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

Yeh I caved as well and just bought cranks and chainring 😂

@eckinspain

I’ve realised I need a gilet for road cycling (after many years of wondering why people bothered).

For a classic roadie gilet (windproof front, vented rear) you really don’t need fancy materials.  The very cheap ones I’ve got work just as well as the expensive stuff.

Is it Unite Shimano rings that are a bit shite?

Edit: ah no, I think that was Burgtec

Thanks @b33k34

Couldn’t find any cheap well known brands in my size on sport pursuit that would deliver before the height of summer, so I’ll look for something cheap that delivers quicker

With gilets worn on the road, a tight fit is essential IME. Other wise you can be deafened by it’s rustling on a fast descent.

I’d be getting an Altura one if price was your primary factor.

https://www.cyclestore.co.uk/altura_airstream_mens_windproof_gilet-ID_85555

I had one of those and really liked it, I ripped it to shreds climbing a barbed wire fence 😞

I see the double post thing is back.

Green & Blacks Mayan Gold and 60% cocoa with ginger, 2 bars for £1.50 at Barry’s Bargains, Consett.

Trutune. £90 from £120, another 15% off the whole basket if you buy 2+

https://trutune.co.uk/

Absolutely banging deals on Specialized Tyres, and tonnes of other Specialized kit.

Available everywhere as Spesh fix the pricing of their retailers, but on their website as an example –

https://www.specialized.com/gb/en/c/tirestubes?technology=2+Bliss+Ready&size=29+x+2.3&size=29+x+2.4&size=29+x+2.35&size=29+x+2.6&page=1&sortBy=ss_price&sortDirection=asc

2.4 Purgatory T9 Grid for the front (mid weight, very sticky), & a 2.4 Purgatory T9 (Strong, full Exo+ style puncture belt, less sticky) for £41 delivered is really good.

eckinspainFree Member
I’ve realised I need a gilet for road cycling (after many years of wondering why people bothered).

Any deals on now that I should try out (or any recommendations)?

Mavic on Sport Pursuit atm. Proper close-fitting roadie cut ime. I have one from years ago that’s basically my alpine descent gilet. Not the most breathable fabric out there, but doesn’t really matter tbh. I guess the current fabric may be better in that respect.

Just a heads up about the Specialized sale.

There are both new and old Purgatory tread designs on offer. Newer is reported to be way better in every way – old chevron tread design has been radically changed to more widely spaced knobs and more aggressive side knobs with a squared off profile. It’s not a subtle redesign.

old version was fine as a rear on unchallenging trail centres, but was useless on anything vaguely steep, techy or loose. New one looks much more useful as a faster rolling rear for harder use, or could make a fast rolling less aggressive front. Just make sure which one you’re buying.

Cotic BFe 27.5 £399 – https://www.cotic.co.uk/product/BFe275

https://outlet.arcteryx.com/gb/en

20% Extra off at the Arcteryx outlet. Brings the AR harnesses down to 50% off for any climbers in the mix.

SportPursuit have Challenge tyres cheapish

Five Ten Trailcross Goretex for £80 at HOF… looks like they have missed the description off…

https://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/brand/five-ten/ten-trailcross-sn99-140335#colcode=14033502

Ooh, kind-of relieved they don’t have my size.

Only just ordered another pair of the standard Trailcross XT mid from them for £42.

Really good shoes.

Off topic, but there’s an Open Day at the Boat Building Academy in Lyme Regis tomorrow (Saturday 27th April) from 11 til 4. Various displays of boats & furniture,  plus Charlie’s wooden bike!

looks like they have missed the description off…

The Fraser brand and all it’s offspring are notoriously poor at descriptions.

Arent Unite known for poor finish quality and really poor CS when people have complained?

IIRC they had some issues with inconsistent colours or something? My stem arrived, tbh it’s not quite perfect, there’s a little burr from the cnc that’s been coated over, nothing troublesome but it’s the sort of thing that should be caught before the coating for sure. Just a wee niggle though.

TBH considering how scarce really short stems are, and how much they tend to cost, I’m still very happy, it’ll not be obvious once fitted.

Thanks @snotrag, a multitude of Specialized tyres ordered from that PSA.

