cack at flexibility anyway so anything is a plus on that.

I have ordered one today ... but not really sure about the lack of a pad ..

So they just arrived and immediately they feel WAY more flexible than my Rapha Classic Deep Winter Tights.

The DWR front feels really nice and thick on the front with a fleecy lining with really soft panels behind the knees to stop it cutting in when legs are bent.
There is a little flap to aid access for comfort breaks, although given you have to wear padded bibs underneath, I am not sure how useful it will be, but it's a nice to have.

Also there's quite a clever 6in cuff at the angle which would go over your shoe covers to provide extra protection from water getting in the tops. Seems very well thought out.

Size wise, I went for a L and at 6ft it's spot on, probably room for another inch or so in the leg if needed.

Just poured a cup of water on my leg and it all ran straight off but I appreciate that's hardly measure of proper proofing in a severe downpour.

So far seems like a great purchase.

Mine arrived sometime last week

Firstly looks well detailed but very thick insulation/thermal for the type of weather we get in London and the fact that I will have to wear another garment underneath will surely cause me to over heat. Look to be very suitable for arctic conditions.
I will be returning mine.

onemoresolo

I returned a pair of Rapha Deep Winter Tights having tried the Pearl Izumis. Better quality, fit and comfort and half the price. No brainer, so thanks for whoever shared them. It's a shame more companies don't make windproof unpadded bibs.

daniel_b

Anyone in the market for a cheapish commuter bike ready to go out of the box?

Apart from the mechanical discs, this seems like a pretty good deal to my mind - £900 - down to £595, then 10% off through BC, and 2% off through TCB, should take it down to around £525 - rack and mudguards, assuming they are decent, must be £60 worth.
Only downside I can see, is (I'm not up on my Sora) the 9 spd Sora, where I think the latest and greatest is 10 spd, and would then have been easier to convert to hydraulics should it have taken your fancy. Imagining it is never going to make economical sense to do that on this bike, as you would need new shifters\callipers, rear cassette and chain.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/fuji-tread-1-5-ltd-adventure-bike-2017/rp-prod164334


Also an R3 in Dale colours for £83 pre any discount:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/fizik-team-cannondale-arione-r3-saddle/rp-prod161195

And the FS260 gabbaesque jersey + arm warmers for £52, down from £150 - M\L\XL in Black and XXL in Green only:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/endura-fs260-pro-sl-classic-inc-arm-warmer-ss17/rp-prod147467

solstice21

Conti race, removable core inner tubes (60mm valve) on wiggle for 1.80.

Found on hukd.

timmyotool

onemoresolo wrote:

I returned a pair of Rapha Deep Winter Tights having tried the Pearl Izumis. Better quality, fit and comfort and half the price. No brainer, so thanks for whoever shared them. It's a shame more companies don't make windproof unpadded bibs.

How do they size up? Based on the size guide, I think I may be a small. I'm an M in Sportful and Castelli
But then wearing them over bibs, don't want them super tight.

shirley_basso

timmyotool wrote:

onemoresolo wrote:

I returned a pair of Rapha Deep Winter Tights having tried the Pearl Izumis. Better quality, fit and comfort and half the price. No brainer, so thanks for whoever shared them. It's a shame more companies don't make windproof unpadded bibs.

How do they size up? Based on the size guide, I think I may be a small. I'm an M in Sportful and Castelli
But then wearing them over bibs, don't want them super tight.

Just back from a 40k spin in these and they are toasty! I'd say they are a tiny bit restrictive compared to my lighter tights but that seems a very reasonable price to pay for the warmth and hopeful waterproofing. Night and day compared to my Rapha tights.

Size wise I am 6ft on the dot and went with Large having previously worn medium in Rapha Classic Deep Winter tights which I didn't like. I reckon I could have got away with a medium but given this will only be worn in the harshest conditions I am happy to have a bit of extra room to move rather than suffer with a lack of flexibility

onemoresolo

timmyotool wrote:

onemoresolo wrote:

I returned a pair of Rapha Deep Winter Tights having tried the Pearl Izumis. Better quality, fit and comfort and half the price. No brainer, so thanks for whoever shared them. It's a shame more companies don't make windproof unpadded bibs.

How do they size up? Based on the size guide, I think I may be a small. I'm an M in Sportful and Castelli
But then wearing them over bibs, don't want them super tight.

