Planet X Price Hike
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Don't worry - it'll all come back down in a week.
The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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It's the DFS way.
Once I added a toolkit in the morning (Full on toolbox affair) that they had for £9.99, went to look for other items to add, spares and what have you, went to check out, and they had put it back up to £79.99.Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
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oh - you don't pull a trigger by the way unless you're some amateur lizard hatphotonic69 said:A bit annoyed. Been putting a lot of stuff in my shopping cart over the last few days. Was waiting for my wife to give me her measurements for a rain cape I was getting for her. Went to pull the trigger just now but found my cart empty. When I went to re-add the stuff I noticed it's all just shot up! Buggers
#pedant'scorner.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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OK..breathe out..hold..squeeze.. job's a good 'un.MattFalle said:
oh - you don't pull a trigger by the way unless you're some amateur lizard hatphotonic69 said:A bit annoyed. Been putting a lot of stuff in my shopping cart over the last few days. Was waiting for my wife to give me her measurements for a rain cape I was getting for her. Went to pull the trigger just now but found my cart empty. When I went to re-add the stuff I noticed it's all just shot up! Buggers
#pedant'scornerSometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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👍👍photonic69 said:
OK..breathe out..hold..squeeze.. job's a good 'un.MattFalle said:
oh - you don't pull a trigger by the way unless you're some amateur lizard hatphotonic69 said:A bit annoyed. Been putting a lot of stuff in my shopping cart over the last few days. Was waiting for my wife to give me her measurements for a rain cape I was getting for her. Went to pull the trigger just now but found my cart empty. When I went to re-add the stuff I noticed it's all just shot up! Buggers
#pedant'scorner
#marksmanshipprinciples.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Photography with a long lens is very much like being a sniperMattFalle said:
👍👍photonic69 said:
OK..breathe out..hold..squeeze.. job's a good 'un.MattFalle said:
oh - you don't pull a trigger by the way unless you're some amateur lizard hatphotonic69 said:A bit annoyed. Been putting a lot of stuff in my shopping cart over the last few days. Was waiting for my wife to give me her measurements for a rain cape I was getting for her. Went to pull the trigger just now but found my cart empty. When I went to re-add the stuff I noticed it's all just shot up! Buggers
#pedant'scorner
#marksmanshipprinciples
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I am surprised they are still in business. 10 years ago they had some real deals... the 900g nanolight frameset for not very much money, the Gigantex tubular rims... now they just sell a lot of cheap tat using the names of collapsed companies to fool beginners. I haven't bought anything from them in years.
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agree completely - you used to find some unbelievably brilliant bargains and their own name stuff was really good value but now its all a bit, well, shittbh..
The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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A theory... Their whole premise was being first to import budget gear direct from China. Now everyone imports from China.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
They were also v good at tracking down warehouse clearances and selling it on. Now the warehouses have been cleared.
Tbh, up until a few months ago they were very good for smsll Campagnolo parts..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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There is more... they used to have some good looking frames... remember those pink/blue/orange colour ones with the white band and black logo on the downtube... they did look ace and they were awesome bikes... now they all look shxt
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I always feel its an awful name to have on a bike too. For the UK frame sellers/bike builders , I’d always go Dolan, Ribble etc on the basis alone
Just seems childish?2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner0 -
There are plenty of boutique bikes with horrible names: Orbea, Orro, Factor, Argon, Kinesis... they are all shxt names with terrible looking logoscarbonclem said:I always feel its an awful name to have on a bike too. For the UK frame sellers/bike builders , I’d always go Dolan, Ribble etc on the basis alone
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For z cheap use/smash up/throw away their aero bike ismeant to be v good.
Same as the ProCarbon
Not to forget the mega Ti frsmed
Its just the component shop side thats gonetoshit.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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The Pro Carbon is 3 grand for a bike that weighs the same as my Preffisio... which I put together out of a 60 quid Ebay frame and some stuff I had hanging aroundMattFalle said:For z cheap use/smash up/throw away their aero bike ismeant to be v good.
