PSA: Avid Bleed Kit...
 

[Closed] PSA: Avid Bleed Kit £15+p&p

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At [url= http://www.alpinebikes.com/shop/avid/juicy-disc-brake-bleed-kit/ ]Alpine Bikes[/url]

Delivery is £4.50 which bumps it up a bit but I've heard the rrp is now £40 so it's still cheap.

You can bet the price isn't the same in-store but perhaps you could persuade them to give it to you at that price.


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 10:21 am
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Have they gone up then? I thought Avid bleed kits were about £20?


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 11:41 am
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think it was 35 in my lbs


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 11:57 am
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£39.99 in Mammoth Cycles, Milford (Nr Cannock Chase)...!!!


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 12:03 pm
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Am I right in thinking that the Avid bleed kit will work with Formula brakes also?


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 12:30 pm
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thanks for that, even 2nd hand kits on ebay are going for more than that.

i think avid and formula kits work with each brake system, same fittings.


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 12:35 pm
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Yep Avid fit Forumula. Have used an avid kit to re-bleed my k18s to good effect.

I'm sure you can buy syringes and tubing for a few quid, it's just getting the right fitment to stick in the caliper/reservoir.


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 1:28 pm
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One bleed kit heading for the Scottish Borders 😀


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 1:58 pm
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Bugger - out of stock!


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 2:09 pm
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£40 is a bloody joke for 2 syringes and some fittings.


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 2:24 pm
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You do get a tiny pot of brake fluid and an olive as well.. 😉


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 2:26 pm
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The tiniest bottle of DOT you can buy I think!

If anyone needs an avid kit I've got one, sans fluid (ie syringes and clips with tubing and connections). £14 posted.


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 3:30 pm
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Aphex, I'll take it e-mail in profile.


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 3:31 pm
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Hi,

Thank you for your order with Alpine Bikes – unfortunately the Avid Juicy Bleed Kit is now completely sold out. At the moment, we are not looking at re-stocking this item so I will need to cancel your order.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Thanks,

Alpine Bikes Online

Doh!!


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 3:34 pm
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Kit now sold.


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 3:44 pm
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Aphex, money sent. Check your gmail email for address, cheers. Rich

Spongey Juicy's will soon become history 🙂


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 3:52 pm
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Oh, and buy your oil from a motorfactors or motorbike shop. Much cheaper than buying "bike" branded oil from a bike shop.


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 4:44 pm
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easily the most overpriced product I have come across in aaages. I have one and honestly, the only bits you couldn't get scrounging around, or on ebay are the little brass bits that screw in the bleed port. I honestly cannot believe that the manufacturing cost of these kits is more than a couple of quid.


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 5:33 pm
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I agree, it's probably the biggest piss-take I've come across as far as bike kit goes. I'm almost determined to find an alternative screw, even though I already have an official kit!


 
Posted : 20/04/2009 7:20 pm
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Totally overpriced, I made my own, I would post a pic but my camera has decided to not let me transfer the photos to my computer. The thread required is M5 if i remember correctly.


 
Posted : 27/04/2009 1:05 pm