what was your bargain of the year?

Brand new Mongoose Fireball dirt jump / pump track bike for £90.. think I worked out it owes me about a fiver after swapping out and selling the geared bits for singlespeed.

I got a set of SLX 4-pot brakes for £15 an end from CRC, came with really long hoses but I can't be bothered to shorten them. Put them on my Surly Straggler that I use for carting my dog about, it stops real quick now.

My favourite bargains of the year were tent and automotive related.

I picked up one of the Nordisk'glamping' tents along with groundsheet and inner bedrooms for an absolute bargain in the Chiggle melt down. I was going to take it when I did Skye/NC500 roadtrip but I was bothered it might have been a bit too big/extravagant for just me and doggo. Luckily another PSA resulted in a smaller Nordisk tent a few days before I was set to depart so I took that instead. It was a great tent and a brilliant roadtrip.

Automotive wise - I've had numerous bargains/good buys/lucky searches in the last year that have contributed to running my £500 Porsche which having just passed its 2nd MOT in my ownership (without any advisorys)  will be my biggest automotive bargain ever.

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my £500 Porsche

I knew that would get a mention!

But you didn't buy that this year, did you?

So it doesn't count!

Biggest bargain of the year has to be the Lapierre XR Race 7.9 I got No.1 son for his birthday, absolute steal at £1600 down from £4500 at Pauls Cycles.

Hotly followed by an absolutely  mint Ridley Helium SLA (rim brake) also for No.1 child with 5800 105 groupset and decent shimano wheels for £350, with added Fizik R3 carbon saddle and Fizik carbon post 🙂

Two pairs of Prime Attaquer disc wheels in the great Wiggle clearout for £99 per pair, bloody brilliant they are too, now residing on the kids CX bikes.

Lastly, a full GRX 400 groupset off eBay for £155, cassette, chain everything even the BB.

I knew that would get a mention!

But you didn’t buy that this year, did you?

So it doesn’t count!

🙁

just the Nordisk bargains then!

just the Nordisk bargains then!

Ha ha! Yeah. They were pretty good.

I'd followed the £500 Porsche thread with awe so I thought it would pop up here.

Salsa Warbird

Pic of the £200 Day One 853

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Race Face direct mount NW chainrings in the Chiggle sale. £4 so i got 3.

Folding saw purchased from AliExpress. Looks very similar to a Silky big boy. Use for the last year trail building, removing blown down trees etc. Works brilliantly. Very sharp and will cut through surprisingly large diameter trunks. Great piece of kit. Cost me £10

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I see your £500 Porsche and raise you, the £15 Boxster.

My boyfriend bought £15 worth of tickets and won a Boxster, we picked it up on Friday last week and spent most of the weekend thrashing around the Peaks. Excellent fun!

2001 3.2 L Boxster S 6-speed Manual, with tasteful mods from the Top Dead Center Youtube boys if anyone is familiar.

He's chuffed to bits, and I have a nippy new ride for my once-a-week driving commute.

Beat this

ok, I didn’t actually get it for zero. But paid £399 for the epix pro in 42mm size (I have skinny wrists) over Black Friday. I’ve never seen this version on discount before, usually £739.99. UPS “lost” the package. Garmin have done the right thing and are sending out another. They gave me a link to re-order at £0.00 to get it into their system.