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[vickster]

Code doesn’t want to work with the components I have in my basket?

Looks to be a limited list for the extra discount not everything?

https://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/christmas/christmas-deals/components/

 

[Milzy]

I could do with a set of decent tires & a pair of latex tubes in the sale ....

 

[busdennis]

Very disappointed with the lack of boxing days, was expecting my in box swamped with emails like the "month of black Friday", but alas nothing. Was hoping for a bargain on a set of deep section wheels

 

[vickster]

Very disappointed with the lack of boxing days, was expecting my in box swamped with emails like the "month of black Friday", but alas nothing. Was hoping for a bargain on a set of deep section wheels

Sigma always have some wheels on sale

https://www.sigmasports.com/clearance/wheels

 

[8mph]

It seemed silly to spend hours and hours looking at bikes and then not buy anything, so on Christmas day, I bought myself this bike on an eBay auction for £99 and I'm picking it up tomorrow.

Frame: 1981 - 23 1/2 inch Carlton lightweight steel (Reynolds 531)

Groupset: mainly SRAM Apex, 20 speed

Wheels: Shimano RS20

Specialized Body Geometry Saddle

I'm looking at 41cm Sakae Road Champion bars and Suntour Power Shift downtube levers for this bike which will bring the total to £152

The bike has Weinmann brakes, which I like.

Fingers crossed this is a no issues bike.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

It seemed silly to spend hours and hours looking at bikes and then not buy anything, so on Christmas day, I bought myself this bike on an eBay auction for £99 and I'm picking it up tomorrow.
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Frame: 1981 - 23 1/2 inch Carlton lightweight steel (Reynolds 531)

Groupset: mainly SRAM Apex, 20 speed

Wheels: Shimano RS20

Specialized Body Geometry Saddle

I'm looking at 41cm Sakae Road Champion bars and Suntour Power Shift downtube levers for this bike which will bring the total to £152

The bike has Weinmann brakes, which I like.

Fingers crossed this is a no issues bike.

May I ask, why downtube shifters? Looking at the picture you’ll have to drill and tap the frame. Very nice bike though

 

[8mph]

May I ask, why downtube shifters? Looking at the picture you’ll have to drill and tap the frame. Very nice bike though

I'm undecided about what kind of shifters to go with but I want drop bars. Sram shifters cost a small firtune but I can get some very fine clamp-on down tube shifters for £20. I don't know how I would get on with drop bars and thumb shifters, it's not something that I have tried.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

I'm undecided about what kind of shifters to go with but I want drop bars. Sram shifters cost a small firtune but I can get some very fine clamp-on down tube shifters for £20. I don't know how I would get on with drop bars and thumb shifters, it's not something that I have tried.

Drop bars will look great on the bike. I had thumb shifters either side of the stem on my road bike and got rid of them quickly as I felt they made the bike unstable when changing gear while riding, particularly at speed. Brifters can be expensive but you never know what you can find second hand - sometimes it’s cheaper to buy a second hand bike with the brifters you want plus you also get a few other spares too!

 

[Scottish Scrutineer]

Cheap inner tubes
I know it’s possibly a curse to mention the fairies, but if you are visited by them on too frequent a basis, you might be interested in https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TUIMPC28UB/impac-sv28-700c-inner-tube-unboxed. £1.49 for inner tubes made by Schwalbe and for those of us who use wider tyres, these fit 28-47mm tyres.

 

[Blue Hills]

Cheap inner tubes
I know it’s possibly a curse to mention the fairies, but if you are visited by them on too frequent a basis, you might be interested in https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TUIMPC28UB/impac-sv28-700c-inner-tube-unboxed. £1.49 for inner tubes made by Schwalbe and for those of us who use wider tyres, these fit 28-47mm tyres.

28 to 47 seems a bit of a spread - any issues getting them to fit on tyres at the narrower end of that?
Planet X a good general source of tubes - never had any issues with their Vavert things - not light but worries me not.

 

[8mph]

Brifters can be expensive but you never know what you can find second hand - sometimes it’s cheaper to buy a second hand bike with the brifters you want plus you also get a few other spares too!

I'm enquiring about some Sram bar end shifters that I've found online for £20 - Agreed, a second-hand bike with brifters would be even better.
Have the bike and it's in superb condition, the parts are nearly new, no play, no rust and it's lovely and light.

 

[Scottish Scrutineer]

28 to 47 seems a bit of a spread - any issues getting them to fit on tyres at the narrower end of that?
Planet X a good general source of tubes - never had any issues with their Vavert things - not light but worries me not.

I’ll let you know when they arrive. Can’t be any worse than the 35-47mm tubes I’ve just removed from my Croix de Fer.

 

[mjr]

Planet X a good general source of tubes - never had any issues with their Vavert things - not light but worries me not.

Vavert is a minor brand, not a PX one. Distributed in the UK by Zyro Fisher but I don't remember who owns it.

 

[Blue Hills]

"minor", " major", I don't care. They work for me. Most PX stuff is minor to me. Yes vavert isn't unique to PX (that would be a definition of "minor" to me) for I have seen them in other places, including Go Outdoors, though at a significantly higher price.

 

[Distorted Vision]

10% discount code: rudolph10

I just bought this:

https://www.cyclerepublic.com/exposure-strada-1200-front-bike-light.html

Hope this helps someone.