Thread to tell everyone what bargains you've spotted!

BlueDynamo

Ryan_W wrote:
gdf wrote:
Ryan_W wrote:
Cycle Republic (Halfords) have a good promotion on at the mo.

Spend £100 - Save £15
Spend £300 - Save £45
Spend £500 - Save £75
Spend £1000 - Save £150

Just bought the new Garmin Vector 3s for £689.99 down from £849.99...

I was told that there was only one other set in the company, so buy quick if you want them!

What other discount did you have to get them that cheap?


10% off with BC.

Can anyone confirm whether it is possible to use these codes and the 10% BC in a non-London store? The T&Cs seem to imply that you can't?

bmxboy10

bendertherobot wrote:

solboy10 wrote:

TedLaRue wrote:

Castelli Sorpasso 2 bib tights - £85.00 at Merlin. All colours and sizes by the looks of it.

How do these differ from the Veclissimo ?

Much much better pad. And warmer.
https://roubaixcycling.cc/2017/02/25/ca ... bibtights/

Shame but for some reason I can’t use my reward points to buy these....
Had no issues using the vouchers on the other sale Castelli kit I have bought from them before.

bendertherobot

solboy10 wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

solboy10 wrote:

TedLaRue wrote:

Castelli Sorpasso 2 bib tights - £85.00 at Merlin. All colours and sizes by the looks of it.

How do these differ from the Veclissimo ?

Much much better pad. And warmer.
https://roubaixcycling.cc/2017/02/25/ca ... bibtights/

Shame but for some reason I can’t use my reward points to buy these....
Had no issues using the vouchers on the other sale Castelli kit I have bought from them before.

That's odd. I used mine on the Perfetto yesterday.

itboffin

Daniel B wrote:

The Aquabluesport website have the Arione CX in what appears to be plain black (K:ium) for €55 (Less than half price allegedly), which ain't too shabby.

good spot but its £56 when you add to basket, if you look around and wait they can normally be had for £50

itboffin

not the same if you buy in euros the price doesnt change

itboffin

sprung for one of these fake apple watches "xiaomi amazfit bip" from banggood for £56 with gps + glonass HRM and IP68, what sprung it for me was the 45 day battery life and barometer, tiny screen but then i dont care so does the garmin watch which lacks loads of those features and has a lame battery.

https://www.banggood.com/Original-Xiaom ... 96288.html

chris_bass

itboffin wrote:

sprung for one of these fake apple watches "xiaomi amazfit bip" from banggood for £56 with gps + glonass HRM and IP68, what sprung it for me was the 45 day battery life and barometer, tiny screen but then i dont care so does the garmin watch which lacks loads of those features and has a lame battery.

https://www.banggood.com/Original-Xiaom ... 96288.html

it says battery life is only 22 hours when gps is on, but not bad for the price

itboffin

totally agree and who has the gps running for 22 hours

kingdav

We have a few xiaomi products about the house now. I have had a pair of their piston 3 ear buds sinc Oct 2015 which have been brilliant, sound good and outlasted many other expensive options when I commuted by train. We have had 2 of their fitness trackers, a mi band 1 and recently a mi band 2. The apps aren't super polished and they lack connectivity with vitality, but they are so cheap and robust. Fitness trackers seem to be all the rage with my primary school age kids and their mates so these are great for them.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vitus-Zenium- ... 3010947586

Wiggle Ebay store?

Was "buy it now" for £699, 105 group inc. 505 hydraulics, literally seen it seconds before auction ends.

daniel_b

NitrousOxide wrote:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vitus-Zenium-SL-Disc-105-2017-Alloy-Road-Bike-Size-54cm-Used-Mint-/183010947586

Wiggle Ebay store?

Was "buy it now" for £699, 105 group inc. 505 hydraulics, literally seen it seconds before auction ends.

Stunning - that's a grands worth all day long.

bendertherobot

Easily worth it and there are only 2 things stopping me. 1, I bought another bike earlier. But, that would be ok, I could get this on my credit card, sell the Genesis, job done. But, it's the lack of mudguard mounts. Sure, you can 'get around' but I have no wish to get around.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

https://www.cyclerepublic.com/bikes/roa ... -bike.html £800 (plus there is a code to get extra discount over certain basket thresholds)
Details are a bit lacking, like geometry, but they claim the frame is sub 1Kg.

https://www.cyclerepublic.com/bikes/roa ... -2016.html £1330 with FEB150 code
~7.6 Ultegra group with hydraulics

@DanielB https://www.cyclerepublic.com/bikes/hyb ... -2017.html
Add another £100 to basket to use FEB150?

sloppyschleckonds

Daniel B wrote:

NitrousOxide wrote:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vitus-Zenium-SL-Disc-105-2017-Alloy-Road-Bike-Size-54cm-Used-Mint-/183010947586

Wiggle Ebay store?

