Thread to tell everyone what bargains you've spotted!

jonny_trousers

dhope wrote:

cyclingprop wrote:

50% off selected Schwalbe, Continental and Specialized tyres today at cycle surgery online.

Good spot!
Might buy a job lot of GP4000S'
Edit: Not on GP4000s

Looks like the 4000s are at their usual - excuse the pun - overinflated price.

Wrath Rob

KateF wrote:

Rider was me. Am okay thanks, face and skin on limbs is somewhat messed up albeit not as badly as the bike. Few cracked bones in the face but nothing serious enough to need surgery, just rest and care. We have a photo of said crater with ambulance behind, it was about 6 inches deep. From looks of the bike, the wheel got stuck in it and the head tube has ripped off the front before smashing to the right hand side of the bike. Unfortunately its around an hour or so's drive from the house so not too easy to pop back for a photo with something next to it but I think you can tell the size of the pothole from the photo

Ow. Heal up soon and good luck with the compensation

monkeycowboy

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

dhope wrote:

cyclingprop wrote:

50% off selected Schwalbe, Continental and Specialized tyres today at cycle surgery online.

Good spot!
Might buy a job lot of GP4000S'
Edit: Not on GP4000s

Looks like the 4000s are at their usual - excuse the pun - overinflated price.

Just bought 2 GP4000S from Rose Cycles for £45.12 (posted) using a £10 off voucher by liking their fb fanpage

https://www.facebook.com/RoseBikes?sk=a ... 8056657610

Seemed a reasonable price, also picked up a DA BB for £18 from them, also seems a good price, probably have to wait a week for delivery though?

nation

Origamist wrote:

KateF wrote:

twist83 wrote:

Keyser__Soze wrote:

Can anyone find me a bargain on a 51cm race frame, a Kask C50 helmet, a left Force shifter and a front Zipp 404 clincher? Oh and if anyone has any experience with getting money out of councils due to accidents caused by potholes (or rather meteor craters, given the size of it) please let me know.

Oh dear. Ignorning bike damage how is Pilot? That sounds nasty!!! Have you taken a picture of the said crater? I know with damaging wheels councils usually cough up. I would get a picture of it very quickly.

Rider was me. Am okay thanks, face and skin on limbs is somewhat messed up albeit not as badly as the bike. Few cracked bones in the face but nothing serious enough to need surgery, just rest and care. We have a photo of said crater with ambulance behind, it was about 6 inches deep. From looks of the bike, the wheel got stuck in it and the head tube has ripped off the front before smashing to the right hand side of the bike. Unfortunately its around an hour or so's drive from the house so not too easy to pop back for a photo with something next to it but I think you can tell the size of the pothole from the photo

Sounds nasty, Kate. Glad you seem to be bearing up.

I'd recommend getting legal advice - if you're a BC member call their incident hotline (if you've not already done so).

Check "Fill that hole" http://www.fillthathole.org.uk/ to see if the road defect had been reported previously. Find out the council or borough who are responsible for the maintenance of the road and request, via FOI, their inspection regimen over the last couple of years.

If the road is residential and Keyser fancies a ride down there, he could knock on a few doors in the vicinity to try and ascertain how long the pothole had been in situ. Furthermore, photographs of the pothole with a ruler for scale would be good. That said, if you've already reported it, they might have repaired it by now.

Good luck and heal up fast.

The general principle with chasing these (if you end up having to do it through the county courts) is that you have to demonstrate that the council have not abided by their own standards for road maintenance. It's generally accepted that it is impossible to keep all roads pothole-free all the time, so what you need are the details of the procedures the council follow for monitoring and scheduling repairs (which they should provide to you) and then use that to scrutinise the actual logs of damage to the roadway from council inspections (which can be obtained via FOI request).

