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http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=18907
Continental 700x32-47 42mm Presta Valve tubes for 2 quid, no nut and cap thou, but who cares at this price!
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http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=54209
8 quid for an ACS 16t freewheel is cheap and I have only had favourable experiences in the past with them.... -
Has anyone else succesfully used the Wiggle link. I get to the payment stage (pay by card/paypal etc) and then it just hangs. I have tried deleting cookies with no joy.
If however I go straight to wiggle.co.uk (not using the above awin link), it will quite happily proceed.
Cynical me thinks they are hoping customers will just go back to using the non-commision link! -
If only i knew about this a week ago :-(
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Just too bad that CRC discontinued this:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=41921Nice product and absolute bargain.
Also good aftersales service when I noticed that they shipped 2 powerlinks instead of 3.
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http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=46579
need some new lights for the brompton
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Has anyone else succesfully used the Wiggle link. I get to the payment stage (pay by card/paypal etc) and then it just hangs. I have tried deleting cookies with no joy.
If however I go straight to wiggle.co.uk (not using the above awin link), it will quite happily proceed.
Cynical me thinks they are hoping customers will just go back to using the non-commision link!I seem to be having the same issue with CRC and paypal...
EDIT: Working now.
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Typical, I think Affiliate Window are going slow today.
Wiggle have announced that they've changed their model. Only items sold by clicking on it will earn commission. That means if you buy something that is linked from here, by following that link... then cool, LFGSS get the money. But if you then buy another item, LFGSS doesn't get the money.
So every product in your shopping cart should be pasted onto here prior to adding it to your shopping cart so that you follow the link here. It's basically Wiggle's way of not having to pay as much affiliate money out, Chain Reaction FTW.
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Saw this in the first reply and needed some so just about to buy 2!
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Decent budget chain for that steel road bike
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/KMC_X8-99_8_Speed_Chain/5360021128/
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Apparently the best in-ear headphones for sports use. Not for on the bike, but for running:
Sennheiser/Adidas CX 680 High-Performance: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics -
http://www.singletrackbikes.co.uk/product/4722/Kona_Paddy_Wagon_2010
£412.45, Saving £152.55 (27%) on RRP (£565.00) -
With a bit of DIY cut and sew, these could be self made Yonkopads! 4.99 each and I think you can get 2 YKP from each? :)
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I'm not buying it... but it's a Charge Plug for only £299. Definitely the best deal of the day.
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time to add one to the toolkit.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=14413
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Shame it wasn't a couple of weeks ago. Still I have more stuff to buy, so...
Panaracer Paselas
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=53957Michelin Airstop tubes. I swear by these on all the motorcycles I have owned, and they are my preference for bicycles too
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=20484Rim tape
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=426bar ends
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=52494Time Aliums
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Kitting out for winter... just buying this red light which I saw at the Cycle Show and is definitely the brightest stand-alone red light I've seen:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=54856And buying the rechargeable batteries to go with it as the battery isn't a standard one is seems to be a costly replacement. Rechargeables only last a third of the time, but having 2 on the go should mean I always have one to hand and will actually keep the light brighter than I do usually:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=42212
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Affiliate Retailers - They earn LFGSS money when you use them
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@Velocio
-- Start Edit - 2021-01-11
All affiliates have been disabled except for eBay and Amazon. The site is moving towards a 100% user-funded model and is sustained by donations only.
-- End edit
The entire basis of recommendation is whether LFGSS gets some pennies back from the sale of goods. That's it, this is nothing to do with quality of the retailer itself or the prices offered, just whether we get affiliate money from sales.
How to use this thread
If you're about to buy anything from any of these retailers, just reply to the thread sharing the link to the item and perhaps a few words about why it's good. Then reload the page, click the link and purchase the product. Simples.
Exception: eBay stuff should go in the eBay thread.
The Retailers
Organisations:
British Cycling
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/
Retailers:
Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/
(For Kindle, cycle books, etc)
AW Cycles
http://www.awcycles.co.uk/
Bikes Direct 365
http://www.bikesdirect365.com/
Bike Fusion
http://www.bikefusion.co.uk/
Bike Shop Hub
http://www.bikeshophub.com/
Bike Somewhere
http://www.bikesomewhere.com/
Chain Reaction Cycles
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/
(Actually recommended for service and quality)
Cyclestore
http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/
Cycle Surgery
http://www.cyclesurgery.com/
eBay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/
Evans Cycles
http://www.evanscycles.com/
Fitbit
http://www.fitbit.com/uk
Hargroves Cycles
http://www.hargrovescycles.co.uk/
Howies
http://www.howies.co.uk/
Leisure Lakes Bikes
http://www.leisurelakesbikes.com/
Merlin Cycles
http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/
ProBikeKit
http://www.probikekit.com/uk/
Rapha
http://www.rapha.cc/
Runners Need
http://www.runnersneed.com/
Rutland Cycling
http://www.rutlandcycling.com/
Wiggle
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/
Why do this?
LFGSS has fought to find a way to be viable for a long time. Sponsorship didn't work, adverts haven't yet launched (and are being targeted at community businesses so will barely cover their costs unless every advert slot sells), donations only make up a part of the costs, and merchandise is a pain in the ass.
However in mid-2010 affiliate schemes were turned on and have, since that time, been producing revenue for LFGSS which covers all of the forum costs and have enabled us to heavily subsidise the LFGSS Dunwich Dynamo coach and even to majority-fund the Cycle Show stand. This is basically why I've been saying since mid-2010 that the forum cash flow is weird but that we aren't in any dire need for money.
Initially I believed that affiliate schemes would only produce a blip of income that would subside (prior experience with Google ads had this pattern), but it turns out that affiliate schemes produce a consistent and almost predictable income each month. This thread is about offering transparency of this and to use that transparency to encourage sales via these retailers (it helps them, and it helps us).
I can't find anything in the small print of the affiliate schemes to say don't do this. I'm basically saying: If you're going to make a purchase consider one of these retailers first because in doing so you're helping us. Which is win-win and why they participate in affiliate schemes.
Affiliate schemes vary, but the worst case scenario is that the forum earns just under 1% of a transaction. The average is that LFGSS earns about 1.7% of a transaction.