My starter for 10 is the Camelbak Big Bite Valve - £6.99
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FFS!
brake pads............... 😯
anything with XTR on it!
xt770 chainrings
virtually any after market bar mount. See the ten quid you have to pay for a GPS mount or twenty quid for an Exposure light mount.
www.shimano-yumeya.com
£449.99 Acros Headset?
Its over priced for a headset but not for the quality & technology.
J
have to agree with you about camelbak stuff geoffj.when i bought a new camelbak bladder,discovered that it didn't come with the 90 deg lockpiece.that was £7 extra.their cleaning brushes cost £10 for 2 brushes.i still bought em though. 🙄
Its over priced for a headset but not for the quality & technology
Is it not a pair of full ceramic bearings in a couple of alu cups? Can be had for a whole lot less than £450!
This must be a contender:
[url= http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Lightweight_RD_-_Rear_Derailleur/5360040339/ ]£800 derailleur[/url]
most of it, particularly suspension forks
Anyone mentioned Jones and any of the other niche-fanboy-frottage-frames yet?
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One of those sh1tty specializedneeds triple clamp forked cross country bikes.
Cheap but still over priced tat.
Anything by Chris King.
Bike lights. £400 for a battery and some LEDs.
Stu, can you please return my hook, my line and my sinker as soon as possible? Thanks.
*yawn*
Oh, sorry, didn't mean to offend your magnificent nicheness. I apologise for riding a mainstream brand, how foolish of me. I really must go and buy something made by a man in a shed, it's bound to be far better, isn't it?
Get over yourself.
[i]Oh, sorry, didn't mean to offend your magnificent nicheness[/i]
yeah you did. This kind of dull reverse snobbery is beneath you.
get over yourself 😉
this will end in tears...
Yeah, I did, nickc, you're right. Irony is so hard to type!
Many of the niche/custom frames out there are superb pieces of kit, but I firmly believe that in many cases, people are paying a massive premium just to be [i]different[/i], not better.
Perhaps. Nowt wrong with different though, depends what you want from your cycling experience I guess.
I think the OP has to be close though.
I'd rather have better than different, thanks, regardless of the cost.
Yeah, i think that's where Jones is coming from as well
From riding one, I would disagree. Not that impressed, to be honest. But, takes all sorts.
trek make/made a carbon fibre pannier rack. incredibly expensive and very light and capable of carrying a flapjack
nickc.
i wouldn't bother wasting your time on him.
His head's so far up his own arse he can't hear you.
Oh do go on, Stu, please. It's fun. It's called a "difference of opinion". What it means is, other people have an opinion, regardless. My opinion is that much of the niche stroking "ooh look at me, I'm different!" brigade are paying over the odds just to be different, not necessarily better. I've ridden enough not be be that impressed, but I would be happy to have something made for me in steel at some point in the future. I wouldn't feel the need to trumpet how fantastic it was, however.
What's your opinion of people who buy bikes from large companies with massive R&D budgets and great warranty back up?
If that's your idea of fun you must have a very dull life.
Nice bit of editing there
What's your opinion of people who buy bikes from large companies with massive R&D budgets and great warranty back up?
What like some of my other bikes you mean.
*yawns again*
£185!
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For the xc bike, hmmmmmmmmm.
Outskirts of London dilletante served by Snetter shocker
*wonders why Stu gets so offended. Decides not to bother wondering any more!"
aviemoron, I reckon almost any of the current vogue for white grips and saddles must rate as overpriced! They'll look tatty soon enough and have to be replaced, meaning you'll have to keep on buying them to keep on looking white and bling and ting!
I like to be different by flting past people who have awesome bikes and no idea how to ride them... i recently went on an organised ride, this one guy was talkin bout his asos shorts and only durace this and that will do...he was competing in races dont you know... well im a fat mountain biker but i still dropped him by about 2 miles in the forst 3 miles...damn that feels good... 😛
dano: righteously satisfactory result
aP.
I'm the wrong side of the border to be a snetter.
And I don't live in the outskirts of London, either.
dano, have you ever been "roadie chasing"? See a roadie while on a tarmac linking section of an off road ride, razz the nuts off them and overtake, then hide behind the next available hedge!
SSS - touché. Haven't been to see Col for while. Anyway, how's the tandem?
[url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=38205 ]Polar CS Cadence Magnet[/url]
A very small magnet
A very small sticky pad
A piece of tape
I best not talk about it as it's not mainstream enough.
Still a laugh though.
Bring yours next time your up.
Stu, all tandems are good, regardless of niche-ness! 😉
*goes out and sells the tandem*
Where was that chain catcher that every-one was getting in a state about last week? £30 for a bent piece for metal.
chase down aa roadie... pull a wheelie past them then pretend like you need to take a left turn... gold... only beaten by being overtaken by a long line of cars giving you no room, only to fly past them in a traffic jam further up the road...
muahahahahahahhahaha...
back on topic...