Usually, councils have a schedule for inspections and a grading system for classifying damage, which is used to allocate resources such that the most dangerous stuff is dealt with quickly. Usually there will be specified timescales when things should be done (i.e. "grade 2B hole should be repaired within five days", etc). What you're looking for is one or more of the following:

-evidence that the road has not been inspected when it should have been
-evidence that the pothole has been there a while but does not appear in the inspection logs
-evidence that the pothole is in the logs but its severity is not correctly recorded (going by the council's standard, again)
-evidence that the pothole was correctly logged but that rectification work was not carried out within the timescales specified in the council's processes
-evidence that the council were made aware of the pothole but did not act on that information (fillthathole is good for this)

I've done quite a few of these (I work for a motor insurer, if you break an alloy in a pothole we'll try to get the cost of repair back off the council responsible) and it can be done, but it is frequently a tremendous faff. Probably worth a few letters and some poring over iffy photocopies of maintenance logs for a Zipp 404, though.

bigmat

KateF wrote:

twist83 wrote:

Keyser__Soze wrote:

Can anyone find me a bargain on a 51cm race frame, a Kask C50 helmet, a left Force shifter and a front Zipp 404 clincher? Oh and if anyone has any experience with getting money out of councils due to accidents caused by potholes (or rather meteor craters, given the size of it) please let me know.

Oh dear. Ignorning bike damage how is Pilot? That sounds nasty!!! Have you taken a picture of the said crater? I know with damaging wheels councils usually cough up. I would get a picture of it very quickly.

Rider was me. Am okay thanks, face and skin on limbs is somewhat messed up albeit not as badly as the bike. Few cracked bones in the face but nothing serious enough to need surgery, just rest and care. We have a photo of said crater with ambulance behind, it was about 6 inches deep. From looks of the bike, the wheel got stuck in it and the head tube has ripped off the front before smashing to the right hand side of the bike. Unfortunately its around an hour or so's drive from the house so not too easy to pop back for a photo with something next to it but I think you can tell the size of the pothole from the photo

Where is the hole? I'm sure someone off here could pop down and take a few photos - always best to have too much evidence rather than not enough! Get well soon by the way.

bigmat

KateF wrote:

twist83 wrote:

Keyser__Soze wrote:

Can anyone find me a bargain on a 51cm race frame, a Kask C50 helmet, a left Force shifter and a front Zipp 404 clincher? Oh and if anyone has any experience with getting money out of councils due to accidents caused by potholes (or rather meteor craters, given the size of it) please let me know.

Oh dear. Ignorning bike damage how is Pilot? That sounds nasty!!! Have you taken a picture of the said crater? I know with damaging wheels councils usually cough up. I would get a picture of it very quickly.

Rider was me. Am okay thanks, face and skin on limbs is somewhat messed up albeit not as badly as the bike. Few cracked bones in the face but nothing serious enough to need surgery, just rest and care. We have a photo of said crater with ambulance behind, it was about 6 inches deep. From looks of the bike, the wheel got stuck in it and the head tube has ripped off the front before smashing to the right hand side of the bike. Unfortunately its around an hour or so's drive from the house so not too easy to pop back for a photo with something next to it but I think you can tell the size of the pothole from the photo

Where is the hole? I'm sure someone off here could pop down and take a few photos - always best to have too much evidence rather than not enough! Get well soon by the way.

keyser__soze

http://goo.gl/maps/IPF8E - think this is the location - you can even see a bunch of potholes on Streetview

pangolin

On-One Merino long sleeved jerseys are back.

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/CLOOMER/on_one_merino_wool_long_sleeved_jersey

Worth it for £35? They were sold out when I tried last time around.

meanredspider

pangolin wrote:

On-One Merino long sleeved jerseys are back.

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/CLOOMER/on_one_merino_wool_long_sleeved_jersey

Worth it for £35? They were sold out when I tried last time around.

Weren't these the ones that people said smelled of wet sheep when damp....?

pangolin

What?? Wet wool smells like a damp sheep!?!?

Sorry.

Yeah that's why I'm asking, and to see if they are still in one piece. They were £20 last time so not so good now.

whitebait01

I thought it was the base layers that were stinky? Could be wrong...

pitchshifter

Park tools Chain Gang Chain cleaner set £22 from wiggle. Cheaper than the cleaner on its own!

Bargain.

bobinski

Pitchshifter,
ta mate, been looking to buy the more expensive cleaner on its own!

edindevon

Halfords have Shimano MT42 SPD Shoes Size 43 for £27.30:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_755427_langId_-1_categoryId_228873

It seems like it's a pricing error, but if they're your size it's a good buy. Apparently these are on the small size, so you need to be a UK 8.5 shoe size.

