Non-Bike Radar deals of the week...
lenclume
Posts: 33
... or Bike Bargains Outside the UK for the Fearless, or whatever.
I can't find an "I've found a bargain online" thread on here, so I thought I'd start one. (If there is one, it's not showing up in my site search or in google.) These links are those I've found during the boring evenings, stuck in the middle of nowhere...
Cycles Mari. Bikes are generally more expensive in France than in the UK, but this lot run deals all the time. They've got a rubbish site - click top right and then scroll around once you're in:
http://www.cycles-mari.com/centre.php
There's a clearance sale at the moment (Look, Kuota, Wilier, Gir's, Time and Cervélo). Examples: Look 566 frame for about £1150; Cervélo R3 frames for about £1800 (and a 2008 one at £1470-ish), RS's at £1220 (and £1059 for the 2008 version). If you don't speak French, open the site in Google Chrome and it will do its best to translate everything.
Bikepalast is Austrian. Their best-seller at the moment is a Wilier Mortirolo kitted out in Ultegra SL, for a bit more than £1600... (gasp).
www.bikepalast.com
You don't even need to have Chrome for this - click on the English option and it runs the site through google translate on your behalf (although the navigation is still a bit of a nightmare).
Vos en Zoon in Holland have another chaotic site, and Chrome won't translate all those block caps they use to describe some of the gear, but they, too, have a sale at the moment: an example bargain is a 2009 BMC Team Machine frameset for a bit more than £1000.
http://www.vosdfd.nl/
If you're into retro jerseys, Cycles Marcarini have an enormous collection - probably three times what you can find on Prendas - including versions of some of the gems from Vintage Velos (http://www.vintagevelos.com/category.php?id_category=5), but in modern fibres rather than merino wool, and therefore half the price.
Once again, the site is unintuitive and a bit all over the place, but it's worth the struggle. I have a couple of jerseys from them (a Mercier Hutchinson short-sleeved and a Wiel's Groene Leeuwe long-sleeved) and they're good quality. (Although the Mercier wasn't in stock, and did take an age to arrive - apparently their supplier went on holiday for a month).
http://cycles-marcarini.com
Easy currency converter here:
www.xe.com
I can't find an "I've found a bargain online" thread on here, so I thought I'd start one. (If there is one, it's not showing up in my site search or in google.) These links are those I've found during the boring evenings, stuck in the middle of nowhere...
Cycles Mari. Bikes are generally more expensive in France than in the UK, but this lot run deals all the time. They've got a rubbish site - click top right and then scroll around once you're in:
http://www.cycles-mari.com/centre.php
There's a clearance sale at the moment (Look, Kuota, Wilier, Gir's, Time and Cervélo). Examples: Look 566 frame for about £1150; Cervélo R3 frames for about £1800 (and a 2008 one at £1470-ish), RS's at £1220 (and £1059 for the 2008 version). If you don't speak French, open the site in Google Chrome and it will do its best to translate everything.
Bikepalast is Austrian. Their best-seller at the moment is a Wilier Mortirolo kitted out in Ultegra SL, for a bit more than £1600... (gasp).
www.bikepalast.com
You don't even need to have Chrome for this - click on the English option and it runs the site through google translate on your behalf (although the navigation is still a bit of a nightmare).
Vos en Zoon in Holland have another chaotic site, and Chrome won't translate all those block caps they use to describe some of the gear, but they, too, have a sale at the moment: an example bargain is a 2009 BMC Team Machine frameset for a bit more than £1000.
http://www.vosdfd.nl/
If you're into retro jerseys, Cycles Marcarini have an enormous collection - probably three times what you can find on Prendas - including versions of some of the gems from Vintage Velos (http://www.vintagevelos.com/category.php?id_category=5), but in modern fibres rather than merino wool, and therefore half the price.
Once again, the site is unintuitive and a bit all over the place, but it's worth the struggle. I have a couple of jerseys from them (a Mercier Hutchinson short-sleeved and a Wiel's Groene Leeuwe long-sleeved) and they're good quality. (Although the Mercier wasn't in stock, and did take an age to arrive - apparently their supplier went on holiday for a month).
http://cycles-marcarini.com
Easy currency converter here:
www.xe.com
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