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    #122
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,882 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    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:

    QXMClZO.jpg


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    #123
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,509 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    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.


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    #124
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,882 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    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.


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    #125
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,509 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    Thargor wrote: »
    What ones did you buy?
    PDM324:
    https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/product/component/deore-t6000/PD-M324.html

    €40.


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    #126
    [Deleted User]
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    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.


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    #127
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,509 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    Deleted User wrote: »
    PD-ED500
    ed209_preview_featured.jpg


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    #128
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,509 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    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.


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    #129
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,960 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    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.


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    #130
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,521 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    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.


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    #131
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,513 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


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


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    #132
    flatface
    Registered Users Posts: 719 ✭✭✭flatface


    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.


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    #133
    wrangler
    Registered Users Posts: 11,070 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    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.


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    #134
    wrangler
    Registered Users Posts: 11,070 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    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


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    #135
    jams100
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    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


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    #136
    onlineweb
    Registered Users Posts: 136 ✭✭onlineweb


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


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    #137
    TimHorton
    Registered Users Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭TimHorton


    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.


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    #138
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,509 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    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?


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    #139
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,165 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


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


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    #140
    wrangler
    Registered Users Posts: 11,070 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    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,


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    #141
    Pa ElGrande
    Registered Users Posts: 3,497 ✭✭✭Pa ElGrande


    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.


    Cycle for health: Pandemic leads to a bicycle boom, and shortage, around the world

    Decathlon CEO apologises for bike shortages

    Backlash continues on Evans Cycles social media pages, with customers complaining about order delays

    Net Zero means we are paying for the destruction of our economy and society in pursuit of an unachievable and pointless policy.



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    #142
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,509 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    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.


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    #143
    neris
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    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


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    #144
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,851 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    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.


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    #145
    beauf
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    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.


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    #146
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,509 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    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.


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    #147
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,521 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    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.


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    #148
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,204 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    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


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    #149
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,509 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


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


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    #150
    wrangler
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    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


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    #151
    Grassey
    Registered Users Posts: 2,393 ✭✭✭Grassey


    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"


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