Thread to tell everyone what bargains you've spotted!

daniel_b

Are these gloves much cop?

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/ZXPXWINT/planet_x_4_seasons_bundle?utm_source=old+Planet+X+and+On+One&utm_campaign=d21e8751bc-glamp&utm_medium=email

Seems like a good vfm deal.

daniel_b

Shimano R501 wheels, £72 (I managed to bag a set with an extra 10% off code) delivered:
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-track-bike/wheels-factory-built-wheels-factory-road-tri-shimano-r501-standard-spoke-clincher-wheels-pair/shimwhfr202

Added some decent rim tape, but a massive improvement for my other halfs Trek 1000's stock rims.

Saw a pair go from a private seller on ebay for £72 + £15 P&P!

indyp

Daniel B wrote:

Are these gloves much cop?

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/ZXPXWINT/planet_x_4_seasons_bundle?utm_source=old+Planet+X+and+On+One&utm_campaign=d21e8751bc-glamp&utm_medium=email

Seems like a good vfm deal.

The quality of Planet X stuff seems to be good. I don't know about the gloves but I bought a pair of neoprene shoe covers last year from them and they lasted last winter fine, and still holding up well.

itboffin

Anyone else notice that the wiggle dhb pro bib shorts use the same chamois pad as Rapha for 1/3 of the price?

CyTech Elastic Interface Tour Air chamois (cycling pad)

I noticed by chance when putting on some recently purchased Roubaix bibs from Wiggle that the label and feel was almost identical to my Rapha bibs and sure enough the same company makes both, well it would be rude not to take advantage so I just ordered a pair of the Wiggle DHB pro bibs, who knows ...?

Paul E

itboffin wrote:

Anyone else notice that the wiggle dhb pro bib shorts use the same chamois pad as Rapha for 1/3 of the price?

CyTech Elastic Interface Tour Air chamois (cycling pad)

I noticed by chance when putting on some recently purchased Roubaix bibs from Wiggle that the label and feel was almost identical to my Rapha bibs and sure enough the same company makes both, well it would be rude not to take advantage so I just ordered a pair of the Wiggle DHB pro bibs, who knows ...?

I'm going to go for some of the new roubaix bibs and just use them with leg warmers as they seem to use a pretty decent chamois too

pangolin

Pricematched a Krypronite Evo Mini 5 at Evans. Evans had it for £45 and Parker International do it for £29.55.

The guy said 'that can't be the same one' but with a bit of persuading put it through. Seemed pretty pissed off though.

pangolin

itboffin wrote:

Anyone else notice that the wiggle dhb pro bib shorts use the same chamois pad as Rapha for 1/3 of the price?

CyTech Elastic Interface Tour Air chamois (cycling pad)

I noticed by chance when putting on some recently purchased Roubaix bibs from Wiggle that the label and feel was almost identical to my Rapha bibs and sure enough the same company makes both, well it would be rude not to take advantage so I just ordered a pair of the Wiggle DHB pro bibs, who knows ...?

Looks like the Giro Air (in the DHB race bibs) is almost as good too, just less thick?

chadders81

Daniel B wrote:

Are these gloves much cop?

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/ZXPXWINT/planet_x_4_seasons_bundle?utm_source=old+Planet+X+and+On+One&utm_campaign=d21e8751bc-glamp&utm_medium=email

Seems like a good vfm deal.

They're okay. Do keep the wet and wind out. I tend to get sweaty inside them though. If you don't suffer from sweaty hands, you're on to a winner.

itboffin

The DHB roubaix are very good, warm and the same pad in fact I was wearing these on Thursday when the rabid deer attacked, even crashing onto the rough road surface didnt rip them and I suspect its because of the thickness why my road isnt all that deep or painful.

bails87

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/charge-filter-a ... lterapex50

Charge filter apex, disc braked steel cx for £650.

petemadoc

dhope wrote:

bails87 wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

Fine if you're not fussed about the phone. I wouldn't want to be stuck with an S2 for 2 years, it's already been superseded by the S3. I'm a serial upgraded I'm afraid!

Yeah, I did some sums yesterday based on the S3 and the HTC One S & X and after around 16-18 months the 'buy the phone then get a cheap sim' idea breaks even against a 'free phone' on a contract. After that you're saving money, or you can sell the phone and upgrade.

Yup, SIM only and phone outright works if you can afford the outlay at first. Got my 4S that was and thinking of moving to a Lumia once released. Thinking Apple have gone off the boil.

I just picked up a HTC one x from dial a phone, 20.50 a month and the phone is free. With the phone costing 420+ it works out around 80 pounds for a 2year contract with enough minutes and data to suit me.

Only thing I'm not happy with is not having a pound sign on the keyboard . Anyone know how to replace the $ sign please feel free to help me out.

redvee

PeteMadoc wrote:

Only thing I'm not happy with is not having a pound sign on the keyboard . Anyone know how to replace the $ sign please feel free to help me out.

You're using the standard HTC sense keyboard and on the numeric screen, on the bottom left of that screen there is a button marked 1/2, press it and you get more numeric characters including the £ symbol.

daniel_b

bails87 wrote:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/charge-filter-apex-2012/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=wiggle-social-media&utm_campaign=chargefilterapex50

Charge filter apex, disc braked steel cx for £650.

That looks very good value - a little dissapointed the brakes are not hydraulic though.

