Rip-Off

Road Red
Road Red Posts: 232
edited March 2012 in The bottom bracket
Went to restock on Assos cream at the weekend and horrified to see they are now looking for £15 for a jar.

This seems to have jumped a huge amount in a very small period of time. Someone's making a serious killing!

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  • tpmlogan
    tpmlogan Posts: 36
    try Sudocream much cheaper ,a bit thicker but just as good.
    tpmlogan
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    I thought someone called Off had died. :D
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  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    Plenty of other makes out there. Udderly Smooth, Dave-Z, Elite Ozone etc
    M.Rushton
  • rajMAN
    rajMAN Posts: 429
    Shinybikes - under a tenner!! sorted. :shock:
  • jordan_217
    jordan_217 Posts: 2,580
    Udderly smooth, £7.19 from Wiggle.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,601
    Why do people always say Sudocreme is just as good? It isn't - Sudocreme is good at healing chaffing but chamois cream prevents it.
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    jordan_217 wrote:
    Udderly smooth, £7.19 from Wiggle.

    +1 for this, works just as well as Assos IMO.
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  • bobtbuilder
    bobtbuilder Posts: 1,537
    Pross wrote:
    Why do people always say Sudocreme is just as good? It isn't - Sudocreme is good at healing chaffing but chamois cream prevents it.

    And I'm allergic to Sudocreme!!! :oops:
  • Coach H
    Coach H Posts: 1,092
    I am using the PBK stuff at the minute. Made by Morgan Blue and very similar to Assos (even in a VERY similar jar).

    But do you know what, I still prefer Savlon, its old school but work for me. I always go back to it after trying alternatives although they all seem to work OK. The only one that didn't was the stuff from ZipVit (Oelium, or something like that), it actually made me more sore than not using it!
    Coach H. (Dont ask me for training advice - 'It's not about the bike')
  • jim453
    jim453 Posts: 1,360
    Stop paying a fortune to rub slimy gear all over your gonads.

    Weirdos.
  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    My definition of something being a rip-off is when it's the only choice you have and they are taking advantage of that. Assos cream doesn't fall into this category, I use udderly smooth too.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    jim453 wrote:
    Stop paying a fortune to rub slimy gear all over your gonads.

    Weirdos.

    +1 you shouldn't have to pay rub slimy gear all over your gonads.
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    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • whojanicanackerov
    whojanicanackerov Posts: 383
    jim453 wrote:
    Stop paying a fortune to rub slimy gear all over your gonads

    Weirdos.

    The voice of reason speaks again well done Squidwood :D

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