Thread to tell everyone what bargains you've spotted!

Wrath Rob

vermin wrote:

Wrath Rob wrote:

Sportspursuit have got some cycling related bargains on at the moment. Schwalbe inner tubes from £15 for 5, merino wool socks, MCipolini clothing at 50% off, Ultinate Sports Nutrition products at near 1/2 price, up to 50% off of FSA wheels and a few other bits. They have new stuff every week so its worth joining and getting their newsletter.

If you order join and order using the link above I get a discount too, which is nice!

Enjoy your fiver on me

Why thank you very much.

rick_chasey

I think I've just found the perfect bike for me.

pitchshifter

Rick Chasey wrote:

I think I've just found the perfect bike for me.

Shame its not green and orange..

Imagine going down Sawyers on that thing!

kelsen

Rick Chasey wrote:

I think I've just found the perfect bike for me.

:roll: Hipsters with their fixies and insanely narrow handlebars...tsk!

suzyb

Rick Chasey wrote:

I think I've just found the perfect bike for me.

Hey that'd be the perfect size for me.

iPete

Hope Vision 1, £54!
http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/l ... light.html

Hope District at equally awesome prices..
www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/lighting ... light.html

Wrath Rob

More Sportspursuit bargains. Dare2B clothing going cheap, Supplest shoes (I'd not heard of them) at £100 off and Myprotein stuff going cheap. I'm not too big a fan of the Dare2b technical clothing but there are some decent looking regular t-shirts for £7 and then cheap gillets, fleeces and softshells. Might be of interest if you're after some cheap commuter gear?

dhope

Wrath Rob wrote:

More Sportspursuit bargains. Dare2B clothing going cheap, Supplest shoes (I'd not heard of them) at £100 off and Myprotein stuff going cheap. I'm not too big a fan of the Dare2b technical clothing but there are some decent looking regular t-shirts for £7 and then cheap gillets, fleeces and softshells. Might be of interest if you're after some cheap commuter gear?

Shoes you've not heard of for £100? A referral link does not make everything a bargain

Wrath Rob

Never said it did my friend. But you're welcome to try them on my behalf

willy b

Good spot iPete! Those vision 1's are great little lights.

Some good deals at Decathlon, including a top for 89p and some neoprene overshoes for £9. All good winter & commuting stuff!
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/C-10830-helm ... ,-footwear

prb007

Now I know a sale at Wiggle is about as rare as a sale at DFS, but...
if you are thinking of getting a new bike
at the mo'...this discount will get you an EXTRA 10% off.
I'm on a mailing list for Pizza Express and it was tucked away in one
of their offers....

http://www.pizzaexpress.com/claimsummer/partner/wiggle

let me know if you use it...

bushu

Rick Chasey wrote:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=62909

Outstanding.

ordered to keep the rays from my skull for my jollies in Tenerife,
hopefully going to find a bike rental an explore some single track

plus cheaper than some non tacky casual sunnys 8)
o & i think the CRC reductions end today so get that plastic ready
Cheap skins compression gear I've noticed but think I've already spent next months wage before I've got it

asprilla

Winter is coming. Merlin have 25mm Durano Performance for £23.

Job done.

prb007

Talking of winter; Cree and magicshine for £37!!!
http://e.dx.com/albums/201208/warehouse ... n=20120820

walkingbootweather

Thanks prb. Got myself a MagicShine MJ-808 front light, a Magicshine MJ-818 rear light, a Y-Cable and Extension Cable.

If I want I can then run front and back lights from the same battery, or carry a spare for epic overnighters. Really bright and versatile set-up (options to get head mounts etc,) for not many beer tokens.

Shipped from EU warehouse so expect delivery in about a week.

MisterMuncher

16oz Bottle Rock N Roll Blue: £3.

Sadly, offer only available in Chain Reaction's actual shop in Belfast. I've never used it before, but sure at that price it's cheaper than beer.

il_principe

Vittoria Open Corsa Evo CX II 320tpi tires are going for £29.25 each on Parker (£44.99 on Wiggle). They are fantastic 'best' tires. Been running them all summer and have been very impressed.

daniel_b

walkingbootweather wrote:

Thanks prb. Got myself a MagicShine MJ-808 front light, a Magicshine MJ-818 rear light, a Y-Cable and Extension Cable.

If I want I can then run front and back lights from the same battery, or carry a spare for epic overnighters. Really bright and versatile set-up (options to get head mounts etc,) for not many beer tokens.

Shipped from EU warehouse so expect delivery in about a week.

Whoop whoop, my MJ816 arrived today :-)


Just waiting for my second MJ818 to arrive, on the way apparently.

I have decided to stick with a battery for each light, and run one on fixed and one on flash, thus at least one should be running at any given time at the rear.

Although I am tempted to get a Y splitter and use one battery at a time - does anyone know if I was running two 818's off one battery, one on constant and one on flash, would the battery drain and cut them both off, or if one was on constant and the power dropped low enough would it automatically switch it over to flashing mode?