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Shimano_SPD_MTB_Cleats/4000000886/
c'mon... its a cleat and it costs 15 squid... get lost...
Forks - Replacement to servicing ratio
has anyone mentioned Campag corkscrews?
Damn you igm, I was just going to! (sadly, I'd still get one if I hadnt already told the wife how ****ing expensive they are).
dano, have you ever been "roadie chasing"? See a roadie while on a tarmac linking section of an off road ride, razz the nuts off them and overtake, then hide behind the next available hedge!
Oh dear...
More or less anything by Rapha.
dano, have you ever been "roadie chasing"? See a roadie while on a tarmac linking section of an off road ride, razz the nuts off them and overtake, then hide behind the next available hedge!
Sad isn't it!
Sadly when I'm on road bike your wouldn't have the gears on your bike to keep up with me let alone catch me - your legs would be spinning too fast. I do however know some elderly gents that keep themselves fit by getting out on a road bike and I'm sure you could catch them no bother. But then you'd be "old man chasing" and that dosn't sound so cool or "core" does it!?!
However, I'm sure the only reason you were wanting to catch them up was to give a friendly hello to a fellow cyclist wasn't it?
valve caps
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To you sir - a snip at £799.99
Sp41 outer caps....
I'm gonna have to go with brake pads here. What the hell am I paying £15 for anyway?
An £800 mech is all well and good, and ridiculous, and probably no better and barely any lighter than £150 dura ace - but with pads it's not like there is a good alternative at a fraction of the price. Feels like major stroke-age every time.
'Roadie chasing'
If you can catch them it'll be because they're not fit / just chilling / on a LOOOONG ride.
My Dad (62) rides pretty slow. He can however ride for 10 hours in the middle of winter and clock up 100 miles without blinking.
A cyclist on a road bike who's as fit as you will easily PWN you any day of the week if you've done equal distances.
PiefaceIf you can catch them it'll be because they're not fit / just chilling / on a LOOOONG ride.
My Dad (62) rides pretty slow. He can however ride for 10 hours in the middle of winter and clock up 100 miles without blinking.
A cyclist on a road bike who's as fit as you will easily PWN you any day of the week if you've done equal distances.
And if I can just add to that - A roadie can and will make love to a male polar bear, whether the bear likes it or not. That's just how they roll.
Its in my genes
New 20mm axle for SC Shiver currently £85 at CRC...paid £11 from LBS 12 months ago for the same thing....now thats serious inflation
that carbon derailleur looks as is somebody printed "lightweight" with Microsoft Word. At that price I am expecting a half decent font/design.
I've seen shimano cleats on sale for £19.99. 😯 I take it this is the new rrp as the shop concerned is otherwise pretty decent.
just about anything camelbak aftermarket seems hugely overpriced. I feel for nichey bike specific products with limited retailing and small market and I am sure a certain amount of the apparent high price reflects the very much smaller 'economy of scale' as it were, but was suprised to see camelbak all over the place whilst i was camping kit-shopping yesterday. Even in Sports World!
mech hangers - rip off.
Factory wheels, all of them. I only just woke up to the fact that £300 (or more) for an XTR rear wheel with gucci rim and spokes is a terrible idea. Cant get spares when you need them, get your LBS to lace up some standard kit on a nice hub and you are sorted.....
mech hangers - rip off.
Cheaper than a new frame... Get over it.
Powertap charge £68 for a connector to do a firmware upgrade.
igm - Campagnolo corkscrews are awesome though! try one and then say they're overpriced! That said I've removed corks with pens and keys before now 😆
I reckon almost any of the current vogue for white grips and saddles must rate as overpriced! They'll look tatty soon enough and have to be replaced, meaning you'll have to keep on buying them to keep on looking white and bling and ting!
People with white grips and saddles don't ride their bikes much, so they'll be fine.
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Following on from a thread yesterday, how about an XT outer ring at £77(crc price at that), seems pretty expensive as the chainset can be had IRO £120
'Overpriced' is subjective though isn't it?
My LBS has a Storck Scenario Pro - 4k frame, about 8k complete. To me I could never justify that (I could buy a nice Fireblade for that sort of money!). However, some local bloke when in and bought two plus one for his son, so he's obviously not of the same opinion.
I used to think Chris King headsets were overpriced, now I have two and wouldn't buy anything else
If you think MTB stuff is overpriced, have a look at motorbike kit. Touratech spring to mind....
mech hangers - rip off.
One shop I worked in bought 1000 mech hangers for £1 each. Sold them for £15.99 each or something similar. You'd be amazed how quickly you get through that many too.
mech hangers - rip off.
Honestly, have your interweb geeks had your sense of humor gene completely removed? "Get over it" - Phaah - Get over yourself you dumbass!
Very amusing!