I'm 179cm, 67kg and went with small which felt like a good choice. Think I wear M Sportful bibs off the top of my head.

thefd

onemoresolo wrote:

Think I wear M Sportful bibs off the top of my head.

That where you are going wrong mate...you need to wear them under your head on your body...

daniel_b

blackstar500

Castelli Sorpasso Bibs M and L Sizes

https://www.cyclesurgery.com/p/castelli ... olour=3618

£62.10 ( Including extra 10% discount at checkout)

solstice21

blackstar500 wrote:

Castelli Sorpasso Bibs M and L Sizes

https://www.cyclesurgery.com/p/castelli ... olour=3618

£62.10 ( Including extra 10% discount at checkout)

Horses for courses but still the best bumpad out there for me.

prhymeate

Prhymeate wrote:

Craft Cool Mesh Superlight Sleeveless Base Layer £16.80 at Wiggle. Big fan of these and wear one all year round. I'm pretty sure they weren't this cheap a couple of days ago.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/craft-cool-mesh ... se-layer-1

Now £13.99

What's the deal with Wiggle, will they refund the difference in a price drop like some places? I bought two at £16.80 and both are still in their box at the moment.

daniel_b

Prhymeate wrote:

Prhymeate wrote:

Craft Cool Mesh Superlight Sleeveless Base Layer £16.80 at Wiggle. Big fan of these and wear one all year round. I'm pretty sure they weren't this cheap a couple of days ago.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/craft-cool-mesh ... se-layer-1

Now £13.99

What's the deal with Wiggle, will they refund the difference in a price drop like some places? I bought two at £16.80 and both are still in their box at the moment.

Not sure - they have live chat of course, so maybe quickest to ask them.
Otherwise, you can of course order again, and send back the other ones - 365 day returns.

prhymeate

Daniel B wrote:

Not sure - they have live chat of course, so maybe quickest to ask them.
Otherwise, you can of course order again, and send back the other ones - 365 day returns.

Yea, will shoot them a message. Cheers

edit: They don't price match but the guy said I can just return them and reorder at the new price, so I guess I'll do that. As much as I like Wiggles return policy, I just wish they'd include a returns form and I didn't have to print out a load of pages each time.

daniel_b

Prhymeate wrote:

Daniel B wrote:

Not sure - they have live chat of course, so maybe quickest to ask them.
Otherwise, you can of course order again, and send back the other ones - 365 day returns.

Yea, will shoot them a message. Cheers

edit: They don't price match but the guy said I can just return them and reorder at the new price, so I guess I'll do that. As much as I like Wiggles return policy, I just wish they'd include a returns form and I didn't have to print out a load of pages each time.

Ah yes now you say that, I do recll receiving that information - seems pretty @rse about face to me.
As now they have to pay for you to send the items back, then they have to have someone process the return, check the items are ok, put them back into stock, and then process a refund to your payment method.
Simultaneously they now need to package the same items up, and pay to send them to you :?
I just don't understand how the two lots of postage costs, plus admin and processing time works out better than one simple refund - which is what Evans do - ad hoc refund they call it, keeps everyone happy, and saves on effort and cost.
But due to this, I now do the same, and just re-order if I see it a chunk cheaper than it was when I purchased it.

I think they include postage labels normally, so only the returns form - I prefer that actually, as nothing to fill in by hand is there, just pop the sheet\s in and away you go.

Rapha's return process is similarly simple, select what you want to return for refund or exchange, print off, pop in the parcel, print off and attach the RM label, and away you go.

prhymeate

Daniel B wrote:

Ah yes now you say that, I do recll receiving that information - seems pretty @rse about face to me.
As now they have to pay for you to send the items back, then they have to have someone process the return, check the items are ok, put them back into stock, and then process a refund to your payment method.
Simultaneously they now need to package the same items up, and pay to send them to you :?
I just don't understand how the two lots of postage costs, plus admin and processing time works out better than one simple refund - which is what Evans do - ad hoc refund they call it, keeps everyone happy, and saves on effort and cost.
But due to this, I now do the same, and just re-order if I see it a chunk cheaper than it was when I purchased it.

I think they include postage labels normally, so only the returns form - I prefer that actually, as nothing to fill in by hand is there, just pop the sheet\s in and away you go.