Was "buy it now" for £699, 105 group inc. 505 hydraulics, literally seen it seconds before auction ends.

Stunning - that's a grands worth all day long.

Isn't this an absolute pig of a bike?

bendertherobot

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

Daniel B wrote:

NitrousOxide wrote:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vitus-Zenium-SL-Disc-105-2017-Alloy-Road-Bike-Size-54cm-Used-Mint-/183010947586

Wiggle Ebay store?

Was "buy it now" for £699, 105 group inc. 505 hydraulics, literally seen it seconds before auction ends.

Stunning - that's a grands worth all day long.

Isn't this an absolute pig of a bike?

Is it?

http://road.cc/content/review/226029-vi ... -disc-2017

Customer reviews seem sound so, if you can link to the negative review you could save someone an outlay

sloppyschleckonds

Reallife reviews as opposed to Road.cc "everything is great"

bendertherobot

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

Reallife reviews as opposed to Road.cc "everything is great"

But the customer ones are pretty sound as well?

roger_merriman

bendertherobot wrote:

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

Reallife reviews as opposed to Road.cc "everything is great"

But the customer ones are pretty sound as well?

Since about the only thing the manufacturer might make or at least design though not by any means is the frame, which means shifting/braking is for a given price point generally equal.

That’s not to say frames don’t matter they do, but generally you’d be hard pressed to find a bad bike, possibly a unsuitable bike?

veronese68

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

Reallife reviews as opposed to Road.cc "everything is great"

Is that like snob value?

bmxboy10

Castelli Veclissimo Bibs now £52 with discount and £5 reward voucher for new customers at Merlin

thistle_

Not sure if it's a commuter thing, but PlanetX have got Rebas on sale at £175.
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/FORSRRL12 ... 120mm-fork

That's less than a 10 year old pair of 26", straight steerer Revs I was watching on eBay sold for last night...

bendertherobot

20% off code at sungod if anyone’s interested ROUBAIXCYCLING20

roubaixmb

Rapha now clearing old stock through SportPursuit - the world has now well and truly ended fanbois

bendertherobot

RoubaixMB wrote:

Rapha now clearing old stock through SportPursuit - the world has now well and truly ended fanbois

Interesting, my theory is that there are two types of sales on SP. One, immediate despatch, is for those where SP has bought the stock in and taken the risk. Two, despatch in a few weeks, SP are essentially totting up the sales, placing the order and not taking the hit? Dunno. This is the latter, and what's interesting is just how much stock there is of stuff that had sold out on Rapha but is now all sizes. Rain jacket and Winter jacket standout bargains.

UndercoverElephant

Sports pursuit have Rapha at 50% off...

shirley_basso

Question is are the PT bibs long or regular length

slowbike

Not a bargain - but just a note ..

Halfords pricing strategy - wife went into the shop to get me a new set of Shimano SH51 cleats - they didn't have those - but had the SH56 - that'll do - in-shop price £20 ... wife suggested she just reserved them for pickup using her mobile to get the web price - £8.95 as that's a price matched price - fortunately the staff just applied the matched price - then gave her the BC discount too ...

wolfsbane2k

Slowbike wrote:

Not a bargain - but just a note ..

Halfords pricing strategy - wife went into the shop to get me a new set of Shimano SH51 cleats - they didn't have those - but had the SH56 - that'll do - in-shop price £20 ... wife suggested she just reserved them for pickup using her mobile to get the web price - £8.95 as that's a price matched price - fortunately the staff just applied the matched price - then gave her the BC discount too ...

Doesn't everyone do that?
(and then pay with a pre-paid voucher that adds another 8-10% off?)

N0bodyOfTheGoat

https://www.planetx.co.uk/c/q/deals/magnificent-7

The Viner Mitus in the above promo could be turned into a nice build once you at least swap out the Gipiemme Roccia Equip for a lighter and stronger set of wheels.

bendertherobot

NitrousOxide wrote:

https://www.planetx.co.uk/c/q/deals/magnificent-7

The Viner Mitus in the above promo could be turned into a nice build once you at least swap out the Gipiemme Roccia Equip for a lighter and stronger set of wheels.

Oddly they say Vision 30 in two other places. Worth ordering then complaining