Non-Ebay Deals/Bargains

Cheap Sidis and at £10 a pop it's worth stocking up on GXP BBs. Super cheap Look pedaks, cleats and covers too.

http://www.sidicafe.co.uk/sidi-mtb-dragon-2-carbon-srs-19425.html

SIDI Dragon 3's for £150 here, just ordered mine few days ago and got a 'summers here' discount of £15 which brought them down to £135! not bad for £330 shoes.

@Sanddancer
@conquistador
Did either of you buy anything from TheShed? If so, have you had a dispatch yet?

No, I ummed and aaahed, but never actually ordered since although the deals seemed great, none of it was stuff that I needed.

I did, arrived this morning

P.S. Not impressed, they sent the wrong ones...

Doh! Wont get my hopes up then.
What did they cock up?

Supposed to send a set of sidi 5s in 46 but sent them in 46 mega and failed to include another pair of shoes I ordered and a saddle. Pretty big cock up that (ooh er)!

I think the Shed is either completely overwhelmed with orders or dodgy as fuck... Still no sign of the other pair of shoes and saddle that I ordered. They haven't answered their phone once in the 20+ times I've called. No replies to emails either. I want my £250 back!

Same here.. ordered socks and a saddle and only socks have turned up..

Maybe I'm being a bit tin hat brigade, but I'm starting to think they're dodgy...

You had any luck getting hold of anyone? Wish I'd paid by paypal now!

I think they're a legitimate outfit: http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/interview-the-shed-and-nfto-races-john-wood-36498/

Hard to be sure of course.

No option to pay by Paypal unfortuantely.

Strange how they send the low value socks, but not the saddle. When you log in, what is your order status? Mine says 'Unfulfilled'

I'm sure they are legit, just a bit annoyed.

Multiple wrong orders and zero contact after a week on top of not answering phones at all, even if they are overwhelmed with orders, makes their service nothing less than shit, and that's a fact.

I didn't create an account. If it's saying unfilled that would suggest they're waiting on stock, which would surely defeat the purpose of a massive sale if you have to order stuff in to complete the orders, no?

I had similar situation with Tredz what items were at sale price but out of stock, and needed to be ordered from supplier.
Mildly annoying but very common with online retailers.

Ordered tires and chain, both on sale, used -£5 discount code on top of that, waited just over a week, so I can't complain at all.

It's weird, but fair enough. I would gladly put up with that scenario if I knew what was going on. You can't treat customers like this and maintain any kind of solid reputation.

I agree with that.
Hope they can get themselves together and sort it out soon.

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Ordered 2 saddles from the shed on Thursday and 1 arrived today.
Seems odd if they intentionally would send two parcels (unless a stock issue).
I have emailed them to flag it and awaiting a response.

Halfords Metal Track Bike Pump with Gauge - £13.49 + B16ACC01 code for 15% off.

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/tools-maintenance/pumps-puncture-repair/halfords-metal-track-bike-pump-with-gauge?_$ja=kw:drytinder|tsid:40392&cm_mmc=Affiliates-_-PerformanceHorizon-_-drytinder-_-TopLink

Some reviews say it struggles to get up to high pressure, but at 11 quid it's worth a try. I can always return it if it's no good. Thanks!

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/700-carbon-road-cycling-shoes-white-red-id_8315398.html

Any good? Just saw them at newly opened Decathlon store near me; only negative thing I noticed was heel pads were not replaceable

@PolkaDotPants
@mrJL
@blowfish

Any updates guys?

Not here. My daily routine has adapted to calling both numbers I have for the shed about 20 times until my phone gives me the 'call failed' message after about 2 minutes of ringing.

No email replies or twitter responses.

I'm tempted to get some sort of higher power involved. Who's with me?!?