Yikes, no bikes!

CramCycle · 06-06-2020 11:17am

LeChienMefiant wrote: »

Unfortunately the traffic regularly doesn't stop at traffic lights on our route to school so it's impossible to teach them to cross on their own.

Same here, cars routinely run the lights outside the school long after they turn red. During heavy traffic they will even drive onto the crossing and the light changes. Some people are morons or scum, hard to know which.

magicbastarder · 06-06-2020 3:41pm

i was in humphries earlier and overheard derek saying to another customer 'for every man's bike we're selling, we're selling 20 women's bikes'.

LeChienMefiant · 06-06-2020 8:18pm

CramCycle wrote: »

Same here, cars routinely run the lights outside the school long after they turn red. During heavy traffic they will even drive onto the crossing and the light changes. Some people are morons or scum, hard to know which.

Car blindness.

The Noble Nudge · 08-06-2020 9:57am

easygoing39 wrote: »

In fairness to Fat Bloke,you did say very top end in youre post about the bike you wanted to buy.I'd consider €10,000 to be the starting figure for a topend bike.Plenty of normal working people spend €5,000 easy on a bike,so when you mentioned topend, €10,000 came into my mind as well as Fat Bloke's.

I was being sarcastic...

yourdeadwright · 08-06-2020 12:06pm

Any decent shops with Bikes still in stock around Dublin ?
Been trying to get my hands on a bike under the bike to works scheme and every where seems to be out of stock ,

fat bloke · 08-06-2020 3:14pm

What's "a bike"?

While there's a shortage of affordable sub 700 euro city and mountain bikes, I very much doubt that's the case as you up the price ladder. If you're looking for a road bike and using your full btw allowance and more then I'd say any of the big stores will have no problem supplying you with a choice of bikes.

yourdeadwright · 08-06-2020 3:24pm

fat bloke wrote: »

What's "a bike"?

While there's a shortage of affordable sub 700 euro city and mountain bikes, I very much doubt that's the case as you up the price ladder. If you're looking for a road bike and using your full btw allowance and more then I'd say any of the big stores will have no problem supplying you with a choice of bikes.

I'm looking for a road bike for about 700 to a grand and there seems to be nothing about ,

fat bloke · 08-06-2020 3:57pm

Ah right.
I'm dead wrong so!

That's a pain.

AndrewJRenko · 12-06-2020 9:58pm

My LBS said they'll have some bikes in July, but it will probably be September before they have a decent stock in.

wrangler · 13-06-2020 6:44pm

yourdeadwright wrote: »

I'm looking for a road bike for about 700 to a grand and there seems to be nothing about ,

It must be only the btw bikes that the demand is, I didn't even get phone call on ad i put in Done deal, the bike is as new.

Hurrache · 13-06-2020 7:24pm

A friend put one up a couple of weeks ago, a couple of years old but good knick and was sold and collected the same day.

fat bloke · 13-06-2020 7:25pm

wrangler wrote: »

It must be only the btw bikes that the demand is, I didn't even get phone call on ad i put in Done deal, the bike is as new.

What's the ad? We'll pick it apart like vultures and tell you all the mistakes you made!

wrangler · 13-06-2020 7:37pm

Hurrache wrote: »

A friend put one up a couple of weeks ago, a couple of years old but good knick and was sold and collected the same day.

Must be priced too dear, had surgery three months after buying, can't ride it now.
cost 1100

https://www.donedeal.ie/bicycles-for-sale/giant-contend-sl/25052986

ED E · 13-06-2020 7:40pm

Dump the reflector, and if that marking on the bar tape isnt cleanable then put new tape on it. For €12 itll look a lot more attractive.

Weepsie · 13-06-2020 7:59pm

360 cycles had a load of bike boxes in their window today. Now might be empty, but never seen so many.

magicbastarder · 13-06-2020 8:10pm

wrangler wrote: »

Must be priced too dear, had surgery three months after buying, can't ride it now.
cost 1100

if someone is buying on BTW, on the upper tax bracket, they'll get an €1100 bike for €600, from a shop and not a S/H private sale. that's what you're competing with.

fat bloke · 13-06-2020 8:12pm

wrangler wrote: »

Must be priced too dear, had surgery three months after buying, can't ride it now.
cost 1100

https://www.donedeal.ie/bicycles-for-sale/giant-contend-sl/25052986

Nice looking bike but yeah, as you say, someone going in with a btw voucher will get 500 quid off the new price of 1100, so they're getting a brand new version of yours for around 600 euro. Which obviously makes yours look expensive. Also, 2 year old bikes at any price are unlikely to retain 70% of their new RRP value.

