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

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.

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.

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.

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

https://www.johnlewis.com/samsung-galaxy-watch-ultra-bluetooth-4g-cellular-47mm-galaxy-ai-titanium-with-silicone-strap/titanium-grey/p112274561?s_ppc=2dx92700081200327801_mixed_technology_SF&tmad=c&tmcampid=2&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA34S7BhAtEiwACZzv4WvltV5LHnIkXobspQbT4GUAydrmQHat6JXWCWXysFXsmJvRLCdWnhoCqpEQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

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?

I’ve got them and I just chucked in a pair of uberbike pads and they were fine?

Well that’s good to know thanks. Didn’t know if it would cause any problems with lever bite location. Guess I’m overthinking the problem.

@a11y and @snotrag , that Bluetti is £271 with the additional Jolly20 voucher.

Full suss ebike, Yamaha motor/720wh very nice spec. £2k

https://www.paulscycles.co.uk/bikes/electric-bikes/raymon-trailray-160e-100-29-electric-mountain-bike-deep-red__11880

I really cannot justify another bike.

I’ve never ever been interested in a e-bike but at that price, it’s got me thinking. I can even drive over and pick it up!

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.

Hope Tech 3 X2 Brake Left Hand Flat Mount Black

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

Maxxis Minion DHF Folding Tyre EXO TR 63-622 | 29"x2.50"

flyingpotatoes
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30% 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)

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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.

Cheers for the heads up on the tyres…bought a 2.5 minion dhf and 2.6 rekon last night and just had a dispatch notification so all good!

Those Super Moto tyres are amazing especially for £12.50

Super Moto

Essentially slick 29×2.4. I’m intrigued but I just know it wouldn’t end well.

5 10 sleuths on offer for £26 + £5 delivery

https://www.studio.co.uk/adidas-bike-shoes-140450

bikesandboots
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Essentially slick 29×2.4. I’m intrigued but I just know it wouldn’t end well.

They;re really good at the thing they do, which is be a heavy but very tough commuterey tyre that also looks really good on a mountain bike. Similiar to the fat frank. (I got some 2.5 GT wheelie bike tyres to do much the same thing) They have some Hurricanes on sale too which are kind of similiar but you get a bit of side tread so they’re not as good on tarmac but they’re a million times better on stuff like canal paths or similiar, nontechnical rding that can get soft and slidy. Schwalbe are brilliant at this sort of thing.

Like, almost certainly they’re a bad choice and everyone should be fitting a 32c road tyre instead. But they make mountain bikes look so bad, I can never bring myself to do it. And the fat slicks always make me smile when I see them, properly cartoonish.

Quite a few pairs of various styles of  5.10s in various sizes, all under £30, at the Dalton Park Adidas shop today

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

I’ve got the Gemini’s.

Good brakes, better than my 4-pot Deores in power I think, slightly less grabby, slightly wooden feeling (like a DB8), but brilliant for average MTB fun.

Yes there’s better if I was racing, Alps, super gnadgery etc, but for the money….

TRP = Tektro Racing Products