Thread to tell everyone what bargains you've spotted!

ugo.santalucia

W12 lad wrote:

For £570 I thought it was finally worth a punt.
Alas, not included in the offer. There's probably not enough profit in them.

That would be a lot less than second hand price.
Brompton need customisation, the M bars are cack and you don't need the 3 speed that Evans typically sell, for London you want the single speed.
S1L for everyday use or S1E if you only use it when it's dry

cookeeemonster

W12 lad wrote:

redvision wrote:

W12 lad wrote:

NitrousOxide wrote:

https://www.hotukdeals.com/vouchers/halfords-15-off-on-adult-bikes-3230246

If they will let you use BC discount on top, makes a £1k bike £765.

Tried to buy a Brompton. Discount not accepted :evil:

It's 15% off accessories, not bikes

Wrong.
It's on adult bikes.
Worked on a boardman, not on a Brompton.

Brompton don't allow their bikes to be discounted according my friend that works in a bike shop. Means their sell on price is pretty high

Tashman

Planet X have these https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYSCONE/schwalbe-one-performance-700c-folding-tyre for £17.99 each currently. Are they worth a go to replace the aging Giant stock tyres on my 2012 Defy?

figbat

Came here to post the Planet X Schwalbe One thing, but beaten to it. Whilst I’m here though...

CookeeeMonster wrote:

Brompton don't allow their bikes to be discounted according my friend that works in a bike shop. Means their sell on price is pretty high

That’s illegal. Vendors are free to price how they wish; suppliers can only state a recommended retail price but can not impose pricing nor implement punitive or unfavourable conditions to bring a retailer in line.

Brompton prices are high because that’s what people will pay for them.

solstice21

Nice spot with Halfords. Ordered a 105 4iiii. If i can piggyback BC discount and a few vouchers i have left over it should work out around 190 quid.

...looks like it's finished now though. Was gonna get a spare Garmin hrm

matt_n-2

Tashman wrote:

Planet X have these https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYSCONE/schwalbe-one-performance-700c-folding-tyre for £17.99 each currently. Are they worth a go to replace the aging Giant stock tyres on my 2012 Defy?

Pretty good tyre by all accounts, won’t find much better for £18 each.

ex-pat scot

Solstice21 wrote:

Nice spot with Halfords. Ordered a 105 4iiii. If i can piggyback BC discount and a few vouchers i have left over it should work out around 190 quid.

...looks like it's finished now though. Was gonna get a spare Garmin hrm

I tried it without success. Also SUN50 for £50 off £750 spend (CycleRepublic). Neither work.

I'm shortly looking to buy a Boardman TTE at CycleRepublic.
I have the BC 10% discount, which is great.
The 15% additional discount (which I had expected to work equally at Halfords and CR) would have been fab. Never mind.

markgoldstein

Solstice21 wrote:

Nice spot with Halfords. Ordered a 105 4iiii. If i can piggyback BC discount and a few vouchers i have left over it should work out around 190 quid.

...looks like it's finished now though. Was gonna get a spare Garmin hrm

Blimey, that was a quick promo :roll:

super_davo

Matt_N wrote:

Tashman wrote:

Planet X have these https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYSCONE/schwalbe-one-performance-700c-folding-tyre for £17.99 each currently. Are they worth a go to replace the aging Giant stock tyres on my 2012 Defy?

Pretty good tyre by all accounts, won’t find much better for £18 each.

Just worth noting these are Performance line not Evo line, so they are the budget version. It's still a good price, best I can find at the moment, but not that great. I got a set for £17.50 each at Merlin a year or so ago. I found them OK but if you get them thinking you're getting top end race tyres you'll be disappointed. Basically they are the equal of Conti GT or Vittoria Rubino rather than the Evo's or Pro Ones, which are supposedly the equal of GP4000s or Corsas.

Tashman

super_davo wrote:

Matt_N wrote:

Tashman wrote:

Planet X have these https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYSCONE/schwalbe-one-performance-700c-folding-tyre for £17.99 each currently. Are they worth a go to replace the aging Giant stock tyres on my 2012 Defy?

Pretty good tyre by all accounts, won’t find much better for £18 each.

Just worth noting these are Performance line not Evo line, so they are the budget version. It's still a good price, best I can find at the moment, but not that great. I got a set for £17.50 each at Merlin a year or so ago. I found them OK but if you get them thinking you're getting top end race tyres you'll be disappointed. Basically they are the equal of Conti GT or Vittoria Rubino rather than the Evo's or Pro Ones, which are supposedly the equal of GP4000s or Corsas.

Thanks, there's no way I'm ever going to be racing so may well take a punt. Only reservation is whether the 25s will work as a replacement for the current 23s

redvision

If any one wants a foam roller, check out your local aldi. Went to a nearby store last night and they were reduced to 99p!

daniel_b

Beast chain lock and big mutha padlock - use the £5 code that pops up off the front screen, and it drops down to £27 - from the rrp of £79
https://www.tredz.co.uk/.OnGuard-Beast-Chain-Lock-with-Padlock_65620.htm

luv2ride

Daniel B wrote:

Beast chain lock and big mutha padlock - use the £5 code that pops up off the front screen, and it drops down to £27 - from the rrp of £79
https://www.tredz.co.uk/.OnGuard-Beast-Chain-Lock-with-Padlock_65620.htm

Good spot. Got one but could do with another...

solstice21

Halfords gave bc discount on 4iiii I ordered. Using some love2shop vouchers i had left over it worked out £190

sloppyschleckonds

redvision wrote:

If any one wants a foam roller, check out your local aldi. Went to a nearby store last night and they were reduced to 99p!