Then again, these bikes are out of stock everywhere and yours is particularly clean.

If the ad has only been up for 1 day as donedeal says then by all means have a bit more patience. At the end of the day, everything sells at the right price.

magicbastarder · 13-06-2020 8:13pm

just back from decathlon (my wife needed horsey stuff). they're well stocked with bikes, can see them being the death of some nearby LBSes.
i picked up a pair of shimano pedals; flat one side, SPDs the other (which i just amusingly saw smacl describe as 'the worst of both worlds' in a different thread)

ED E · 13-06-2020 9:42pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

i picked up a pair of shimano pedals; flat one side, SPDs the other (which i just amusingly saw smacl describe as 'the worst of both worlds' in a different thread)

I ride them, they're grand.

yourdeadwright · 13-06-2020 9:58pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

just back from decathlon (my wife needed horsey stuff). they're well stocked with bikes, can see them being the death of some nearby LBSes.
i picked up a pair of shimano pedals; flat one side, SPDs the other (which i just amusingly saw smacl describe as 'the worst of both worlds' in a different thread)

What was the que like?

Thargor · 13-06-2020 10:12pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

just back from decathlon (my wife needed horsey stuff). they're well stocked with bikes, can see them being the death of some nearby LBSes.
i picked up a pair of shimano pedals; flat one side, SPDs the other (which i just amusingly saw smacl describe as 'the worst of both worlds' in a different thread)

What ones did you buy? I tried 3 different kinds before I found these Shimano T420s and every single one of them were badly designed so there was a lump from the SPD side hurting your foot, every one I look at online seems to have the same design flaw except for the Shimanos, its baffling.

The T420s are perfection though, dont know what Ill do when they wear out because they're sold out everywhere for the last couple of years:

magicbastarder · 13-06-2020 10:16pm

yourdeadwright wrote: »

What was the que like?

about ten minutes waiting, but we went after 7pm, was much much busier earlier in the day according to one staff member we were talking to.

lots of milling around inside the place though, not exactly ideal from a disease transmission point of view.

Thargor · 13-06-2020 10:22pm

ED E wrote: »

Dump the reflector, and if that marking on the bar tape isnt cleanable then put new tape on it. For €12 itll look a lot more attractive.

The reflector still on the handlebars makes it look completely unused though.

magicbastarder · 13-06-2020 10:24pm

Thargor wrote: »

What ones did you buy?

PDM324:
https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/product/component/deore-t6000/PD-M324.html

€40.

13-06-2020 10:39pm

Had those on my beater bike for a good while found them grand.

These days I've PD-EH500 on one bike and PD-ED500 (spd both sides) on the other. The ED500 was recommended maybe here to me for starting out and they are a breeze to get in and out of.

magicbastarder · 13-06-2020 10:43pm

Deleted User wrote: »

PD-ED500

magicbastarder · 13-06-2020 10:45pm

actually, i think i might have a pair of those in the garage, had trouble with them because the sole of the shoes i use came down too far around the cleat, so contacted the cage and gave them a very stiff feel.

Wishbone Ash · 13-06-2020 11:13pm

ED E wrote: »

Dump the reflector, and if that marking on the bar tape isnt cleanable then put new tape on it. For €12 itll look a lot more attractive.

Dump all the reflectors, front, rear and spokes. Also remove the saddlebag and toe clips. Less is more when selling a bike.

AndrewJRenko · 14-06-2020 12:27am

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Dump all the reflectors, front, rear and spokes. Also remove the saddlebag and toe clips. Less is more when selling a bike.

If he dumps all the spokes, then the wheels will collapse.

CramCycle · 14-06-2020 1:01am

I do wonder how anyone rode the bike with the saddle pointed that far down.

flatface · 14-06-2020 7:46am

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

If he dumps all the spokes, then the wheels will collapse.

Also the listing is important for searchable keywords try - men’s road bike giant contend sl

And say medium suits someone from height x to y.

Assume your buyer will no nothing about bikes.

wrangler · 14-06-2020 8:24am

CramCycle wrote: »

I do wonder how anyone rode the bike with the saddle pointed that far down.

I didn't, I had a saddle on it from a previous bike that had many miles maracycles etc done . looked a bit shook though.

wrangler · 14-06-2020 8:29am

flatface wrote: »

Also the listing is important for searchable keywords try - men’s road bike giant contend sl

And say medium suits someone from height x to y.

