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‘21 unlocked. The ultimate LFGSS #nogravel chariot.

Cheers, it’s a lovely bike that deserves riding more often. I had changed the pads for swissstop just before putting away for winter and the rim brakes are now not as bad as i remembered.

Got my Woodrup out of hibernation yesterday to find the chain mysteriously seized (looked like a tiny bit of salt fluff on the big ring as well) but the chain was really clean - bike was clean so not sure what happened - it hadn’t been out since last summer. Had a spare chain so put that on after failed attempts at freeing up the stiff links also found the front brake barrel adjuster snapped so pinched one off a spare brake. Did a little loop with the Mrs today and bike is just as lovely as I remembered.

That saddle 🙈

That saddle 🙈

I’ve got one arriving on Monday 😂

Squint and it says Genesis... still ugly tho

Can’t rush perfection.

Road plus woodrup seems the way to go, prices proportionately less affected compared to more mainstream options, get exactly what you want, made to measure... or just get a fairlight.

Basically the same with CX tyres and less sloped TT. Fitted one with 700x40 the other day and it looked amazing with plenty of clearance.

Cube cross race SL

£25 off a wahoo roam is a pretty good incentive to buy one from them eh

It was a tongue in cheek over dramatic comment to be fair, but going to shops and taking time and advice then googling it in store and asking for price match or discount or simply walking out to buy it online is scummy as fuck.

You think campag 12 speed is exclusive, try Acera 8 speed.

Find a better LBS?

Kind of a different discussion.

Selling products at a loss while taking on private investment. It’s only a matter of time.

Fair enough, apologies for the misunderstanding.

And wiggle started off as an LBS in 1995?

When it comes to undermining pricing and making life hard for the LBS -
Sigma are right up there. Not sure how you can argue otherwise?

recency bias

They were doing 30%+ off exposure last time I looked about 18 months ago but yeah not much point discussing further.

They were discounting Wahoo as well, not sure if market forces at play or if they had their wrist slapped.

First 2 things I looked at.

This is on top of “£25 off for new customers” and “up to 14% off for loyaltyzzzz...” this is in a time of mass shortage.

They’re the worst.

Seriously.

They price shag everything.

Yes, and in house of Fraser. LoL

Evans was fucked already though? They burnt through millions “competing on the high street” while price matching anybody and anything online - completely unsustainable. It’s sad what it’s become but mikes bikes is the symptom not the cause. The bike trade has been a battleground and a case of survival of the fittest and now that cycle surgery and cycle republic have shut, evans and Halfords on their knees, we just need sigma et al to fuck off and we can get back to a half decent industry.

Every time you (not just you pedalsloth) buy the cheapest thing online (merlin, PX, wiggle, sigma...) you kill an LBS, just remember that.

Don’t be a wound up

#toolate

Yes as you mentioned custom woundup... you’re worth it jb.

Good point about minimal.