Looked at merlincycles? They usually have some good bikes for decent money
Don't think they take cycle2work and I also want something semi reputable when spending that money. @Berger sent me something last night to look at.
Looked at merlincycles? They usually have some good bikes for decent money
someone find me something around 4k with di2 and disc brakes that'll take a cycle2work scheme voucher.
How do you report a segment on Strava? The strava guide makes no sense as there is no wrench icon?
Edit: I flagged the whole route. Nearly 60mph on a 1% gradient when you have a 8mph average?
£50'ish bib shorts? My bargain Etxeondo bibs have seen better days, and I'm looking for a similar bargain, sure they were reduced from around £150 to £50!
They'll be used for 5 to 50 mile mountain bike rides with my son, but I don't think I'm allowed to mention bibs in the MTB thread...
Have a look at decathlon and also wiggle for their dhb bibs
Some details of the Government Fix your Bike voucher scheme:
https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bi...t&utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=govvoucher
https://fixyourbikevoucherscheme.est.org.uk/
Unlikely to be useful for most people here, but if you've got an old n+1 bike in the shed that overdue a few basic parts you might be eligible
Interesting to read the T&Cs. https://fixyourbikevoucherscheme.est.org.uk/Downloads/Fix Your Bike Voucher Repair Scheme - Terms and Conditions for Web Registered Participating Bussinesses.pdf
I searched for participating retailers near me and there's already a sole trader created his own business for this / recent coronavirus spike in cycling. He's got a real basic site without even SSL and won't do disc brake pad changes and has a fascination over lube services. It seems you can basically sign up to use this scheme by just being a registered business/trader and having insurance. Does insurance typically require actual qualifications to repair bikes or are we going to see some dangerous bikes let out on the road?
Not to say that Halfords repairs always come out tip top but at least there are some standards there..
My 810 was one of those friday afternoon devices. Barely lasted 18 months, with around 12 months of that crashing randomly and freezing.Garmin must have built a lot of Edge 800s on a Friday afternoon! I obviously got lucky as my Edge 800 is 8 years old in December and still going strong. That's the kiss of death for it now though!
CX'er complains about mud. That's a new one!covered in mud and saturated through on the weekend! Great....
BOLT seems to be the perfect one at the moment. ROAM is nice but has gone slightly the way of Garmin with unnecessary hardware (colour screen) rather than really bumping up things like GPS and battery life. For the 'explorer' types it's aimed at I would say they where higher priority...When it eventually dies I think a Wahoo Element would be on my list, I’d like some basic maps as it’s easier to get lost around here on the lanes when little/no signs off the main roads.
So many Meridas around here and only 1 LBS sells them. Probably one of the longest standing '1 man band' type stores. Lots of various problems with them when you speak to regular riders so I've never wanted one, but have been jealous of various pals riding 7/8kg bikes with DA 9000 they picked up for £2.5k second hand...Had that in the shop with the selling point of the wheels matching the paint on the frame in one position. Quite heavy for what it is and the integrated light seemed to miss the point of the bike.
Spot on, although the cycling industry seems particularly rife with them. Many get a bike from Halfords, see what they do to service them, find they can do a better job and then start out on their own. Show them a square taper bb, a hydraulic disk brake or mention a torque wrench and they're clueless.Much like IT, there are many skilled people who dont have certificates, and many useless ones who do....
That's good for the bottom line though! My LBS generally did the same, they have/had waiting lists many weeks long for service due to only being able to operate half their workshop. Closed their store(s), but continued to do click & collect through lockdown with skeleton staff. Some of the guys where working 12h days to get new bikes ready and they'd sold out all their stocks on bikes below £3k within the first month or two.Back to work tomorrow with half the shop stock already allocated, small shop though.
Only the English. The Welsh are still not meant to be travelling... Still. The couple of times we've gone to the beach (in England) most of the accents we've heard have been Welsh.Does "that lot" refer to the entire English/Welsh nation? C'mon man - that's not nice.