Assume your buyer will no nothing about bikes.

Thanks, edited there now

jams100 · 15-06-2020 12:57am

anyone know of bike shops in Dublin with a half decent selection of bikes available?

Looking to get a simple enough one just to cycle with a friend (possibly up dublin mountains).
I have fe*k all clue about bikes so any shops advice appreciated.

I have looked at halfords and a smaller place but nothing much available, a good few available on adverts.ie but I have no idea whats value for money

onlineweb · 15-06-2020 5:57am

Just phoned some of the top second-hand bike stores in Dublin. All road bikes are sold out.

TimHorton · 15-06-2020 9:12am

Thargor wrote: »

What do you mean rolled it out early? Its been running for years, you can do it any time?

Tesco only do it once a year for a month , October or November not sure which.

magicbastarder · 15-06-2020 9:55am

onlineweb wrote: »

Just phoned some of the top second-hand bike stores in Dublin. All road bikes are sold out.

there aren't that many places selling secondhand. who did you ring?

Hurrache · 15-06-2020 10:09am

Keep an eye on Cycle Superstore's used bike selection, there's a few here
https://usedbikes.ie/bicycle/user/profile?user_id=64

wrangler · 15-06-2020 1:03pm

Thargor wrote: »

The reflector still on the handlebars makes it look completely unused though.

The bike is as new, I didn't get the good health to ride it,

Pa ElGrande · 18-06-2020 5:40pm

Was at Halfords during the week to get a tyre, they are waiting for new bike shipments from China. It is not just a local phenomenon even the stock market carnival barkers have noticed.

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magicbastarder · 18-06-2020 7:10pm

popped into decathlon today (my wife wanted to do a fathers day present hunt) and they had road bikes and mountain bikes in stock - but the urban bikes and all other bike sections were pretty bare.

neris · 18-06-2020 7:14pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

popped into decathlon today (my wife wanted to do a fathers day present hunt) and they had road bikes and mountain bikes in stock - but the urban bikes and all other bike sections were pretty bare.

what were the ques like? I drove in and did a 180 on the roundabout on Tuesday evening

L1011 · 18-06-2020 7:14pm

I dumped my rusted-to-****e mountain last summer and intended to get a new one this summer - for rare leisure only use. Last one was ~240 from Halfords and I wouldn't want to spend more than ~300. I'm quite tall.

I'm going to have to get total junk or nothing, right? Or wait til next year.

beauf · 18-06-2020 7:20pm

neris wrote: »

what were the ques like? I drove in and did a 180 on the roundabout on Tuesday evening

I'd like to know that also.

magicbastarder · 18-06-2020 7:22pm

neris wrote: »

what were the ques like? I drove in and did a 180 on the roundabout on Tuesday evening

between us arriving before noon, and the 45 minutes in the place, the queue outside had tripled. but the queue for the tills, timewise, was longer than the queue to get in. i suspect we were queueing outside for not much longer than 5 minutes, but close to 20 for the tills.

AndrewJRenko · 21-06-2020 1:23pm

L1011 wrote: »

I dumped my rusted-to-****e mountain last summer and intended to get a new one this summer - for rare leisure only use. Last one was ~240 from Halfords and I wouldn't want to spend more than ~300. I'm quite tall.

I'm going to have to get total junk or nothing, right? Or wait til next year.

Have you tried second hand? Adverts or Donedeal? Just make sure you're not buying a stolen bike.

godtabh · 21-06-2020 1:52pm

I was in cycle super store yesterday buying two bikes. Was told there were 400 bikes ahead of me and would take 2 weeks to build

magicbastarder · 21-06-2020 3:01pm

I was there too, probably a 30 to 40 minute wait to get in the door.

wrangler · 21-06-2020 3:57pm

flatface wrote: »

Also the listing is important for searchable keywords try - men’s road bike giant contend sl

And say medium suits someone from height x to y.

Assume your buyer will no nothing about bikes.

Bike is sold, thanks for your help.
Buyer was glad of the information, as you said size medium meant nothing to him

Grassey · 21-06-2020 4:01pm

godtabh wrote:

I was in cycle super store yesterday buying two bikes. Was told there were 400 bikes ahead of me and would take 2 weeks to build

It's be great to see some published figures on bike sales this year. In the same vein as "the economy is doing great because of X increase in car registrations over last period"

Yikes, no bikes!

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