Edindevon

itboffin

Anyone know where to pickup cheap new spesh inner tubes?

clarkey cat

condor doing 10 for £25 last time i was in there.

redvee

Some carbon bling for itboffin?

http://www.uksport.gov.uk/pages/cycling/

dhope

Cyclocs @ £45 delivered
www.probikekit.com/uk/cycloc-wall-mount ... older.html

DrLex

dhope wrote:

Cyclocs @ £45 delivered
http://www.probikekit.com/uk/cycloc-wal ... older.html

Xtra10 code gives another 10% off.

dhope

DrLex wrote:

dhope wrote:

Cyclocs @ £45 delivered
http://www.probikekit.com/uk/cycloc-wal ... older.html

Xtra10 code gives another 10% off.

If I owned a wall (i.e. didn't rent) then I'd buy a couple today

DrLex

dhope wrote:

DrLex wrote:

dhope wrote:

Cyclocs @ £45 delivered
http://www.probikekit.com/uk/cycloc-wal ... older.html

Xtra10 code gives another 10% off.

If I owned a wall (i.e. didn't rent) then I'd buy a couple today

Polyfilla, touch-up paint & possibly a cheap print over the top when you move?

I'm still too parsimonious to spent two score on a plastic waste paper bin with a crenulated rim. Also lacking wall space in the library where decent bike lives.

dhope

DrLex wrote:

parsimonious

That's a big ol' waste of letters right there, coulda saved a bit and said tight

clarkey cat

I agree dhope. I don't understand why people don't eschew sesquipidilianism more often.

walkingbootweather

Terrain Brecon Hybrid Bike from Tesco seems only slightly over-priced at one pound.

davis

DrLex wrote:

I'm still too parsimonious to spent two score on a plastic waste paper bin with a crenulated rim.

Best. Line. Ever.

dhope

Not a bargain but this does seem quite reasonable now.
Kona Grand Wagon
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=75093
Sure, it's still a £1000 fixie. But it's got Mavic Ellipse wheelset and Sugino 75 BB & Crankset which will put it ahead of most OTP bikes

rick_chasey

I'm not overly happy with my kona paddy wagon fixie. A lot seems to go wrong with it.

Looks like I have to get the hub replaced.

iPete

dhope wrote:

Not a bargain but this does seem quite reasonable now.
Kona Grand Wagon
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=75093
Sure, it's still a £1000 fixie. But it's got Mavic Ellipse wheelset and Sugino 75 BB & Crankset which will put it ahead of most OTP bikes

hmmmmmmmmmm!!! this is exactly what I'm after for winter and maybe some track time. Steel, SS (does it flip flop?!), bottle mounts, brakes front/back, just not loving the colour.

dhope

iPete wrote:

dhope wrote:

Not a bargain but this does seem quite reasonable now.
Kona Grand Wagon
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=75093
Sure, it's still a £1000 fixie. But it's got Mavic Ellipse wheelset and Sugino 75 BB & Crankset which will put it ahead of most OTP bikes

hmmmmmmmmmm!!! this is exactly what I'm after for winter and maybe some track time. Steel, SS (does it flip flop?!), bottle mounts, brakes front/back, just not loving the colour.

Reckon it would, the wheelset is Mavic Track Ellipse
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... 6000000000

which says flipflop rear

If I'd seen this a month ago I might've got it rather than the Condor + Campag Pista BB/Crank & new wheelset

iPete

dhope wrote:

iPete wrote:

dhope wrote:

Not a bargain but this does seem quite reasonable now.
Kona Grand Wagon
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=75093
Sure, it's still a £1000 fixie. But it's got Mavic Ellipse wheelset and Sugino 75 BB & Crankset which will put it ahead of most OTP bikes

hmmmmmmmmmm!!! this is exactly what I'm after for winter and maybe some track time. Steel, SS (does it flip flop?!), bottle mounts, brakes front/back, just not loving the colour.

Reckon it would, the wheelset is Mavic Track Ellipse
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... 6000000000

which says flipflop rear

If I'd seen this a month ago I might've got it rather than the Condor + Campag Pista BB/Crank & new wheelset

Nearly went down the condor route but they never emailed me back, kept adding upgrades few!

Think I might just wait for a second hand langster to crop up.