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

@northersouth

What about a used Ibis Ripmo AF frame? Fits the shock/forks spec and come up for sale pretty often at decent prices.

Or ignoring the shock, this would be a bargain with the Fox 36 forks

Salsa Blackthorn Frame

Deviate Highlander 1 frames at £999  not inc the shock ..   Thats the only answer

Merlin carbon gravel fork for £80

My merlin fork had top mount missing and the lower leg mounts both misformed. I had very little trust in their QC or the fact that the customer service is summed up as “DILLIGAF”.

Cotic jeht is also 210 x 55 (mk1 is anyway according to geometry geeks)

Merlin cycles ime has always been DILLIGAF

fox enduro knee pads are £35 in my local go outdoors

https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/16496124/fox-enduro-knee-guard-16496124

FYI anyone, cheap marzocchi shock arrived from merlin, a scan of it, from tbe label on the can, shows its from an Ibis Ripmo AF

Not sure if already posted but £50 after cashback and £5 off is a bargain for decent carbon bars in a choice of rises.

https://www.tredz.co.uk/.TAG-T1-Carbon-MTB-Handlebars_225645.htm?variations=colour:Black/Graphite,option:W800mm%2520x%2520D35mm%2520x%2520Sweep7%2520x%2520Rise%252030&sku=736013

I always received fantastic service from Merlin despite their super low prices. Including after sales and returns. I have been buying from them since the mid 90s.

FYI my Marzocchi shock arrived with 25x8mm hardware on one end and 10x8mm on the other,

What is yours going on gribs?

FYI anyone, cheap marzocchi shock arrived from merlin, a scan of it, from tbe label on the can, shows its from an Ibis Ripmo AF

IIRC the DW link suspension on the Ibis will have a particularly low leverage rate, so the shock may have less compression damping than might be optimal for many bikes?

Certainly don’t think it’d be ideal for my Orange.

Bomber Z2 29er forks from £202

Marzocchi Bomber Z2 RAIL Sweep-Adj Tapered Fork – 29" / QR

Decathlon 4 person 2 bedroom air tent, £300 from Argos, so £150 off

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9426874

What is yours going on gribs?

Mines going on my Aether 9 to replace a Fox Float DPS that could do with a service.

Still good deals on 5.10s at Evans/Frasers etc.
£33 for some Sleuth DLX with all sizes available or £39 for Freerider Pro with all sizes available, both in sensible colour schemes, seem to be the pick of the bunch.

https://www.evanscycles.com/clearance/clothing/cycle-shoes#dcp=1&dppp=59&OrderBy=rank&Filter=ABRA%5EFive%20Ten

@suspendedanimation or @Gribs what was the code on the shock?

Some cheap Ridley road bikes at evans

Here you go @ogden

nickfrog
Free Member

Not sure if already posted but £50 after cashback and £5 off is a bargain for decent carbon bars in a choice of rises.

https://www.tredz.co.uk/.TAG-T1-Carbon-MTB-Handlebars_225645.htm?variations=colour:Black/Graphite,option:W800mm%2520x%2520D35mm%2520x%2520Sweep7%2520x%2520Rise%252030&sku=736013

Thanks, just ordered some of these.

The last set of carbon bars I bought were from Merlin via a PSA on here. I think they were £35 or something daft so £56 for some reason didn’t seem like such a good deal until I thought about it lol.

These are 10mm more rise which is exactly what I’ve been convincing myself that I need!