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Triban 3 red road bike £249.99 @ Decathlon

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  • 09-04-2014 11:25am
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    groom
    Registered Users Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭


    This range of bikes gets great reviews. At €300 it sounds like it might be better value than buying one of these than an inflated priced one through the Bike to work scheme. Unfortunately I don't think these are available here through that scheme.

    Frame sizes are limited. 51" frame is the largest.

    Do ParcelMotel ship bikes to their depot?


    http://www.decathlon.co.uk/triban-3-red-road-bike-id_8274036.html


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    ChuckProphet
    Registered Users Posts: 646 ✭✭✭ChuckProphet


    groom wrote: »
    At €300 it sounds like it might be better value than buying one of these than an inflated priced one through the Bike to work scheme.

    curious - why do u think the prices are inflated for the cycle to work scheme?


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    groom
    Registered Users Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭groom


    Prices of bikes seemed to me to rise dramatically after the scheme was brought in.


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    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,176 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    groom wrote: »
    Prices of bikes seemed to me to rise dramatically after the scheme was brought in.

    That usually happens when there's some sort of grant - the folk selling whatever the grant is for absorb it by increasing their prices by roughly that amount. Fine bicycle, that - I notice it has more gears than most artics! :pac:


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    beauf
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    Not only did the price rise. The spec get reduced every year. They've had to invent cheaper groupsets to lower the spec even further.


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    Johnny Jukebox
    Registered Users Posts: 656 ✭✭✭Johnny Jukebox


    Strong, light cheap. Pick any 2.

    It weighs in at 11kg and they say;

    "The Triban 3 has an aluminum frame - it is ideal for any Cyclist who wants to start Road Racing"

    I don't think so.

    Fine for going to the shops though.


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    mtdelany
    Registered Users Posts: 266 ✭✭mtdelany


    groom wrote: »
    Prices of bikes seemed to me to rise dramatically after the scheme was brought in.


    People used to think you were crazy to pay more that €1.50 for a coffee

    Then people got more disposible income and start expecting more for a coffee

    the norm to spend on a bike 10 years ago was €400
    Now it is €1000

    If you spend €600 on a bike and you are on the top rate of tax it will cost you ~€25 a month over 12 months


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    groom
    Registered Users Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭groom


    I understand inflation and the benefits of the scheme but my point is that this €300 bike seems to be better spec'ed than a €600 you'd by here on the scheme


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    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    It hardly news that we get ripped off down here.


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    loyatemu
    Registered Users Posts: 14,802 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    the BTW scheme is not restricted to Irish retailers (at least it wasn't when I bought my bike off Wiggle a few years back). Some companies may have exclusive deals with particular shops though.


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