Same as the ProCarbon
Not to forget the mega Ti frsmed
Its just the component shop side thats gonetoshitleft the forum March 20230 -
good for you. well done. pat yourself on the back.ugo.santalucia said:
The Pro Carbon is 3 grand for a bike that weighs the same as my Preffisio... which I put together out of a 60 quid Ebay frame and some stuff I had hanging aroundMattFalle said:For z cheap use/smash up/throw away their aero bike ismeant to be v good.
Same as the ProCarbon
Not to forget the mega Ti frsmed
Its just the component shop side thats gonetoshit
many people can't do that. the Pro Carbon also has disc brakes, a new groupset, more modern wheels, finishing kit and a warranty.
Anyone can build anything if they have the parts hanging around - its ridiculous to say "well I did x, y, z for £a,b,c"
I bought my S3 as a whole new and built it to the spec it is for far less than a Pro Carbon but I don't hark on like a fishwife.
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Tbh though, the Pro Carbon is also better than your Dolan, butlets not go there..
The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Probably not, but in fairness I didn't register that the 3 grand version is the ETap one... so not a bad price then...MattFalle said:Tbh though, the Pro Carbon is also better than your Dolan, butlets not go there.
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For a bit of balance, they had the London Road Gravel Apex edition with hydraulic brakes for £975 last week with a promo code, while the Free Ranger Rival was ~£1440.
PX, like a lot of other sites including Amazon, simply needs you to monitor prices to know the time of real deals.================
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mechanical version is c.£1700, which, for mechanicsl Force which as we ll know is better than Ultegra isn't bad tbh, espesh hrn you thow one of their frequent discount codes on...
The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Not exactly on topic, but as we are talking UK bike shops. Went in the Ribble showroom in Brum on Saturday. Three staff in there, all sitting at desks looking on computers. Not a single one of them looked up or acknowledged me in anyway (the shop was empty, I was the only customer). I am sure they have a lot of browsers just killing time, but even so....0
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I went on a Sunday lunchtime in November and it was the same. I stayed probably 2 minutes, as it was a gravel bike galore... they had a nice road SLR at the entrance and nothing else of interest to a roadman.MidlandsGrimpeur2 said:Not exactly on topic, but as we are talking UK bike shops. Went in the Ribble showroom in Brum on Saturday. Three staff in there, all sitting at desks looking on computers. Not a single one of them looked up or acknowledged me in anyway (the shop was empty, I was the only customer). I am sure they have a lot of browsers just killing time, but even so....
I also don't understand the point of hanging bikes up high on the walls... they are not pictures FFS
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Bottom line is, I used to see loads of PX bikes around, now I see fewer of them and they are the same bikes. I haven't seen any of these new breed on the roads round here. Hence why I am surprised they are still in businessMattFalle said:mechanical version is c.£1700, which, for mechanicsl Force which as we ll know is better than Ultegra isn't bad tbh, espesh hrn you thow one of their frequent discount codes on..
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agree 100%ugo.santalucia said:
Bottom line is, I used to see loads of PX bikes around, now I see fewer of them and they are the same bikes. I haven't seen any of these new breed on the roads round here. Hence why I am surprised they are still in businessMattFalle said:mechanical version is c.£1700, which, for mechanicsl Force which as we ll know is better than Ultegra isn't bad tbh, espesh hrn you thow one of their frequent discount codes on..
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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How is it they keep selling ex-demo bikes when they don't have a shop where you can demo anything?
I fancied a Spitfire but don't think the geometry works for me. I feel like I need a longer head tube for the frame size so was thinking the new ProCarbon might not be that bad. Like MF says Force mech disc for 1700-2000, depending on when you buy. I could even go C2W on it. Prices have gone up by 20-25% in past year, possibly in line with others?0 -
normal caveat of journobullshit but the Pro Carbon gets good review, be even better with a decent groupset and a grand less - so Force it is.....
https://www.bikeradar.com/reviews/bikes/road-bikes/2021-planet-x-pro-carbon-ultegra-review/.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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