I know that they are more road orientated but lecol have got 40% off at the moment and with some careful Strava work you can then also get a £50  off voucher which you can stack on top

You might say that this brings their prices back down to where they probably should be !

You may need to be a member of their cycling club to take advantage, but I think you just need to register.

Early Access Sale

Not sure if this is allowed but Paul Aston has a comp for a Lal Drive equipped Nicolai on his comp site. Odds are under 400:1 at the moment to win a £12k package. I’m not affiliated, just wouldn’t like to see him taking a bath on this one given the investment.

I’m fairly sure that it’s a daft idea to raffle off a very idiosyncratic size/spec bike is daft but . . . . I’m just in it for the fork/brakes/stem.

What a horrible looking bike. The black gaffa tape really sets it off 😀

Full SLX and GT Groupsets at Merlin that include brakes

SLX £375 https://www.merlincycles.com/shimano-slx-m7100-1×12-complete-disc-brake-groupset-313382.html

XT £475 https://www.merlincycles.com/shimano-xt-m8100-1×12-complete-disc-brake-groupset-313376.html

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That’s bonkers for that XT groupset , it was £700 last week.

£450 on ebay with 4 piston brakes or £415 with the M8000

Ebay

@bens – looks to be something wrong with your link

Although a great price, I think I’d rather the GX groupset and Level brakes, although a bit more expensive.

https://www.tredz.co.uk/.SRAM-GX-Eagle-DUB-Boost-Groupset_233724.htm

https://www.merlincycles.com/sram-level-tlm-front-and-rear-disc-brake-set-299282.html

The only great experience I’ve ever had with Shimano brakes is with the cheap ones, with no Servowave. Also, aren’t those xt cranks bonded?

Actually thinking about it, the SLX would probably be a better bet.

https://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/brand/adidas/terrex-agravic-flow-2-trail-running-shoes-mens-213097#colcode=21309715

£120 reduced to £37 for some acid yellow running shoes.

Have house of Fraser just gobbled up loads of shoes to sell them cheap? I have had 4 pairs of five ten and now a pair of runners, possibly for the price of one pair full price

cpFull Member

@bens – looks to be something wrong with your link

Very wrong.

I’ll try that again!

Ebay

12sp XT with a choice of chainring and crank length. £415 with 2 pot M8000 brakes or £450 with M8120 4 pots

That Ebay groupset is coming from China…I’m out

@tall_martin

My assumption was that Adidas have followed the bike industry in massively over producing outdoor gear. Fraser group shop have had loads of 5-10 and Terrex stuff cheap. Some real bargains in goretex gear if you can live with the crazy colours!

Decided to get a coil fork for my hello dave, pretty happy with this at about half price retail

https://winstanleysbikes.co.uk/mrp-ribbon-coil-2023-forks?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw88yxBhBWEiwA7cm6pcEIKKXT2A3_xYg_faQHcvw9NMea2vxMreERtvvKGv6rFyRip4RK4RoCa-0QAvD_BwE#183=391&301=16003&405=18266

Nice, I’ve had the ribbon air on a hello Dave for 3 years. Every time I’ve opened it to service it it is spotless inside. It gets regularly ridden in slop.

Not sure if it’s awesome seals or fitting the biggest mudguard I could find.

I keep thinking about the coil version, but the air is great.

@ tall_martin

Apparently you can convert the air to coil.

Really I should have bought a Lyrik, especially as they’re similar money to the Ribbon, they’re also lighter and stiffer. But I fancy a coil fork, I used to have a Fox Vanilla on my Orange 5 back in the day and loved it. Hopefully it’s not all nostalgia about how good coil forks perform.

Shimano XTR M9100 Front And Rear Disc Brake Set £249 @ Merlin

https://www.merlincycles.com/shimano-xtr-m9100-front-and-rear-disc-brake-set-146004.html

Thats a good price. You can pay 200 or near abouts for a single brake.

didnthurt
Full Member

Decided to get a coil fork for my hello dave, pretty happy with this at about half price retail

I have the same on my loco moto, suits it perfectly, I really rate mine, it’s a wee bit basic but that doesn’t matter so much when it does the things it does well. And the weight for a coil fork is pretty impressive.