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Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2023 4:51 pm
by dlovett
thenorthwind wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:15 pm
dlovett wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:11 pm
The Feed Zone Cookbook
by Biju Thomas
Back in stock at £5.20
So this turned up. And then I realised if been an idiot... I thought I'd ordered the Portables book. The original book wasn't really what I wanted. But it was sold as "like new" and it certainly wasn't: creases, lots of wear, etc. which wouldn't normally bother me as long as I wasn't paying for better condition. So I contacted them, sent some pictures, and they said yep, fair enough, but we don't have another copy in stock, and would I like a different book. Well actually, I'd like the Portables book as it happens... So they sent me a copy of that, and told me to keep the other one, and I ended up with both books for the cost of the cheaper one!
Feels a bit cheeky, but so you win.
There's not much of interest in the original cookbook - a lot of it seems either quite obvious, or very involved, and it's pretty meat-heavy - but I'll have a look through and see if there's anything of use to me, and then I'll probably pass it on.
Result!!
I've found the original one is pretty good for home food, we have added several recipes from into our menus.
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2023 9:51 am
by Bearlegged
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:30 pm
by Hyppy
Moore Large's liquidation auction sale (ending Tuesday 6th) has a lot of tat, but some maybe ok O'Neal helmets, plenty of tubes, and nice looking Lake 'gravel' shoes too in size 39 or 45 :
https://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/Event ... ON?page=25 Check the postage cost on some items mind, it's all over the place!
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2023 1:32 pm
by Boab
Hyppy wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:30 pm
Check the postage cost on some items mind, it's all over the place!
Don't forget the buyer surcharge either; makes things slightly less than cheap...
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 1:51 pm
by RIP
I'll bung this here because there's no Ripoff Alert Thread. I almost created one for the purpose but probably best not open that litigious can of worms.
Pinhole leak in my mat, on the edge of a previous repair patch. Did think on our FoD trip that I woke up slightly nearer the ground than when I went to sleep.
Anyway, scouted around and almost everywhere they want twenty quid, twenty pounds sterling, or more, for a couple of patches and a bit of glue! Ridiculous. Oh, and a special "UV light to cure the glue". What??? It's just a mat, not a high tech space suit or something. Utterly bonkers.
Reckon a bit of gaffer tape will do it. (No, I know, it won't)
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 2:06 pm
by Raggedstone
Reg funny you should say that my pillow suffered the same fate its an exped one and they will repair it for the cost of the postage
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 2:14 pm
by benp1
You could try some clear gorilla tape?
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 3:05 pm
by Bearlegged
I've previously used Gorilla tape as a temporary repair. Was fine for one night, I had the official repair kit at home, so didn't see how many more nights it would last. I'd also consider Tenacious Tape in the future.
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 3:08 pm
by RIP
ta chaps.
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 6:25 pm
by thenorthwind
I've had a Park Tool sticky puncture repair patch on one of my mats for several years now. Probably not worth doing anything more permanent now
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 6:37 pm
by sean_iow
I've used the 'glueless' lezyne patches on a pillow and still going strong some years later.
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:03 pm
by RIP
Almost cheaper to buy a new mat.
I wonder how many repair kits it would take to create a whole brand new mat?.....
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:12 pm
by RIP
In similar vein, but to get the thread back on track - here in fact is 31% off an Exped 3R Ultra!
https://www.outdoorgb.com/p/exped-ultra ... qIEALw_wcB
Looks like "3R Ultra" is the old Hyperlite. As usual I have trouble with all these escalating superlatives. Is Ultra more than Hyper or less I wonder? I think Zigga is probably best as it starts with the last letter of the alphabet. It's one louder.
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:32 am
by riderdown
Oh, and a special "UV light to cure the glue".
Just stick it outside in the sun
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 11:21 am
by RIP
riderdown wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:32 am
Oh, and a special "UV light to cure the glue".
Just stick it outside in the sun
Can't get a much bigger UV light than that! Trouble is they can't charge for it I suppose.... yet.....
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 11:29 am
by jameso
Ultra more than Hyper or less I wonder
How long till we have Hyper-Distance events? #hyperdistance anyone?
I've read a bike described as a hyper bike. Like hyper cars. Almost made me hyper ventilate
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 11:44 am
by Lazarus
Hyperbole is the appropriate term here
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:45 pm
by Johnallan
RIP wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:12 pm
I think Zigga is probably best as it starts with the last letter of the alphabet.
I like this theory, it makes my school grades look better. What's the reason for the order of the alphabet anyway?
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:56 pm
by RIP
Johnallan wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:45 pm
RIP wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:12 pm
I think Zigga is probably best as it starts with the last letter of the alphabet.
I like this theory, it makes my school grades look better. What's the reason for the order of the alphabet anyway?
Good question. As we know, everythings tends towards disorder (entropy), so that presumably includes the alphabet. Maybe its current order is temporarily held together by some quantum boson that we haven't discovered yet. At any time the whole alphabet might suddenly reverse and we'd find that our ultra and hyper mats were now the worst sort to have. Or something.
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:58 pm
by Lazarus
What's the reason for the order of the alphabet anyway
No one knows ( presumably a list had to be made )
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 2:18 pm
by RIP
Sorry I'm at it again. Definitely need a Ripoff Alert thread. One brake caliper pin - £8! Excl postage ;-). And they're all Ti as well. I know I have a slight w/weenie rep but the difference between a Ti and steel pin must be about the weight of a speck of dust.
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 8:10 am
by jameso
https://shop.longcourseweekend.com/coll ... 1390479540
Small only - Pertex Quantum jacket with Primaloft body and fleece type arms and reflective detail, £20?? Looks tempting but too small for me. A few sizes left in the women's version.
S + M Primaloft + Pertex gilets in S + M, £20
https://shop.longcourseweekend.com/coll ... 0976397492
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 9:03 pm
by fatbikephil
Merlin are doing TLS schwalbe jumbo jims in all sizes for £40.
None tubeless for £35.
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 11:25 pm
by JohnClimber
fatbikephil wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 9:03 pm
Merlin are doing TLS schwalbe jumbo jims in all sizes for £40.
None tubeless for £35.
Thanks 2 x 4.8" tyres collected today, an early Christmas present from the wife to me is sorted.
I don't need them any time soon but with a fiver loyal customer discount off £75 is great value for such a lot of rubber
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:20 pm
by Tomwoodbury