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[figbat]

What date is it ? Surely that can't be real ?
If it's an April fool if you challenged them as they advertised it at that price would they have to sell it for that

No. A binding contract forms when you make an offer to buy for a price and that offer is accepted. Even then, genuine mistakes are an allowed get-out.

 

[straas]

No. A binding contract forms when you make an offer to buy for a price and that offer is accepted. Even then, genuine mistakes are an allowed get-out.

Halfords never did fulfil my order of 9 gatorskins for the princely sum of 45p

 

[Arjimlad]

plenty of cycling bits and bobs in the middle of Lidl today...

Grabbed a torque wrench. Not sure why.
Grabbed a multitool. Seems sturdy... not sure about the 15mm spanner though.
Grabbed a small saddle bag with multitool and puncture kit. The patches will be handy to have.
Grabbed a little bell. Ding ding.
Grabbed a speed square. No use on the bike.
Grabbed a bottle of Rioja.

Thanks - no saddle bags in my local Lidl but I did buy a nifty handheld cordless tyre pump. It's topped up both cars' tyres and isn't showing any battery loss at all. The screen suggests that it would fill my bike tyres to 80psi at least. A good thing to keep in the car, certainly. Joined LidlPlus and got it for about £12.50 too.

 

[MontyVeda]

Thanks - no saddle bags in my local Lidl but I did buy a nifty handheld cordless tyre pump. It's topped up both cars' tyres and isn't showing any battery loss at all. The screen suggests that it would fill my bike tyres to 80psi at least. A good thing to keep in the car, certainly. Joined LidlPlus and got it for about £12.50 too.

I wasn't very impressed with the saddle bag or the tool the came with it. Good bargain on the pump though

 

[bikingdad90]

A bit unusual. On Vinted, I’ve stumbled upon Tom Brennan who is selling some stuff for Matthew Brennan who rides for Visma
https://www.vinted.co.uk/items/8505117331-race-worn-gb-long-sleeve-skinsuit

He is also localish to me from Darlington. I hope he is riding the Klondike next weekend which starts and ends in Saltburn.

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Back around Nov '22, I bought a pair of Vel 50 RL carbon 50mm deep rim wheels from Sigmasport (for ~£260 in Black Friday sales?), hoping that my covid infection was a short term thing like previous infections and I would regain my ~320W 4W/Kg 20mins fitness to make use of my first ever semi-aero wheels.

Sigma don't seem to stock much Vel equipment these days, but I must buy the q/r adaptors for ~£4 each, so I could put the wheels on my Voodoo Marasa hybrid.

But main reason for posting was that while window shopping bike bits on Amazon last night, I came across these Vel carbon wheels, various models that cost ~£30 postage, making a set very similar to my 50 RLs ~£300 total (rrp was something like ~£750 a few years ago).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/MEROCA-Clincher-Without-Ratchet-Lightweight/dp/B0FBGNHPXF

 

[DCLane]

@N0bodyOfTheGoat - we've got a set and find they go out of true quite quickly due to spokes loosening. They're decent wheels otherwise.

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

@N0bodyOfTheGoat - we've got a set and find they go out of true quite quickly due to spokes loosening. They're decent wheels otherwise.

My set from Sigma have barely been used to date because of my long covid, I've piled on the pounds (80 to approx 94Kg), seems fine so far.

I was thinking of using the front wheel on my ebike, but the 50 RL has a total weight limit of 110Kg. The ebike is ~15Kg without the Mahle SP1 battery extender, lights and a bidon... So by the time I'm kitted up, it's awfully close to the limit, if not beyond.

Hoping to take them for a spin or two on my Cube Attain GTC this spring/summer.

 

[bikingdad90]

https://sportandleisure.com/products/bont-blitz-cycling-shoes?variant=45141100462337

Bont blitz mouldable cycling shoes.

 

[albion]

Aldi bike stuff seems to have sold out quick.
However they appear to gave a glut of sports socks. I bought two pairs of dark colours in my size last week.
Now no one seems to want a pair of white c/w a pair of yellow.

So I swapped one white pair for one yellow making 2 pairs of yellow cycling socks with reinforced toes for a quid.
White sock man will be pleased too no doubt.

 

[TC99]

Lidl are selling a "bike" torque wrench and bits for a tenner. Plus the decent track pump and a few other bits.

 

[Oldhippy]

I got a pump yesterday. It works very well.

 

[Oldhippy]

Has anyone tried the mini pump they also had? I nearly got one but already have a pump attached to the bike that I've never used once in all the time I've had the bike from new when I fitted it.

 

[TC99]

Has anyone tried the mini pump they also had? I nearly got one but already have a pump attached to the bike that I've never used once in all the time I've had the bike from new when I fitted it.

It takes approx ten years and a popeye type arm to get air in enough to ride. Better off with CO2 capsules.

 

[Oldhippy]

Unfortunately they aren't very environmentally friendly and I prefer a pump anyway.