Hasn't foam rolling been fully debunked now

itboffin

Solstice21 wrote:

Halfords gave bc discount on 4iiii I ordered. Using some love2shop vouchers i had left over it worked out £190

I bought one a couple of months ago, i'm not any faster but i do now know why headwinds kill me :evil:

tgotb

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

redvision wrote:

If any one wants a foam roller, check out your local aldi. Went to a nearby store last night and they were reduced to 99p!

Hasn't foam rolling been fully debunked now

My GF is an avid fan of foam rollers, "stretching out" and suchlike. She says she needs to because she's always getting injured. Make of that what you will...

sloppyschleckonds

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TGOTB wrote:

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

redvision wrote:

If any one wants a foam roller, check out your local aldi. Went to a nearby store last night and they were reduced to 99p!

Hasn't foam rolling been fully debunked now

My GF is an avid fan of foam rollers, "stretching out" and suchlike. She says she needs to because she's always getting injured. Make of that what you will...

bmxboy10

CookeeeMonster wrote:

W12 lad wrote:

redvision wrote:

W12 lad wrote:

NitrousOxide wrote:

https://www.hotukdeals.com/vouchers/halfords-15-off-on-adult-bikes-3230246

If they will let you use BC discount on top, makes a £1k bike £765.

Tried to buy a Brompton. Discount not accepted :evil:

It's 15% off accessories, not bikes

Wrong.
It's on adult bikes.
Worked on a boardman, not on a Brompton.

Brompton don't allow their bikes to be discounted according my friend that works in a bike shop. Means their sell on price is pretty high

Not true I got 20% off when I bought one.

azzurri78

Edindevon wrote:

Halfords have price matched other online stores on the Tacx Neo 2 Turbo Trainer at £1006.

They now have an offer for 15% off all cycling accessories and that brings the price down to £855.10.

Thanks for the heads up on this. Work and family commitments meant I only got round to collecting it yesterday. No problem using the BC discount (apart from so long since I used it that I didn’t know you had to get a code from the BC website )

Chuffed to get it for £769 and had a quick play last night. Noisier than I thought but all due to my drivetrain. Been caught a few times in the last couple of weeks in some heavy downpours so think I need to do some cleaning and fettling :roll:

N0bodyOfTheGoat

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/250-ex ... ck-3235158

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/10-off ... ds-3235073 (10% off most bikes plus free National Trust family pass)

daniel_b

Chpt3 1.16 shorts for £60 with the progetto x2 pad I love.
I hasten to add, not because of the 'brand' (only became aware of their existance and Castelli link due to another thread in the last few days, and I am not a Millar 'fan' with regards to his past, other than liking his race commentary) but purely down to that awesome pad, had Castelli equivalents been available for the same or less, I would have gone for them.

Have the knee length thermal omloops and the sorpasso tights, both of which I managed to buy for £50-£60 each, but never had any standard shorts with the x2 pad.

Was looking at the endurance shorts, but then stumbled on these down from £120.

shirley_basso

That is a good deal. That pad is immense.

daniel_b

Shirley Basso wrote:

That is a good deal. That pad is immense.

Agreed!

https://chpt3.com/collections/sale/products/defiant-shorts-1-16?variant=52716909636


Only belatedly realised they come in a gray finish I think, which I quite like.
Dislike the red bits up top, but happily hidden from view.
I also can't see any branding on the pictures at all, which is something else I would approve of if that is the case.

Full sale here:
https://chpt3.com/collections/sale

Jerseys in there as well, but nothing else appealed to me.

itboffin

Are the sizings the same as normal castelli

pblakeney

itboffin wrote:

Are the sizings the same as normal castelli

As Castelli, but on back order. Oh, and the 33" (Castelli XL) is sold out completely. Boo! Google usually has the answers to the questions that you are looking for.

https://chpt3.com/collections/sale/prod ... 2716909636

itboffin

Well for that price i'll give them a go, you know cuz I really need more cycling kit :roll:

gabriel959

Has anyone seen any good winter bibtights on sale? I am looking for some for next year, but nada.

daniel_b

itboffin wrote:

Are the sizings the same as normal castelli

If you scroll doon the product page there is a sizing comparison, iirc 30 = Small, 31 = Medium etc.
Why they just couldn't size them the same way is some misdirected attempt at style I guess......

gabriel959 wrote:

Has anyone seen any good winter bibtights on sale? I am looking for some for next year, but nada.

What kind of size, and what kind of budget?

Couple of Galibier offerings, and check out there ebay store for even cheaper returned items.

https://galibier.cc/product/bib-tights/

https://galibier.cc/product/mistral2bibs/

DrLex

Daniel B wrote:

Chpt3 1.16 shorts for £60 with the progetto x2 pad I love.
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Good spot; thanks! 32 (pre-)ordered, and just smaller sizes left now.

Thinking of Castelli sizing, there were some v. cheap* POC jerseys in TackyMacs’ on-line cycle clothing selection yesterday morning, but went before I could post - may be worth checking again over the next few days in case more are listed.

*The £145 AVIP ceramic jersey was £28.