Rapha's return process is similarly simple, select what you want to return for refund or exchange, print off, pop in the parcel, print off and attach the RM label, and away you go.

Yea, you'd think it'd be easier and cheaper for everyone involved to just issue a refund. Maybe it's to put people off claiming back 20p here and there.

I used to get returns labels from Wiggle but haven't for the last year or so. I can't remember who but I've used a couple of places that included the returns label and the returns form was just on the back of the receipt, so no printing required at all. Oh well, I have a couple of Rapha things to return as well

N0bodyOfTheGoat

Seems to be a few bargain bikes in the Cycle Surgery sale.

https://www.cyclesurgery.com/p/cube-att ... olour=3457 looks a great deal for Tiagra and 405 hydraulic brakes for ~£674 with their automatic 10% further discount on some bikes including this Cube, plus there is cashback https://www.topcashback.co.uk/cycle-surgery/

daniel_b

NitrousOxide wrote:

Seems to be a few bargain bikes in the Cycle Surgery sale.

https://www.cyclesurgery.com/p/cube-att ... olour=3457 looks a great deal for Tiagra and 405 hydraulic brakes for ~£674 with their automatic 10% further discount on some bikes including this Cube, plus there is cashback https://www.topcashback.co.uk/cycle-surgery/

Bl00dy hell, hydraulic discs for the people! Thought it would take longer than that for those kinds of prices to start happening, great to see.
And they do IF loans if you wanted to.

bendertherobot

I'd be all over that Cube but, as a 54cm Supersix and CAADX rider, isn't the 56 too big?

jimbohorizontal

If cubes still measure like they used to, a 56 cube is really a 54, or thereabouts.

shirley_basso

I looked and would say with the more relaxed geo, a 56 supersix would fit a racey-ish position as a 56 Attain. If I were considering the Agree, I'd look at the 58

ETA: I look at ETT and headtube as prospective measurements

bendertherobot

I’m quite tempted I have to say.

timbo_tim

Am seriously tempted too-any ideas how I convince Specialized to give me money back on an Allez with a recalled fork and no transparency on when a replacement is due so I can ride it again?!

-Dash

JimboHorizontal wrote:

If cubes still measure like they used to, a 56 cube is really a 54, or thereabouts.

I think they might have changed this. The stack/reach on my 2015 56cm Agree is closer to the 53cm than the 56cm Agree now.

Makes sense considering no measurement on my bike is 56cm!

Spec on that Cube deal looks pretty good for the price. Not a fan of the colour or the mahoosive headtube though!

N0bodyOfTheGoat

bendertherobot wrote:

I'd be all over that Cube but, as a 54cm Supersix and CAADX rider, isn't the 56 too big?

Reach of a 54cm CAADX looks to be 378mm, stack 555mm...
http://www.cannondale.com/en/Europe/Bik ... =undefined

54cm Supersix has 387mm reach and 551mm stack...
http://www.cannondale.com/en/Europe/Bik ... =undefined

IMO you could go with either a 56cm or even 58cm Cube, depending upon how upright/aero you want to be.

The Attain Race has the same geometry as my Cube, which is a 58cm, 388mm reach and 610mm stack. These figures only drop by 3mm and 19mm respectively for the 56cm frame...
https://www.cube.eu/uk/2017/road-triath ... ange-2017/

I'm ~5'10" with ~32.5" cycling inseam from the "bare feet, ~8" apart, thick book against a wall" method. Short legs and large torso compared to an average bloke this tall.
Crank in line with seat post, I use ~90cm pedal cleat contact point to saddle top.
~52.5cm saddle tip to near side of handlebars.
Bar tops ~3cm lower than saddle top (uncut steerer, max 3.5cm spacers under down-turned stem)

bendertherobot

Splendid! Thanks very much.

timothyw

Does annoy me that they call it a 'Race' when it has a head tube you could fit a flag to the top of.

Hmm, i'd promised myself I wouldn't moan about this.

Also annoying that Shimano are only producing reasonably priced road hydraulics in flat mount - cutting out a huge swathe of potential upgrades.

matt_n-2

Morvelo have quite a good sale on at the mo with 15% off for new customers too.

Stormshield jersey is £42.50 with the discount.