Thread to tell everyone what bike gear you've just bought !

Ordered a pair of Endura Pro SL bibs in the long leg variety. Last pair in stock at Biketart for 50 quid.

Well, my report is not positive.

6 days on from placing the order, and having taken my money, they emailed to say that they don't actually have them in stock so refund incoming.

Afraid I won't be able to give any feedback on the shorts after all.

Seems a bit bulky for you back pocket. CO2 no?

The nano is pretty small.

Went for the purple mist.

Size large for me at 6'4", 32 waist, 39 chest. Sizing is fairly typical Castelli, I'd get away with a medium in most brands but always a large in Castelli. These probably aren't quite as snug as some of their aero jerseys but certainly a nice close fit.

The above all turned up nice and quickly.

Not that interesting a purchase at all, but on connecting my Di2 bike to the etube app, spotted a load of firmware updates, well for both derailleurs, battery and shifters, could do the first 3 via bluetooth, but on looking up methods (As my shifters are not wired) I needed the below to carry out updates for the shifters.

1400mm one of these from Merlin - £23.95 inc delivery:

And these from Condor.

2 port junction box:

Tool thing - think I have one (Not sure if they have changed at all over the variants) but for the sake of a few pounds:

Had I bought everything from Tredz it would have been £55 delivered, but buying from Merlin and Condor made it £43.

It's very evident that we have lost the likes of Wiggle/CRC, PBK and others, choice and competition is down.

Good luck with BikeInn. I am 3 for 3 terrible experiences with them, stuff not in stock when it said it was, lied to about lead times etc etc. All 3 orders when eventually forced a refund it took ages and several follow up emails before I got my money back. Never again for me.

A Core gilet from Rapha sale and a similar colour short sleeve Van Rysel jersey from Decathlon. Impressed with the feel and fit of the jersey for £30.

The mitts are now mysteriously not ready for shipping until October 15th 🤣

Still in zero hurry for either item, but will keep eye on it, but not a very good start to proceedings.

Castelli have a new print for the fantastic Perfetto jacket - I won't be buying it for £280 or the £238 that Merlin have it for, but if anyone sees a billy bargain of something around 50% off I'd love to know :-)

https://www.merlincycles.com/castelli-perfetto-ltd-ros-2-jacket-aw24-324004.html

Noticeable that back in the day before they went to censored town, Wiggle and CRC would have likely been the place to go for bargains on these 😕 Guess still a chance (if any stock is left) there could be some deals in the new year sales.

PBK also gone of course :-(

Just seen Mantel have decided to cease trading with the uk as well, due to brexit 🤬

Well it dispatched (despatched?) in the early hours of this morning.

A cassette from Winstanley's as their Black Friday has begun and cheaper than elsewhere. Tried to find the other thread. Other shop's sales may beat it in future though.

Finally Scott are due to have some of the aero plugs for their 2024 Cadence helmet that I bought in the spring, and I've ordered two sets from my fairly LBS - definitely the closest one that is a Scott dealer at any rate.

The helmet is black, so I've ordered one set, one I will leave as is, the other I will apply some yellow wrap too :-)

Lordgun had these amazing Scott glasses on offer, I already have a set, but for £70 (With REALLY good photochromic lenses) I thought it would be rude not to have a backup pair.

If Westbrook had them in stock, they would be £122, they have a £135 RRP.

Additionally, at Lordgun I spotted this Ale jersey for £48, and could not resist.

Alas the 15% Black friday code was not applicable to either item, but there we go.

Still not seen any decent deals on the 1040, thinking if there aren't any today, there will likely not be any in the UK below £399.

Totally legit mate, and very good customer service and despatch times too, though as it is coming from Italy, it takes a bit longer to actually arrive, but I'll update when it does land at my door.

I've also never had any situations where I have ordered something apparently in stock to find out it is not.

Officially on their site it suggests that any order under £135 will have VAT included, and there won't be any fees when it arrives, orders over that amount are without VAT, and you'll be hit for import fees, and admin charges when it comes in. Postage IIRC, is around £7, which I think is reasonable, though depending on how much you are spending may not be.

I placed the order at 06:52 this morning, and it was despatched at 10:29 - pretty impressive imo.

Probably like you, I used to see their name, and think it was a scam site, but with far reduced options both uk wise, and European I have shopped with them several times since 2020, and always had a very positive experience.

The time Customs decided to charge lots of extra money was not their fault, and I got the money back from HMRC too.

I've finally pulled the trigger on a 1040, waited around to see if there might be any deals, but so few retailers selling it, meant naff all in the way of decent deals in reality.

I was going to go with TradeInn, but it appears Garmin have decreed they are not allowed to sell to us here - which is slightly frustrating, as they had it on for £360.49, plus £7 postage - plus their silicone cases were WAY cheaper than anywhere here, which would have easily offset the postage.

Friday I could add it to the basket, and get to checkout, as of today I could only add it into the basket if it was on the ES site, though I dare say for anywhere else in proper Europe it would also have worked 😤

Anyway, I found a site selling it for £399, and not one I had ever heard of before - Team Cycles, seems to be a Trek based place, but I won't hold that against them.

SAVE5 knocked a whopping 5 entire pounds off of that, and going through TCB might chop a further £4.18 off (It's already tracked, but should be rejected as I have used a code, but often the retailers seem to miss this) as it were, so it could weight in at a smidge under £390, so only kind of £22 more than the TradeInn offering, if that was ever properly available - I do wonder if it might have gone through and then they would have been forced to cancel it.

Absolutely no offers over here on the official cases, the ones for the 1030 I picked up genuine Garmin items from Merlin for £8.50 each! These seem to be £17 across the board, so will bide my time, and or ask for one for christmas I think.