Non-Ebay Deals/Bargains

£12 28mm folding Gatorskins for all your skidding needs.

Those of you that snapped up a cheap AXS derailleur - what cassettes are you planning on using?

The crazy cost of AXS cassettes kind of defeat the purpose of trying a cheap and fun AXS setup.

Something from AliExpress. Whichever one Amey tells me to get

Yeah even a rival xdr cassette is about £90 which is closer to 11 speed dura ace prices…

There’s an Apex axs groupset coming out soon, I’m hoping it comes with £30ish xdr cassettes.

I think the best budget option using a shimano 12 speed 105 level cassette, chain and chainrings with axs mechs.
This is my plan for an incoming winter bike.

Also tubeless Schwalbe Ones for £12: https://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/schwalbe-one-perf-raceguard-microskin-tle-black-700x25/

Rival XPLR cassette, Rival chain and Rival brifters (off here)

I’m sore I missed out on the £9.99 700x40 Goodyear connector ultimates before they went out of stock :-/

bam, cheers

Just picked up an Aliante R5 saddle for less than £30, happy with that.

She wants to use her Trek XC bike for MTB stuff only (cc @amey )

i have given up on 12 speed and gone back down to 10, fuck paying that kind of money for a cassette and a chain

Worst tyre I’ve ever fitted. Granted the rim was horrendous with virtually no channel, but broke 3 levers taking it off, more than any marathon or tubeless setup before it.

I'm going to be trying the XPLR derailleur with an Eagle MTB cassette. Apparently it works!

I've managed to get an Eagle AXS derailleur to work well with an 11 speed 10/42 cassette. No skipping or jumping at all. It was only used on a Kickr turbo trainer so can't say what it'd be like on the road but no reason to think it'd be much different.

£6 gravel bars https://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/level-gravel-alloy-6061-31-8-flared-bar-black-42cm/

27.5 Halo 'gravel' tyres seem like bargains on Ribble site too https://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/p/HAOETYRF100000065047/gxr-tyre-650x47-fd60-tan-wall/ plus there were another type as well.
And heavily reduced 27.5 suspension forks
https://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/rock-shox-revelation-rc-fork-diffusion-black-27-5-150mm-37-offset/

^^ @Bernhard @AlexD

Cheers dude, ordered some of these and a cheap fizik saddle.

I wish I’d seen the 700x40 tanwall Goodyear Connectors at £9.99 before they went out of stock. That was a great deal, and exactly the kind of thing I’m after right now!

If anyone was looking at the cheap XPLR rear derailleurs on Ribble, you can get cheaper XPLR 10-44 cassettes on R2-Bike.
https://r2-bike.com/SRAM-XPLR-Cassette-XG-1251-12-speed-10-44-Teeth-SPECIAL-OFFER

79 Euro plus shipping with the code SALE10

Cheers, Alex already pointed me in the direction of these, absolute bargain!

Has anyone had anything from Ribble yet? My order (Halo and Gatorskin tyres) has been at the "Processing_Promised" stage for a few days now...

Yeah mine is the same but I noticed that ribble have dispatch time clause that’s much longer than the other big name retailers. They allow themselves 2-4 days… I’m still hopeful though

I’ve ordered a couple of separate things from Ribble recently and, whilst the delivery time wasn’t the fastest, both still arrived a few days after ordering.

Can't help thinking that Halo tyres that I paid £40 for (trade) a month ago at £9 each are a mistake. If something is too good to be true...

Paying £40 trade for tyres is probably the mistake to be fair

Ouch