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manafana wrote: »

60quid for shorts of that quality now is decent, whats delivery like?

Never bought directly from them so couldn't tell you

Quality is excellent though and never reduced by more than 20% in any of the popular sizes with Wiggle etc. Would be all over it if I hadn't scored a Gabba last month but good dilemma

manafana wrote: »

60quid for shorts of that quality now is decent, whats delivery like?

Whats sizing like on the Morvelo gear? Sizing info says im a medium but im kind of between sizes generally on the larger side of medium

Bambaata wrote: »

Whats sizing like on the Morvelo gear? Sizing info says im a medium but im kind of between sizes generally on the larger side of medium

+1 sizing ??

Jim Stynes wrote: »

Keep a look out for Any deals on gels, energy drink powder etc Looking specifically powerbar brand! Cheers.

Holland and barrett have a sale on at the moment. Powerbars for 1.49.

http://www.hollandandbarrett.ie/pages/iq.asp?SearchText=powerbar&Search.x=23&Search.y=7&Search=GO

I'd like to support it but shoes on special on offer, no stock in my size. Aah, you'll have them in couple of days, order one for you. Been there 3 times, waiting 3 weeks so far, guess what, still no shoes! /rant over
Ordering online...

Muc-off bike cleaner 1lt in Tesco Wexford @ €2.82. I've Seen that going for €9.99 normally or €7.50 on offer.


Also other Muc Off products attached but not sure if they are good bargains.

Aldi have Garmin 200 up for sale on 12/4 for €89.99.
Seems a good price.

g0g wrote: »

Don't know anything about quality of these yokes, but I noticed this bike trailers deal on HUKD so thought I would post. They're reduced a good bit in Halford's plus you can get another 20% off. Below prices are after you factor in the 20% further discount. No idea on nationwide stocks but I tested them in Carrickmines and all seemed to be there.
Halfords Single Buggy Child Bike Trailer € 84
Halfords Double Buggy Child Bike Trailerr € 99.20
Bellelli Bike Taxi Child Bike Trailer € 148
Seems like the deal is there til next Monday. Might be able to chance your arm with an AXA card too or whatever to get more money off.

I quite like the look of the last one, but just don't know where I'd use it as I can't see them being used on public roads.

I think the country needs curbed bike lanes everywhere to use one.

Look like a bit of craic all the same. Kids would love it.

g0g wrote: »

Don't know anything about quality of these yokes, but I noticed this bike trailers deal on HUKD so thought I would post. They're reduced a good bit in Halford's plus you can get another 20% off. Below prices are after you factor in the 20% further discount. No idea on nationwide stocks but I tested them in Carrickmines and all seemed to be there.
Halfords Single Buggy Child Bike Trailer € 84
Halfords Double Buggy Child Bike Trailerr € 99.20
Bellelli Bike Taxi Child Bike Trailer € 148
Seems like the deal is there til next Monday. Might be able to chance your arm with an AXA card too or whatever to get more money off.

I quite like the look of the last one, but just don't know where I'd use it as I can't see them being used on public roads.

ive new twins and im looking around for bike options..
http://irishcycle.com/how-to/child-carrying-options/
the bike at the end of the page above is my favourite when they are old enough for it..

Free motion cycles in Gran Canaria are selling off some of this years rental bikes. I've used them before and from what I seen they look after the bikes really well, all were washed down and re-oiled before every spin, brakes and gears checked too. Not sure how you would get it to Ireland or how much it would cost but seems like some good prices, all cannondale bikes.

http://www.free-motion.com/en/bike-shop-gran-canaria/road-bike-sale/

g0g wrote: »

Don't know anything about quality of these yokes, but I noticed this bike trailers deal on HUKD so thought I would post. They're reduced a good bit in Halford's plus you can get another 20% off. Below prices are after you factor in the 20% further discount. No idea on nationwide stocks but I tested them in Carrickmines and all seemed to be there.
Halfords Single Buggy Child Bike Trailer € 84
Halfords Double Buggy Child Bike Trailerr € 99.20
Bellelli Bike Taxi Child Bike Trailer € 148
Seems like the deal is there til next Monday. Might be able to chance your arm with an AXA card too or whatever to get more money off.

I quite like the look of the last one, but just don't know where I'd use it as I can't see them being used on public roads.

I'm not sure whether you are talking generally here, but child trailers are fine on public roads, that's exactly what they are intended for.

Our child trailer, made by Chariot who are now owned by Thule, was fantastic and got used a lot on public roads. I've no idea how the Halfords ones compare but Chariot trailers has some excellent aspects to their design which are not common across all brands e.g. built-in roll cage, good harness, suspension, well-designed attachment point to bike, etc.

One thing that I find odd about the Halfords trailers is that at least one of them says "each child must use a safety helmet when using this biek buggy". Whatever your views of bike helmets generally, they are a bad choice with many child trailers as the back "wall" of the trailer can push against the back of the helmet and force the child's head forward, which would certainly not be comfortable and is potentially damaging. A decent harness and good roll cage in a child trailer should arguably make a a bike helmet for the child(ren) redundant anyway, which would leave me wondering how the Halfords trailers rank in that regard.

doozerie wrote: »

I'm not sure whether you are talking generally here, but child trailers are fine on public roads, that's exactly what they are intended for.

Oh nothing about the quality of them as I don't have a clue. I'm just saying I wouldn't fancy cycling many of the roads of Dublin/Wicklow with very young children in a relatively flimsy trailer behind me. Personally I'd be too nervous of bad drivers or bad roads causing a collision. I've very rarely (almost never) come across these things on roads in Ireland and would have thought them best suited for cycling around the Phoenix Park for a picnic or that Green Way in Westport or similar. Maybe also handy for a run to the local creche.

g0g wrote: »

Oh nothing about the quality of them as I don't have a clue. I'm just saying I wouldn't fancy cycling many of the roads of Dublin/Wicklow with very young children in a relatively flimsy trailer behind me. Personally I'd be too nervous of bad drivers or bad roads causing a collision. I've very rarely (almost never) come across these things on roads in Ireland and would have thought them best suited for cycling around the Phoenix Park for a picnic or that Green Way in Westport or similar. Maybe also handy for a run to the local creche.

They are more common than you might think. We really only became aware of that ourselves once we started to use one a few years ago, we started to notice them more as we encountered other people using them.

There is a common misconception of them as being flimsy or unsafe, I can only speak for the Chariot one that we used but it was neither of those two things. In the years we used it we found that other road users, for the most part, drove/rode very carefully and considerately around us and the trailer. Just like the roads are safe for cycling generally (and they really are, despite some of the hysteria that surrounds it at times) they are also safe for cycling with a child trailer.

We have had people, mostly of our own generation, tell us that they'd be far too worried to tow their own child in a trailer. That's fair enough, everyone makes their own choices, but the basis of their worry was always a perceived danger posed by "the roads", which I find odd. By contrast, I had an elderly woman tell me once that she wished she'd had the option of using a bike trailer when she was a young mother many years ago, suggesting that my generation may not be the cool, carefree, non- hand wringing generation that we'd like to think we are, maybe our parents are actually more adventurous than us.

Anyway, this is getting way off topic for this thread. In short though, bike child trailers are great, there should be more of them.

On safety I came so so close to been clipped other night cycling uptowards lambs cross, his literally skimmed me square bejesus out me, he was at light on his phone when he got to him and politely (as much as you can) told him hed been a few cm from clipping me down road, ignored me and drove off, nevermind 1.5m id like .5m, thing is there was nothing coming other way so I can only assume he didnt even see me