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Just got A Maxxis tyre delivered from Merlin (DHR2 3C Exo+ 29x2.4) £49.99
Not a great saving but cheapest I could see and needed as the side knobs on my old one a clinging on for dear life.
No retail packaging and a white Maxxis logo, must have been taken off a new bike. I was so close to buying a pair of Kryptotals because the thought of having white and yellow Maxxis logos was making me twitch, I'm at ease now.
My favourite front mudguard...
Crud XL £20 with free delivery from Hopkinson Cycles. Mine turned up within 48 hours.
Specialized still have some great deals on tyres.
They had an extra 10% off and discount on sign up to email, meaning I got a 2.3" Purgatory GRID 2Bliss Ready T7 in 29" fpr under £21 delivered. Still there for £22 today
One up v2 droppers at £180 at stif, with a free remote.
https://www.stifmtb.com/products/one-up-components-dropper-post-v2-1?variant=30972398993519
One up v2 droppers at £180 at stif, with a free remote.
OneUp Components Dropper Post V2.1
v2 £115 here.
https://www.airdropbikes.com/collections/outlet/products/oneup-v2-dropper-post
only 240mm though
Sucks being a short arse doesn't it Andy 😂😂
Slam69 currently have 15% off everything, which makes some Hope stuff very price competitive. One-Up V2s are £180/210 so cheaper than above. New V3 version sounds good but they seem to be slowly hiking the price at each revision.
https://slam69.co.uk/products/oneup-components-dropper-post-v2?variant=32905351037005
Deviate Highander frames for £1,650 (£1,050 off) - only L and XL remaining but choice of 140 or 150 linkage. Note this is the original model and not the newer Highlander 2: https://store.deviatecycles.com/collections/sale-23/products/deviate-highlander-frame
There may have been one remaining XL in yellow, but not now...
One-Up V2s are £180/210 so cheaper than above. New V3 version sounds good but they seem to be slowly hiking the price at each revision.
OneUp Components – DROPPER POST – V2
Stiff are doing V2.1 for £179 and inc. a free v2 lever.
https://www.stifmtb.com/products/one-up-components-dropper-post-v2-1
SportPursuit have Fox Speedframe lids for around £65 at the mo
Specialized Tactic Mips is £45 @specialized
Good one. Even better is its £40.50 with the extra 10% that's being applied to baskets at the moment.
Fox 38 performance, 170mm 29er
£374
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/fox-suspension-38-a-float-performance-forks-oe
If 650b gravel wheels are your thing, here's a big chunk off on the top of the line Spesh Rovals at Sigma. £1038 down from £2200 apparently. If they were 700c I'd be poorer.
https://www.sigmasports.com/item/Roval/Terra-CLX-Evo-Disc-Carbon-Clincher-Wheelset/OFOO
They are £900 at the specialized store with the extra 10% off.....
If anyone's after some cheaper carbon 650b gravel wheels, I have some Ribble ones (about 1,500g, 25mm internal) I'd be happy to let go for what I paid - £250ish.
https://www.endurasport.com/singletrack-s-s-jersey-cocoa/12926569.html
Endura jersey for £12.99. Seems decent.
Fabric Scoop Sport Shallow Saddle £18 at merlin seems like a good deal
Other models too
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/rockshox-lyrik-ultimate-forks-oe
Lyrik Ulimates 27.5 160mm - £473
SportPursuit have Fox Speedframe lids for around £65 at the mo
And some Fox clothing too. 👍
Good value 24 inch kids full suspension Vitus Mythique reduced from £1600 to £640.
They also have 26 inch kids versions for £800
https://electrifybike.shop/products/merida-eone-sixty-975
who’s brave enough to order this hahahaha
Shimano motor, I’m out ! 🧐
No way that will go through. Stupid error on the price
That’s quite clearly a scam site. See if Jim can do anything to claw back his payment before it’s too late.
If you search for electrifybike.shop on google the only hit is this forum page.
https://www.whois.com/whois/electrifybike.shop
Registered in December 2023
Looks like a copy of electrifybike.com
in answer to that question, my mate Jim!!
Well the scammers now have his money and his card details.
1 minute flicking through that site tells you everything you need to know.
…or there’s just a missing digit on the advert and Jim will get a refund.
I waiting to see how this unfolds 😂
Sorry lads, thought it was obvious it was a scam site. Thanks to Jim though for the friday night entertainment. Popcorn is out.
This type of scam site has come up quite a few times recently. It helps to understand how domain names work:
Google electrifybike and you’ll find a real business sure enough (let’s leave aside the fact they’re American). But google, in quote marks “electrifybike.shop” and you’ll get the result I mentioned.
Read web addresses from right to left. For example, if you one day visit singletrackworld.net, it’s got nowt to do with this site, it’s a totally different site. Also, singletrackworld.shop.com is actually a subdomain of shop.com (just an example, don’t click the link that’s been autogenerated 😂) that has nowt to do with singletrackworld.com and would be an example of a scam. Shop.singletrackworld.com on the other hand could be a legitimate subdomain of singletrackworld.com.
Edit: slight correction, the exact search I used that only returned this page was : “electrifybike.shop” reviews.
adding the quote marks stopped me getting reviews for inexact matches like electrifybike.com
Jim might end up getting a £200 A3 poster of a Merida bike
Did poor Jim find this scam via here?
The last month or two, I've seen there are posters here with very limited skills when it comes to understanding how the web works and how to keep safe. So perhaps caution is needed over posting things as "obvious" scams as jokes.
Plot twist if Jim gets the bike and we are all sat here kicking ourselves that we didn't go for it too.
Likelihood 1/10
I've offered him a grand for it if it turns up
Those odds are a bit generous. I'd say 0/10
I've never understood with these "clone site" type scans why they set the price so low, making the scam obvious - if they put more content on that site and higher prices, they'd surely get more takers? Always seems with most financial fraud that going to all that trouble but still only doing half a job is surely counter-productive? But then again, Jim went for it! 😬