Found a Bargain? Do Tell.

[Jameshow]

Sram Groupset SX Eagle back down to £140: https://www.bananaindustries.co.uk/products/sram-groupset-sx-eagle-12s-32t-175mm

I'm guessing it needs a 12s cassette hub?

 

[figbat]

I'm guessing it needs a 12s cassette hub?

It looks like it has a 11-50T cassette, so should go on a HG hub.
https://www.sram.com/en/sram/models/cs-pg-1210-a1

 

[Sixmile]

Coffee 'brake' mug - £7.49 using 25JANCM2025 at checkout

Add delivery or pick up for free from Parkgate Co Antrim.

https://mangobikes.com/accessories/clothing/coffee-brake-mug/

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Thank you @Sixmile, I have bought myself a birthday present

 

[Tom B]

Half price OS Premium comes in at £17-50

I know there are lots of ways of doing it all for free, but I do like it with OS and at £17-50 it's a snip.

https://shop.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/o...JYBDQBqiHn2jMe9EHkgq-Z3jRbeDFqrRoCXdMQAvD_BwE

 

[Sixmile]

Five Tens £33

Good range of sizes left.

 

[DCLane]

Shimano Dura-Ace 9110 rear brake caliper - DIRECT MOUNT - £19.99 - https://www.rmcycles.co.uk/components/brakes/shimano-dura-ace-br-r9110-r__22147

 

[AuroraSaab]

Cheap Boardman tops have come round at £5 again at Halfords.

https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bi...v1=Cycling Clothing&srule=price_increase_rule

 

[Milzy]

Shimano Dura-Ace 9110 rear brake caliper - DIRECT MOUNT - £19.99 - https://www.rmcycles.co.uk/components/brakes/shimano-dura-ace-br-r9110-r__22147

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It’s Ultegra though.

 

[DCLane]

It’s Ultegra though.

True. The photo's of Ultegra but the description and code is for Dura-Ace. Maybe a mystery choice?

 

[Fastpedaller]

I've recently decided to do more shopping by bike - this has been prompted by local road closures which have turned any journey by car into a real hassle. Recent trips have resulted in various ways of carrying home the produce, resulting in boxes of coffee pod inside the front of my Winter top yesterday - something has to give and it will undoubtedly be the zips! Anyway, I've seen a pair of panniers on Temu for less than £6. Our Daughter has used Temu many times, and the results have been good with only a couple of 'fails'. The panniers are described as 'Oxford Cloth', whatever that is, but at that price I may well give it a punt. The RRP is £1222, so I'm expecting a super-bargain
Anyone else here with experience of bike accessories from Temu? Some of the mechanical parts (I wouldn't trust them) have amusing descriptions!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

@Fastpedaller I do most of my shopping by bike, have done so for years.
I would not use any other panniers but Ortlieb.
I got a very spacious pair of Back Rollers second hand from Ebay a few years ago, £50 for the pair.
Sometimes I strap stuff directly to the rack.
I haven't bough anything from Temu yet, stuff I have been looking for can be had for the same price in Home Bargains or Amazon, maybe I haven't been looking hard enough lol.
Imo, an unknown make of panniers is a false economy, not a bargain.
Edit: unless you're a fair weather shopper.

 

[Ajax Bay]

shopping by bike

Frankly, unless these shops are several miles away, you're better off with a small (ie 30 litres) rucsac.
I'd never go that route for long stuff (though was forced to from Dieppe to Paris last autumn) but for short stuff: minimises faff.
Cheap panniers will just be a pain (damhikt)

 

[Fastpedaller]

I'll take on board the replies above - thanks for your input. The town is only 2.5 miles away -or 3 miles by road I ride on the disused rail track (Weaver's way) as it's less mucky than the road. I'm only after a cheap, once a week use and the rucsac is a possibility (am I too old 66 for a rucksack )

 

[Ajax Bay]

(am I too old 66 for a rucksack? )

Anecdata (n=1) suggests not (180km in post above, and 50k back from Poole to Weymouth on the return). And frequent shopping trips into town and back up.