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If you have an account with SportShoes.com then you might have been send a 15% discount code today. My wife got one so I'm quite glad we hadn't taken the plunge with the Vasque boots! And now we will.
Gah, couldn't use the code for them! Boooo
Sony wf-1000xm5 earbuds £159 at EE
I bought some 47 / 11 Vasques and I’m normally an 11 and a 47 in Shimano. I’d say snug but fine with normal socks. With thicker walking socks then no. I also bought a 48 and this was just marginally too big.
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Vasque boots look really nice, impressively light (they're just trainers that look like boots and have a vibram sole really)
Seemed to fit well in the living room, feel slightly tight on first walk and had a mild hot spot on one foot.
Perhaps they'll be fine with normal socks rather than thick ones though
Hope so anyway. CBA to buy another pair .5 size up
Turkey crowns mis-priced at Morrisons Wood Green. Should be about £15 each - some are priced at £5 odd. My 3 came to £16.18 - scanned my Morrisons card and it went down by £2.70 as a multi buy. Be quick - only 20 or so left at that price at the moment.
That Gore Wear jacket I mentioned in another thread a few weeks back has been further reduced to £59.97 in some colours/sizes.
Thought about getting an XL red for myself, but my similar XL Planet X Magma still just about stretches to accomodate me.
Ultegra DI2 rear mech, £144 with codes;
TRISPORTSFESTIV and CHILLY5 (Use both together...)
merlin cycles
fox 38 29er 44mm 170mm no decals black..
factory grip 2 £599 / Perf Elite £499 , dont forget to sign in and check points balance upto £25 off
some 29er reserve wheels too £299-£399 or £899 a set , most sold out
Following on from jake123's post.. 20%+ off a lot of items on TriSportsResort's (Wiggle) eBay shop - codes TRISPORTSFESTIV and CHILLY5.
Thought this was worth sharing - I've been looking at (and thus my algorithm based targets advertising has been bombarding me with) these small portable power stations for a while, reading reviews etc. Theres tonnes - Jackery, Bluetti, Aferiy etc etc.
Wanted a cheaper and more transferable (I tend to change vehicles often!) alternative to putting a leisure battery into the van I finally bought this year. We usually use hook up when camping, but this will be useful for the odd one-nighter, using in the garden, taking out to the beach/forest for the day or evening, and also as a backup for the basics in the event of an outage at home. We havent been affected for years but its not unheard of these days!
Mainly, it will allow me to charge my new e-bike - this one being big enough to charge my 320wh battery, with losses, plus a chunk left over for some lighting and a phone/garmin charge. Perfect for doing the odd race or event next year.
Not a huge capacity compared to the big £XXXX products, but most are hovering around £300 for their 512wh versions, so 576wh for £275, is about the best £/wh ratio I've seen so far.
Factory refurbished, ill reserve final judgement till it arrives but experiences tell me it usually means its just had the box opened.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315643444003 plus code 'FROSTY8'
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In case the Merlin forks aren't quite right for you 20Twenty also have some Fox 38s on sale.
38 Performance Elite 29"/160mm - £600
38 Performance 29"/170mm - £400
38 Performance Elite E-Tune 29"/170mm - £600
https://20twentystore.com/collections/sale/products/take-off-forks
White Mongoose BMX helmet in medium or large (latter upto 62cm) for £4 on Amazon... I tried one of these on in Halfords years ago and the large fit was great for my oval skull, it was ~£15 back then! 😮
£4 on Amazon
£9 including delivery
Bambu Labs A1 Mini 3D printer, this is an absolute bargain! And there's an extra £15 off atm
https://uk.store.bambulab.com/products/a1-mini?id=42157097517116
I got one in the black Friday sales and am a total noob to 3D printing, but this thing is soooo easy to use. I had the first Benchy done within 30 minutes of taking it out the box.
Tektro Gemini 4-pot brake set inc 2 x 180mm 6-bolt Magura Storm HS 2.0mm rotors for £65 at Merlin
I've got TRP Slate EVOs on two bikes and heard these Tektros are similar but not quite as outright power. Seems a good price for a complete brake setup.
And similar to @snotrag above, I was half-looking at portable power station things for camping off-grid. Haven't taken the plunge (yet) but this also looked a good deal. Bluetti 716wh for £312: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296656910857 from their official refurb page on eBay.
I saw those at the weekend. I am considering putting them on my commuter ebike which currently has a pair of Shimano MT420's that have 10k miles on them so far. Been totally reliable but starting to get the usual Shimano rust on the calipers so not sure how much longer they'd last. Wonder what the long term reliability is like on these Tektros? Certainly cheaper than replacing the calipers which are £45 each.
Infinitely better than Shimano.
I saw those at the weekend. I am considering putting them on my commuter ebike which currently has a pair of Shimano MT420’s that have 10k miles on them so far. Been totally reliable but starting to get the usual Shimano rust on the calipers so not sure how much longer they’d last. Wonder what the long term reliability is like on these Tektros? Certainly cheaper than replacing the calipers which are £45 each.
The reviews were never great, so it depends how much you want to spend. The trouble with brakes at that price is the next step up in performance is probably SLX 4-pots which are 3x the price.
Only thing I don't like about those brakes is that they seem to use a proprietary 5mm brake pad which only Tektro produces which are £20 each. Certainly a lot more expensive than chucking any old pad in my current setup for a few quid when you buy in bulk.
Samsung galaxy watch ultra £289 at John Lewis.....well £389 and claim £100 back by redemption
Only thing I don’t like about those brakes is that they seem to use a proprietary 5mm brake pad which only Tektro produces which are £20 each. Certainly a lot more expensive than chucking any old pad in my current setup for a few quid when you buy in bulk.
I've got them and I just chucked in a pair of uberbike pads and they were fine?
Full suss ebike, Yamaha motor/720wh very nice spec. £2k
I really cannot justify another bike.
i thought hard about that bike a few weeks ago
30% off tubeless conversion kits at Uberbike with code VIPDAY8
Hope Brakes L and R for £90 each at Banana Industries.
Plus loads of £12.99 tyres.
flat mount, be aware, not post mount, s0 generally only suitable for flatbar gravel and maybe hybrid bikes
post mount to flat mount adapters are available.
Cheap tyres from banana industries
flyingpotatoes
Full Member30% off tubeless conversion kits at Uberbike with code VIPDAY8
I'm pretty sure they're another one rebadging Oko Hi Fibre, which is really excellent sealant. (same as Halo, possibly the CST stuff is the same)
Cheap tyres from banana industries
Timely thanks. Just ordered some XC tyres. The tyres linked above are now sold out, but there's still some others here:
https://www.bananaindustries.co.uk/collections/12-50-sweet-sixteen-sale
Some nice freebie games appearing on Epic daily from yesterday, Vampire Survivors currently.
(I don't know what the upcoming games are but VS suggests a run of better titles than they've been handing out recently)
alan1977Free
flat mount, be aware, not post mount, s0 generally only suitable for flatbar gravel and maybe hybrid bikes
I was deep into a plan to upgrade the SRAM calipers on my gravel bike with these, and thinking I could then stick the levers on my hardtail as an upgrade there.... then noticed they are tech 3, not Tech 4, and it all fell apart.
Those Super Moto tyres are amazing especially for £12.50