Additionally the picture shows no mudguards but the descriptions says "Kenda 700x32c tyres and full mudguards make this bike hardy to all weathers and any road surface"

Would make a rather good commuting beast eh, assume it would have rack mounting points.

petemadoc

Oooh thanks.

petemadoc

Daniel B wrote:

bails87 wrote:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/charge-filter-apex-2012/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=wiggle-social-media&utm_campaign=chargefilterapex50

Charge filter apex, disc braked steel cx for £650.

That looks very good value - a little dissapointed the brakes are not hydraulic though.
.

Who does do Hydraulic brakes with sti shifters????

Colnago are experimenting and I think Srams new red groupo has hydraulic calipers. At this price point it's just not in the equation.

There is something drawing me to this bike . . . . but why? I don't need it and it's bloody heavy.

meanredspider

PeteMadoc wrote:

Who does do Hydraulic brakes with sti shifters????
.

To your point, nobody does a direct hydraulic STI shifter. Formula are working on one that will work with Di2 and Parabox is a system that converts a cable pull to hydraulic with a box at the stem but both systems will cost as much as this entire bike. And, ironically, the challenge with hydraulic brakes is not getting too much power (the Formula system will be designed for 140mm front discs as standard). Frankly I'm very happy with the BB7s on my Volagi

petemadoc

meanredspider wrote:

PeteMadoc wrote:

Who does do Hydraulic brakes with sti shifters????
.

To your point, nobody does a direct hydraulic STI shifter. Formula are working on one that will work with Di2 and Parabox is a system that converts a cable pull to hydraulic with a box at the stem but both systems will cost as much as this entire bike. And, ironically, the challenge with hydraulic brakes is not getting too much power (the Formula system will be designed for 140mm front discs as standard). Frankly I'm very happy with the BB7s on my Volagi

Hydraulics will only become affordable once the cyclocross market has sorted itself out and come up with a good solution (not some botch job box under the stem)n and then it trickles down into the lower groupsets. As you point out, on a road bike it's not really necessary anyway.

The point I was trying to make was, why be disappointed about the charge bike not having hydraulics? Looks like a great bike for silly money.

daniel_b

Apologies, this is not an area I have looked into much, merely that I know how much I like the hydraulic comparitively poor spec brakes on my hardtail, and having seen CX bikes pop up with disc brakes wrongly assumed that they were employing hydraulic as opposed to mechanical ones.

I did not know there was an issue, or complete non availability of sti levers with hydraulic disc brakes.

I was led to believe that mechanical discs were not much better than conventional brakes, but the Avid's seem to get very good reviews, so I guess that was either wrong, or is no longer the case - either way I have never ridden a bike with mechanical discs so have zero personal experience.

I notice it does not mention the weight of the bike, is it really that heavy then?

natrix

Daniel B wrote:

I notice it does not mention the weight of the bike, is it really that heavy then?

If a bike could eat pies................. http://road.cc/content/review/28393-charge-filter-hi

veronese68

It's too heavy I don't want one. I know I'm lying to myself, I like the look of that for the price.

gabriel959

Great deal on the DHB Aeron bib shorts... the basic ones... £23.99

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-aeron-cycli ... gn=aeron40

lastant

gabriel959 wrote:

Great deal on the DHB Aeron bib shorts... the basic ones... £23.99

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-aeron-cycli ... gn=aeron40

Are these much different from the Aeron Pros?

Looking to stock up with a couple more pairs of shorts for commutes / mid-distances and these look ideal...don't want to go and buy some only to find out I'd have been better off buying the next 'model' or two up in the long run.

gabriel959

Well I don't own a pair but I know some members here do. I am also interested as I was going to invest in a pair of more expensive and warmer Vaeon's.

For £24 I wouldn't expect a lot, but they should be ok for commuting and for 1 to 2 hour jaunts on the bike.

iPete

Montane featherlight £35!!!

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=11427

Initialised

iPete wrote:

Montane featherlight £35!!!

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mobi ... elID=11427

What size should I go for with a 41" chest?

Mr Sworld

Large. You don't want then too flappy!

itboffin

lastant wrote:

gabriel959 wrote:

Great deal on the DHB Aeron bib shorts... the basic ones... £23.99

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-aeron-cycli ... gn=aeron40

Are these much different from the Aeron Pros?

Looking to stock up with a couple more pairs of shorts for commutes / mid-distances and these look ideal...don't want to go and buy some only to find out I'd have been better off buying the next 'model' or two up in the long run.

Yes much much thinner and less padding than the pro oh and see through almost.

pitchshifter

http://www.totalcycling.com/a-z/gloves/ ... IMATE.html

Seem like a bargain, especially as my hands almost got frostbite this morning :shock:

dhope

pitchshifter wrote:

http://www.totalcycling.com/a-z/gloves/gloves_winter_spring_autumn/GL_PRO_ULTIMATE.html

Seem like a bargain, especially as my hands almost got frostbite this morning :shock:

Must be cold out west, still in mitts atm...
Soon to be changing though

Tricycleboy

dhope wrote:

pitchshifter wrote:

http://www.totalcycling.com/a-z/gloves/gloves_winter_spring_autumn/GL_PRO_ULTIMATE.html

Seem like a bargain, especially as my hands almost got frostbite this morning :shock:

Must be cold out west, still in mitts atm...
Soon to be changing though

Nah, Pitchshifter needs to MTFU. i was toasty warm in my mitts this morning in Richmond. Or maybe he left for work at 3am or summat?

Good spot on the gloves though- ordered a pair of one of the other types of PRO gloves (they've got loads of cheap gloves on that site atm) for when it actually gets cold in a couple of months.