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

Charge Spoon saddles £14.99 at Tredz.

https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Charge-Spoon-Cromo-Saddle_65215.htm

A further 10% off with code PARTS10 currently too.

Superstar nanos half price:
https://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/nano-x-evo-2-pedals.htm

My favourite pedals.

NANOJAN makes them £42 or something.

The feel of Nanos is great, but I found they needed new bearings every 9-12 months, so you have to budget £15 to replace them

I got tired of having to do this, so replaced the bearings sold up and moved on to something needing less regular maintenance

Such as? 

I’m still on a 5 year old pair, probably says more about how often the mtb gets an outing.

Someone posted about Scotby Cycles previously. Met Rivale road helmet (Medium, black/red, non-MIPS) is now £35 + postage.

Such as? 

I had a similar experience with Nanos, the bushings kept wearing out for me. This was on the version previous to the current one.

So now I ride Nukeproof Horizon Enduros and DMR V11s – both seem much better after 1-2 years.

Wiggle code EXTRA10 is back! just had an email.

I fitted grease nipple’s to mine and the bearings last forever 👍

chiggle have some cheap (15 quid) nukeproof windproof jackets

Not a bad start to a build. 

29er boost forks 44mm offsets   price quoted after using EXTRA10

150mm 29er lyric RC debonair £369 (***** 3 in stock only BUY NOW TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT ****

170mm 29er fox 38 A Float grip performance £495 ( 30+ in stock

170mm 29er fox38 K Float grip2 factory £630 ( 22 in stock

anyone know what A & K mean ?>

Thises 38 ks have been in my backet for weeks .. Enlighten me to what the K means   And I think these are the older 38s  so what 2021 ?

Stiff have some great deals on Sweet protection kit. Gloves, Helmets, clothing

Sweet Protection Ripper MIPS 2022 – Burning Orange

170mm 29er fox38 K Float grip2 factory £630

Good price, might have snagged one of them if I hadn’t ordered a Z1 Coil for £440 the other day.

Couldn’t post that on here as they’d sold out by the time I’d shared with my pals.

@DT78

these any good, others available at Stif

https://www.stifmtb.com/products/sweet-protection-elbow-guards-black

Sweet Protection Elbow Guards 2020 – Black

Would boost 29 forks work OK with a non boost (15×100) thru axle wheeled bike?

I have seen you can buy adapters for many types of fitting and was considering this as an option as the forks on it are very low quality coil and very weighty.

@ogden
Thanks for that, I’ve been sniffing around some Fox 38s for a while.
Info for others after some recent digging on this.
A and K seem to come from Fox product codes when you enter either the 4 digit tune code or the serial number into the Fox website. I means Kashima which is redundant when the description also says “factory”.
The A, I think relates to the Performance series with the Grip damper, not to be confused with Performance Elite which has a Grip 2 damper.

@stevedoc

After a conversation with wiggle the other day about these forks, they sent me some photos and a serial number for one if them. They were really helpful actually.

The 38 K appear to be 2022/2023 so have the deeper crown to reduce the risk of creaking. Crown width is 58 rather than the 68mm. However, Fox say that the choice between 58 and 68 is purely cosmetic and does not affect strength. It’s just because some ebikes have big chunky head tubes.

The only difference on the ebike versions, not that this is, is a softer tune as ebike riders spend more time sat down. Or so I read.

thanks onzadog for clarifying on 38s

the £630 factory is a bargain, the performance is cheap £495, wish they’d had the middle spec ‘performance elite’ cheaper, currently £723.

i’m hoping for that np scout frame drops to £200, its down to £245 delivered

jwildcard
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Would boost 29 forks work OK with a non boost (15×100) thru axle wheeled bike?

I have seen you can buy adapters for many types of fitting and was considering this as an option as the forks on it are very low quality coil and very weighty.

Yeah, you just need adapters- some wheels have specific ones, but you can always use the “2 little spacers and a disc spacer” type, or “2 spacers and a fat centrelock adaptor” if you’ve got centrelock. You won’t get the performance advantage of the boost wheel, but since that was mostly made up and totally unnoticable whenever it wasn’t made up, that’s OK.

