Bargain Alert Thread

[voodoo_simon]

Columbia store at Cheshire Oaks stocks mountain hardware clothing. Just got some Dry Q softshell pants for the rovaniemi race next year. £36 instead of £375 (that's not a typo). Have plenty of bargains in. Also got a windstopper hat for £3.

With a visit if you're local

[Bearbonesnorm]

For anyone looking for a cheap 29er, Merlin have some BeOne bikes heavily reduced, the specs don't look bad for the price.

http://www.merlincycles.com/beone-mount ... _874953_70

[Brothersmith]

Rutland cycles have a lot of offers on Exposure lights and accessories including 2012 Joysticks for £50 and current model for £80. Boost cable is also only £6.99 at mo

http://www.rutlandcycling.com/advanceds ... m=exposure

[johnnystorm]

Rutland cycles have a lot of offers on Exposure lights and accessories including 2012 Joysticks for £50 and current model for £80. Boost cable is also only £6.99 at mo

http://www.rutlandcycling.com/advanceds ... m=exposure

Fingers in ears and covering eyes, la la la la la I can't hear you.


Rutland also do Quidco cash back for another 3% off.
http://www.quidco.com/rutland-cycling/

[Chew]

10% off Exped mats via Outdoorsgb.com until the 10 April

Discount code: EX2014

[greenmug]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gelert-Solo-One ... pg__header

£26.68 for a solo tent (inc delivery). Perhaps not for when you really need to rely on your kit but for a newbie wanting to have a go it isn't bad. 1.5kg.

I saw on the same page there was a wisperlite style gas bottle top stove knock off for £4.08. Perhaps not the best idea.

[Yorlin]

Some Jones bars just listing on ebay..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jones-Handle- ... 1e89c3ead8

Starting bid is £30... being sold by 'married a tosser'

[johnnystorm]

Dash4it maps (again)

Extra 7% off with code 7TODAY

[Brothersmith]

Some Jones bars just listing on ebay..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jones-Handle- ... 1e89c3ead8

Starting bid is £30... being sold by 'married a tosser'

I did think they were the worlds smallest Jones bars till I saw the 2nd pic as their listed as a 160mm

[johnnystorm]

The bike I'm building up won't have fork bottle mounts so I was looking for a bumbag, er, fannybag, I mean Lumbar/Waist pack.

Saw these reduced at Blacks, looks pretty good for £20 (+postage but %6 cashback through Quidco)

http://www.blacks.co.uk/equipment/11883 ... -pack.html

[Yorlin]

Jeff Jones H bars for 75 quid...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jeff-Jones-H- ... 35d4822a02

Not sure why I'm so interested in handle bars this week...

[johnnystorm]

Whoosh, and the Jones bars are gone.... (not me BTW)

[composite]

The bike I'm building up won't have fork bottle mounts so I was looking for a bumbag, er, fannybag, I mean Lumbar/Waist pack.

Saw these reduced at Blacks, looks pretty good for £20 (+postage but %6 cashback through Quidco)

http://www.blacks.co.uk/equipment/11883 ... -pack.html

I'm really tempted by one of these but I think I'm really looking to get the water off my back. Maybe 2 small bottles though would be alright and it gives you a small amount of say food storage as well.
Only having a full sized frame bag I'm struggling with how I might carry water any other way when running a suspension fork, not that I have bottle cages for my salsa fargo fork anyway...

I guess they aren't going to be £20 forever either.

[vorlich]

bottle cage, jubilee clips and a wrap of old inner tube for paintwork protection around the fork leg has proven robust for me in the past. Ugly though.

The bike I'm building up won't have fork bottle mounts so I was looking for a bumbag, er, fannybag, I mean Lumbar/Waist pack.

Saw these reduced at Blacks, looks pretty good for £20 (+postage but %6 cashback through Quidco)

http://www.blacks.co.uk/equipment/11883 ... -pack.html

I'm really tempted by one of these but I think I'm really looking to get the water off my back. Maybe 2 small bottles though would be alright and it gives you a small amount of say food storage as well.
Only having a full sized frame bag I'm struggling with how I might carry water any other way when running a suspension fork, not that I have bottle cages for my salsa fargo fork anyway...