The 816 looks pretty good, three modes: inner light on only, outer pair on only, or all three puppies on at the same time :shock:

redvee

Daniel B wrote:

Although I am tempted to get a Y splitter and use one battery at a time - does anyone know if I was running two 818's off one battery, one on constant and one on flash, would the battery drain and cut them both off, or if one was on constant and the power dropped low enough would it automatically switch it over to flashing mode?

Not sure about the rears only but I'd assume the same as the front and it will drop down to lowest power setting to save battery life. I've only had this happen once when the light was on red status but I was 2 miles from home.

rick_chasey

http://www.rapha.cc/teamsky

Might be a lot of 2nd hand rapha available quite soon :P.

Sharkyssurfers

Daniel B wrote:

walkingbootweather wrote:

Thanks prb. Got myself a MagicShine MJ-808 front light, a Magicshine MJ-818 rear light, a Y-Cable and Extension Cable.

If I want I can then run front and back lights from the same battery, or carry a spare for epic overnighters. Really bright and versatile set-up (options to get head mounts etc,) for not many beer tokens.

Shipped from EU warehouse so expect delivery in about a week.

Whoop whoop, my MJ816 arrived today :-)


Just waiting for my second MJ818 to arrive, on the way apparently.

I have decided to stick with a battery for each light, and run one on fixed and one on flash, thus at least one should be running at any given time at the rear.

Although I am tempted to get a Y splitter and use one battery at a time - does anyone know if I was running two 818's off one battery, one on constant and one on flash, would the battery drain and cut them both off, or if one was on constant and the power dropped low enough would it automatically switch it over to flashing mode?

The 816 looks pretty good, three modes: inner light on only, outer pair on only, or all three puppies on at the same time :shock:

shouldn't do too much, but I have the bottle battery, I don't use it anymore and have tried selling it on ebay before, but nobody wanted it.

DrLex

Rick Chasey wrote:

http://www.rapha.cc/teamsky

Might be a lot of 2nd hand rapha available quite soon :P.

Certainly be better quality than the Adidas-sourced kit and probably not much more expensive, either.

dhope

DrLex wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

http://www.rapha.cc/teamsky

Might be a lot of 2nd hand rapha available quite soon :P.

Certainly be better quality than the Adidas-sourced kit and probably not much more expensive, either.

I dunno, I wear Adidas Team Sky bibs on the commute, back when they were 3 for £45 on mandmdirect Cheapest bibs I own.

suzyb

oh joy, now theres even less chance of me finding something to fit.

DrLex

dhope wrote:

DrLex wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

http://www.rapha.cc/teamsky

Might be a lot of 2nd hand rapha available quite soon :P.

Certainly be better quality than the Adidas-sourced kit and probably not much more expensive, either.

I dunno, I wear Adidas Team Sky bibs on the commute, back when they were 3 for £45 on mandmdirect Cheapest bibs I own.

Thanks for reminding me; I had my order cancelled. List price was £70 per, wasn't it?
Did get the gilet, but stitching pulled on ride #2.

asprilla

dhope wrote:

DrLex wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

http://www.rapha.cc/teamsky

Might be a lot of 2nd hand rapha available quite soon :P.

Certainly be better quality than the Adidas-sourced kit and probably not much more expensive, either.

I dunno, I wear Adidas Team Sky bibs on the commute, back when they were 3 for £45 on mandmdirect Cheapest bibs I own.

And the worst. I got three pairs, wore them for a few weeks and decided the seam were trying to saw through my groin. Relegated to the bottom of the pile for emergencies and then I get a turbo.

the_fuggler

Saw a 2012 Giant Defy 1 in Berkshire Cycles in Crowthorne this morning. Size Large. 850 quid. Given that there aren't many of them around and they score very highly in reviews that seemed like a good deal to me.

itboffin

Il Principe wrote:

Vittoria Open Corsa Evo CX II 320tpi tires are going for £29.25 each on Parker (£44.99 on Wiggle). They are fantastic 'best' tires. Been running them all summer and have been very impressed.

They look almost identical to my challenge forte

rolf_f

Il Principe wrote:

Vittoria Open Corsa Evo CX II 320tpi tires are going for £29.25 each on Parker (£44.99 on Wiggle). They are fantastic 'best' tires. Been running them all summer and have been very impressed.

That's 'tyres' dear!

Red-black 23 only seemingly. Ribble has more options for £31 though.

Initialised

prb007 wrote:

Now I know a sale at Wiggle is about as rare as a sale at DFS, but...
if you are thinking of getting a new bike
at the mo'...this discount will get you an EXTRA 10% off.
I'm on a mailing list for Pizza Express and it was tucked away in one
of their offers....

http://www.pizzaexpress.com/claimsummer/partner/wiggle

let me know if you use it...

Could have done with that last weekend.