Bargain Alerts - THE MEGATHREAD!!! - DON!! DON!!! DONNNNN!!!! *READ Mod Note in OP*

Planet x are offering equivalence on the pound - euro exchange rate. £1=€1

No, actual equivalence.

Rapha sale started today - got a winter jacket for 60€ and a rain jacket for 72€. Some great prices on their base layers too - the merino ones are among the best you will find but a bit pricy if you pay full whack. Was looking at a few things that are already gone so if you are a common size id buy now, they often cut prices again towards the end of the sale.

The Planet X store in Athlone is closing down and having a big closing down sale. They are getting rid of everything. Was there last weekend and got bib shorts for €20. Well worth checking out.

motley wrote: »

The Planet X store in Athlone is closing down and having a big closing down sale. They are getting rid of everything. Was there last weekend and got bib shorts for €20. Well worth checking out.

They've posted on fb (under Planet-Bike-Ireland) saying they're having one final blowout this Saturday from 10-5.

fat bloke wrote: »

Is there a stocklist anywhere?

I doubt it tbh, the website is still showing as if they were trading normally. Might be worth pinging them on fb to see if they'll reply.

CramCycle wrote: »

Just random photos, I think he is just opening the doors on the two days a week as he is busy the rest of the time, I think.

They posted on FB just now saying that they're only opening Saturday 24th 10-5.

Lidl's got their cycling stuff back in, the long sleeve jersey is surprisingly nice, as are the winter gloves.

https://www.lidl.ie/en/c/cycling-back-in-the-saddle/c913

site_owner wrote: »

Would seem to be a very good deal on a smart trainer?

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/tacx-vortex-smart-trainer/rp-prod125671

Code EXTRA10 brings it to £161

Anyone got any opinion on this - I'm thinking of getting a trainer, for occasional use. Wonder if this would do the trick.

site_owner wrote: »

Would seem to be a very good deal on a smart trainer?

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/tacx-vortex-smart-trainer/rp-prod125671

Code EXTRA10 brings it to £161

Quick question on this. What exactly is the mains needed for ? In other words if you use it outdoors away from an electrical source what functionality are you missing ? Specifically will it still transmit power data via ANT+ ?

eeeee wrote: »

Mod note: any more posts not containing bargains will be deleted. This is not a review or recommendations thread. Start another thread for that purpose.

Apologies, deleted my post.

JMcL wrote: »

CycleOps H2 smart trainer on ProbikeKit for £625 at the moment. If you've bought stuff from them before, there's a good chance you'll have a "we miss you" email lurking someplace that'll give probably another £25 off. https://www.probikekit.co.uk/turbo-trainers-bicycle-rollers/cycleops-h2-direct-drive-smart-trainer/11847648.html

Shows for little above €1k for me .

JMcL wrote: »

I went back and had a look and it was still showing £625 for me, then checked from the laptop and it did indeed show £970. I just tried changing currency and shipping destination to £/UK respectively and that brought it back down. They accepted my order fine at that price with an Irish shipping address earlier. Bit of a PITA and I assume a bug on their part given they've a banner at the top of their home page with the lower price

Gah, they're playing silly buggers. Yes, they carried the £599 price through the order, then upped it to £944 when I submitted AIB got suspicious and blocked the transaction thankfully otherwise I'd have been in for a shock. Got on to customer service and they tried to claim it was VAT and shipping differences between UK and Ireland. I accepted the VAT difference accounting for £20 Max, but argued should there really be a £300+ discrepancy between shipping to the N. Ireland vs the republic. We'll see.

Anyway, apologies for the not such a bargain alert

lennymc wrote: »

parcel motel or some such would charge you about 15-20 quid (at a guess) to have it shipped to the north

Yeah, I did think about that but I just want to be a prick about it and try to hold them to the "Price Promise" they've still got splashed over their home page

Mods: apologies if I'm descending into discussion - I'll stop here