I guess they aren't going to be £20 forever either.

[drain]

I've got a Hydrapak version of that which uses a bladder and bitevalve rather than bottles. Only used it once, maybe I should put it on the Classifieds! (apologises for flagrant hijack)

[Ray Young]

I like bum bags as you don't usually notice you are wearing them when they are on but then I rarely carry water bottles in mine and two full 700ml bottles which come with this one will weigh quite a bit. Having said that I am tempted by it as mine is starting to show signs of it's age. I usually stow fruit/snacks or inner tubes in the bottle holder bit.

[Ian]

Whoosh, and the Jones bars are gone.... (not me BTW)

Yeah, that was me actually

Twitchy right fore-finger today...


(a pair of Jones Bend bars may be coming to a classifieds forum near you soon)

[Brothersmith]

bottle cage, jubilee clips and a wrap of old inner tube for paintwork protection around the fork leg has proven robust for me in the past. Ugly though.

The bike I'm building up won't have fork bottle mounts so I was looking for a bumbag, er, fannybag, I mean Lumbar/Waist pack.

Saw these reduced at Blacks, looks pretty good for £20 (+postage but %6 cashback through Quidco)

http://www.blacks.co.uk/equipment/11883 ... -pack.html

I'm really tempted by one of these but I think I'm really looking to get the water off my back. Maybe 2 small bottles though would be alright and it gives you a small amount of say food storage as well.
Only having a full sized frame bag I'm struggling with how I might carry water any other way when running a suspension fork, not that I have bottle cages for my salsa fargo fork anyway...

I guess they aren't going to be £20 forever either.

I am experimenting with one of these in my frame pack.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/camelbak-perfor ... 5360478656

I have attached a longer camelback hose from an old bladder and run that to my bars which I hold in place with a retractable lift pass reel. Did use a bladder but this takes up less space and doesn't upset the load as the contents diminish.

[johnnystorm]

I am experimenting with one of these in my frame pack.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/camelbak-perfor ... 5360478656

I have attached a longer camelback hose from an old bladder and run that to my bars which I hold in place with a retractable lift pass reel. Did use a bladder but this takes up less space and doesn't upset the load as the contents diminish.

Ooh, that's a good idea. I'm keen to avoid bladders as I imagine they'll be easier to puncture, filling them up is a faff and I can't just lob it in the dishwasher on my return.

[Cheeky Monkey]

Monkii cages through Cyclemiles do a mount that you can run on forks with a bit of bodging. Think Stu did it.

[jameso]

Some Jones bars just listing on ebay..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jones-Handle- ... 1e89c3ead8

Starting bid is £30... being sold by 'married a tosser'

: ) there was some trimmed loop bars FS on here a while back weren't there? Is the buyers wife clearing his garage out?!
I have 5 Jones bars now and a couple of Titecs and still keep an eye out for them SH but my OH is to polite to call me a tssr in public whatever she thinks of the bike distractions in life..

[Ray Young]

Saw these reduced at Blacks, looks pretty good for £20 (+postage but %6 cashback through Quidco)

http://www.blacks.co.uk/equipment/11883 ... -pack.html

Ordered, the missus owed me £20 I'd forgotten about until she reminded me earlier .

[Yorlin]

You're quite sure they are still there?

Ian - thanks for taking temptation out of my way!

Hydration - lots of places have cheapio camelbaks right now (or at least I'm getting lots of emails about them)...

As for Blacks, the physical stores tend to be run by managers/people with little clue, you can find pretty good bargains if you rummage in the corners. I've seen MSR stoves with 50% off and titanium pans and things reduced by quite a lot as well...

[Ian]

Ian - thanks for taking temptation out of my way!

You're welcome - thanks for posting the link

[johnnystorm]

Garmin Dakota/Etrex/etc bar mounts £4
http://r.ebay.com/7qsbny

A smidge less outrageous than rrp for a small bit of plastic.