@Onzadog  thank you for that heads up.  I had read about creaking steerers, im not still looking at a basket debating the need for these over my Lyriks

@rockhopper70

I’ve had the Sweet Protection Knees for a few years – they are great. The right balance of protection vs comfort meaning I wear them any time im on my trail bike. They hold up well too.

@stevedoc

I have the same concerns about creaking CSUs. From what 8v3 read, it’s the stanchions 90% of the time rather than the steerer. However, it seems that finding a good suspension specialist to press them out, clean them up and rebound them is the perfect solution. Seems the original fit is so clean and smooth there’s no space for the loctite. However, once they’ve fretted a bit, the surface makes for a better bond.

At £630, I don’t mind if I have to do that down the line if they creak outside of warranty.

@stevedoc

We are running Lyriks and Fox 38s on identical bikes. Turbo Levos and Enduros. I prefer the Lyriks but the others in the family prefer the 38s.

We were running 36s before the 38s and we all agreed the Lyrik was way better.

At the price of them 38s it would be more of a want than a need to swap out the Lyrik

If you need ro swap out an air shaft on the 38s it’s also a bit more expensive.

Thats the thing Tracey its more the want than need . My Lyriks are very very good  do i really need to add a load more weight and loose 630 notes at the same time ..  Truth be told if I really needed them they would be en -route already . Beside that floating axle thing and pinch bolt  looks like an extra level of faff to me and my mere stelth maxle :)

Still I keep looking   …. :) :)

I’ve just ordered a pair of NS eccentric frames (his & hers 🤣).

I’m 6′ (184cm) & immediately apprehensive I should have gone for M instead of L.

@lovewookie I think you’ve got one. Is the 500mm seat tube to the top, or to where it meets the top tube?

Thanks.

@rockhopper70 – cheers for the heads up on those elbow pads at stif, just what my skinny arms need for more adventurous days out

if anyone needs a power bank it seems Amazons Anker & Iniu brands are having a turf war.

both slim USB-c/regular usb 10,000 amh charge packs have been under a tenner, i just got the little iniu magnetic iphoine bolt on 10,000 amh for £15

on the item page they have been adding 45-55% discount tick boxes, if these arent showing stick one in your basket and go back to it, more info on hukd

Thrifty footwear:
Meindl
Dutch Army – Mountain Hiking Boots – Meindl – Gore-Tex lined – Unissued
Palladium currently on Sports Pursuit, never had a pair but there’s been a lot of love on here for them over the years.
https://www.sportpursuit.com/sales/palladium-jan24?sp_nav=ct-11.ev-25208.&p=2

Wiggle have Medium Ragley Mmmbop back at £175 and the EXTRA10 discount applies

https://www.wiggle.com/p/ragley-mmmbop-hardtail-frame-copper-silver-2023?color=silverblack&sizeStandard=M

But there’s no stock

there was

Mammut have some half price boots, my Raichle boots are finally falling apart so taking advantage.

https://www.mammut.com/uk/en/products/3030-03160-0379/mercury-iii-mid-gtx-men

SportPursuit have what seems to be every variety of MRP Ribbon fork for £590

According to Instagram the Milton Keynes Rutland Cycles branch is closing down
Discounts of up to 55% (note I am aware that there isn’t much love for Rutland on STW but this might be of interest to someone, so am flagging it up)

I didn’t even know MK had a Rutland Cycles!

.. and GX Eagle chains for £13 a pop.

3 x GX 12sp chains or 1 x XO1 chain for the same price… anyone have thoughts on the best option for durability / wear resistance / overall approach? I’ve only recently fitted 12-sp with XG1175 cassettes and XO1 chains on both bikes, but GX chains at that price are very tempting.

Ardbeg 5 year old at £31 in Tesco

The MK Rutland Cycles only opened in 2019, the retail premises are massive, probably the largest bike shop by square footage in MK