PSAs that may or may not be amazing enough to warrant their own thread

Cheers @Tracey, I’ve also nabbed 5 chains for my Levo to chew through… 🤣

Sportpursuit has Renthal carbon fatbars for £85. Not sure if that’s a bargain or not but may be…

They also have some good prices on POC helmets and Deuter frame bags.

Why? An order you didn’t really need was canceled due to massive customer over ordering that their system wasn’t built to handle?

Any online system would have a view of stock levels and decrement as orders are placed, then make the product unavailable when all stock is sold.  Over ordering cannot happen other than odd ones or twos if the stock count is out.

It sounds like they deliberately or accidentally made stock available that they don’t have, or at a price they don’t want to sell for.

T&Cs usually protect the retailer so it’s at the buyers discretion to decide whether that’s enough to boycott a retailer – the reality is that most of our principles can be equally matched by the desirability of the product and the level of discount being offered in the future.

Just a heads up, Scotby Cycles in Carlisle is closing down. The retail shop is shut from today, it’s mail order, or booked collection for the next 3 weeks. Prices will be reduced on the website in due course. Stuff that hasnt sold will be in a ‘massive’ (their words, not mine) sale on the 25th to 27th Jan. at the shop. If anything is left, it’ll be sold off really cheap via the website. They still have some of the GT gravel bikes at £999. My OH bought a Cannondale Trail 6 at half price today (£312), I picked up a £10 jersey and a 400 lumen/80 hour light for £20.

https://www.scotbycycles.co.uk/

Sad news – think I’ve ordered a few bits and bobs from them the last few years 

Sad times. I bought my first proper MTB from Scotby Cycles, a Marin Bear Valley, back in about 1996. 

CRC/Wiggle

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/shimano-rt56-180mm-rotor     £2.99

100% gloves from £3.75   / knee / elbow pads £5-9

Crank bros m17 and m19 multitools £12 and £14 each at Go Outdoors.

Just grabbed a m17 as a spare and there was a further 15% off so only £10.20.
Assume this is in-store only as there’s nothing on the website.

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/shimano-rt56-180mm-rotor £2.99

resin pads only on that. Good for a bimbling bike though

100% gloves from £3.75   / knee / elbow pads £5-9

cheers!  jerseys & shorts too, Ill  be rocking 100%, 100% gear on the trails come spring

Are these similar quality to the topeak mini 20 Pro ones on wiggle about a year ago, they were about £7 I think which was impressive.

Ordered some 100% stuff, thanks.

There’s also some cheap NS Bikes stuff including wheels and a Dura Ace under bottom bracket rim brake for £6!

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/ns-bikes-enigma-lite-boost-wheelset

1515g wheelset for £188 – anyone got a pair?

1515g wheelset for £188 – anyone got a pair?

Sub-1500 once you cut off the Livestrong bracelets?

Have had an M19 for years, always rated it as a great multi tool. Shame they’re out of stock.

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/ns-bikes-enigma-lite-boost-wheelset

1515g wheelset for £188 – anyone got a pair?

I can’t find much info on them at all. Looks to be a HG freehub. There should be a XD driver available.

https://nsbikes.com/complete-wheels,207,pl.html

XD driver

https://shop.nsbikes.com/shop/parts-stuff/prod/rotary-cassette-xd-18

£110 for a 1900g set

https://www.wiggle.com/p/ns-bikes-enigma-rock-and-roll-mtb-boost-wheelset

No Microspline freehub though?

xd driver

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/ns-bikes-rotary-sram-xd-freewheel-body-2019

edit: I hope!

1515g wheelset for £188 – anyone got a pair?

I can’t make my mind up about these… that’s a great price, but I guess not such a bargain if they just sit under your bed like two pairs of my so far unused superstar wheels.  I’d like (not need) a pair of nicer wheels for my Fargo… not sure these are the ones but then again… hmmmm

No word on how wide the rim is, my guess at that weight would be not very.

24mm internal rim I believe. They look nice but tick a lot of ‘things I don’t want on my wheels ‘ boxes, hard to find freehub replacement, straight pull spokes, 28h.

I did order some 100% shorts, jerseys, gloves and a NS DH hub though. All I need now is a cheap set of 83mm cranks.

https://www.inspiralcycles.co.uk/components/brakes/swissstop-disc-27-endurance-brake-pads-for-shimano-4-pot__13133

Inspiral cycles are selling off my chosen pads for £10 a pair – I thought these were really good value when I found them at £16 a pair a couple of years ago! They are really consistent and give noticeably better modulation than other pads, and stood up to alpine descents that racematrix pads didn’t even last an hour on.

They have pads that fit SRAM brakes in stock for the same price.

Hmm, as a household of two types of 4-piston shimano brakes, that is both useful and needs a warning of not fitting all 4 piston shimano brakes.

Feedback workstands are back in stock at Wiggle & are at the same discounts they were previously.

They were all out of stock before Christmas.

https://www.wiggle.com/search?query=feedbackhttps://www.wiggle.com/search?query=feedback

offbondage lights are great here you get 2600 lumens for £14 !

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005131609883.html?dp=1c009gjvhigm&aff_fcid=34fa479422ff417c97692dc73c935492-1704465717863-01201-NUUJNoAU&aff_fsk=NUUJNoAU&aff_platform=promotion&sk=NUUJNoAU&aff_trace_key=34fa479422ff417c97692dc73c935492-1704465717863-01201-NUUJNoAU&terminal_id=158572442a3747feb5ade00e8777a5c1&afSmartRedirect=y

Aliexpress also have some cheap Shimano dynamo hubs.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003210208629.html

 needs a warning of not fitting all 4 piston shimano brakes.

Do go on, I was pondering getting some for when I go back to Alps.

pretty sure Zees and Saints are different? to Deore, XT, SLX etc

Hmm which of those similar prices feedback stands is best for home usage.

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NX dub groupset – £199

Not as good as last year, but still a reasonable price

https://www.wiggle.com/p/sram-nx-eagle-dub-boost-12-speed-groupset?color=black&groupsetRatio=32T+%7C+11-50T&crankLengths=170mm

They fit both the mt520 caliper and Deore m6020 calipers that I use them in so assume they’ll work for slx/xt also. I always thought the pads for zee/saint were the same as well, maybe Matt’s alluding to the 400 series brakes?

NX dub groupset – £199

or for shimano fans: SLX groupset for £225

https://www.cotic.co.uk/item/outlet_SLX_M7100_1x12_drivetrain

Brand x enduro helmet 4 colour choices medium or large £7.50

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/brand-x-eh1-enduro-mtb-cycling-helmet?color=blackblack

vitus bikes have gone really cheap deserve there own PSA

Some Vitus mountain bikes stupid low at the moment including ebikes on wiggle/crc

deserve there own PSA

Oh here it is https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/psa-vitus-bikes-sentier-27-vr-349/

This thread seems to have become THE thread for PSAs, which wasn’t what I intended.

I think we are getting more PSAs posted with it than if everyone had to make a thread though. But the bar for a PSA here is lower, so mega deals aren’t obvious on the main threads page and people might not notice them.

Don’t know what’s best really, but also not my call.

thought I’d go own thread for those Vitus hardtail bargains, 

this bike Vitus at £1.8k looks a steal, but not worth its own thread.

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/vitus-e-escarpe-290-vr-mountain-bike?color=black-quartz&sizeStandard=L

Don’t know what’s best really, but also not my call.

A separate “Deals & PSAs” forum might work – they could even have the odd sponsored post (e.g. CRC’s deals of the week) to generate a bit of revenue.

Anyway.. lots of discounted DT Swiss rims over at Biketart at the moment.