Spotted a special - Post it in here!

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Postby defy1 » Tue Sep 20, 2016 9:26 pm

still using the bike stand from the last sale. Good value. Does the job.

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Postby outnabike » Tue Sep 20, 2016 9:32 pm

I was in Anaconda at Narre Warren yesterday.
A bin full of helmets at under 12 each. I have heard of chaps buying cheap helmets to collect the Aus stickers.....don't know why.
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Postby Ross » Sat Sep 24, 2016 4:20 pm

I just bought the Aldi front light (https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-buys ... ure-light/) but the mount that is screwed to the light body came away while trying to attach the light to the handlebars so it is going back for exchange.

I mucked about for about 10 mins or so trying to screw the mount back to the light but the screws are so crappy I gave up. Shouldn't have to anyway on a brand new light (I know they are only $40 but they should be better made IMO)

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Postby Ross » Sun Sep 25, 2016 7:50 pm

Exchanged the light no worries and mounted it on the handlebars ok this time. They didn't even look at the receipt, it could of been for a packet of WeetBix bought from an Aldi 300km away, 2 years ago! Battery is currently on charge (instructions say charge for at least 10 hours before using).

Sometime in the not too distant future I hope to try to do a beam shot comparison between this light and AYUPs.

I was happy that there is only a relatively short cable on the actual light and also the battery and not a 2m+ intergrated cable like a cheap Magicshine lookalike I previously had. This means I can mount the battery under the stem . There is a longish (~1m) extension cable supplied if you want the battery in your jersey pocket or elsewhere on the bike. There is also a helmet mount supplied for the light.

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Postby Mulger bill » Sun Sep 25, 2016 7:59 pm

Ross wrote:I just bought the Aldi front light (https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-buys ... ure-light/) but the mount that is screwed to the light body came away while trying to attach the light to the handlebars so it is going back for exchange.

I mucked about for about 10 mins or so trying to screw the mount back to the light but the screws are so crappy I gave up. Shouldn't have to anyway on a brand new light (I know they are only $40 but they should be better made IMO)
Loose bracket on mine pulled up OK with a precision driver, thanks for the heads up. :)

The bracket itself is sized for standard bar diameter, if you're oversized it might pay to chop an old tube up to pack it a little.

Light is serious bright compared to my G1 AYUPs in a totally non scientific, prop them on the bars near the AYUPs and look at the shed wall twice test.
Methinks I won't be using the flash mode unless I'm planning on inducing seizures or starting a mobile disco.
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Postby Trevtassie » Thu Sep 29, 2016 3:08 pm

17.5% off at Velogear.... even on discounted items, the usual free post as well.

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Postby redsonic » Thu Sep 29, 2016 6:47 pm

Trevtassie wrote:17.5% off at Velogear.... even on discounted items, the usual free post as well.
Is there a code to quote for that?

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Postby Trevtassie » Thu Sep 29, 2016 7:47 pm

redsonic wrote:
Trevtassie wrote:17.5% off at Velogear.... even on discounted items, the usual free post as well.
Is there a code to quote for that?
SPRINGSALE

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Re: Spotted a special - Post it in here!

Postby Ross » Fri Sep 30, 2016 6:32 am

Mulger bill wrote:
Ross wrote:I just bought the Aldi front light (https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-buys ... ure-light/) but the mount that is screwed to the light body came away while trying to attach the light to the handlebars so it is going back for exchange.

I mucked about for about 10 mins or so trying to screw the mount back to the light but the screws are so crappy I gave up. Shouldn't have to anyway on a brand new light (I know they are only $40 but they should be better made IMO)
Loose bracket on mine pulled up OK with a precision driver, thanks for the heads up. :)

The bracket itself is sized for standard bar diameter, if you're oversized it might pay to chop an old tube up to pack it a little.

Light is serious bright compared to my G1 AYUPs in a totally non scientific, prop them on the bars near the AYUPs and look at the shed wall twice test.
Methinks I won't be using the flash mode unless I'm planning on inducing seizures or starting a mobile disco.
The second set I got seemed to be ok, mounted them to the bike without any problems. I noticed the screws were covered on this one where they were visable on the first set and also another set I looked at in Aldi last night.

Plenty of pumps and tool kits still available, a couple of camelbaks, no repair stands left, and only one lightset.

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Re: Spotted a special - Post it in here!

Postby Six13 » Fri Sep 30, 2016 10:40 am

Merlin have 10% off most lights. Just picked up the very well regarded Cateye 800 for about AUD120 delivered

https://www.merlincycles.com/cateye-vol ... 86201.html
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Postby petal665 » Fri Sep 30, 2016 10:53 am

They also have DA9100 in stock. Not really bargain pricing though.

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Postby Rex » Fri Sep 30, 2016 11:33 am

petal665 wrote:They also have DA9100 in stock. Not really bargain pricing though.
Indeed not. Mechanical too :shock:

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Postby petal665 » Fri Sep 30, 2016 11:41 am

Di2 is delayed a little bit.

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Postby davehirst » Sun Oct 02, 2016 3:29 pm

Still got bike stands at Aldi Hornsby

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Postby Mububban » Tue Oct 04, 2016 12:15 pm

Anaconda have 50% off their Fluid range of adult bikes.
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Postby petal665 » Fri Oct 07, 2016 1:28 pm

PBK has 9000 C24 clinchers down to $820 shipped using TREAT10

http://www.probikekit.com.au/bicycle-wh ... n=10781804

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Postby redsonic » Fri Oct 07, 2016 1:37 pm

Lots of bike stands, floor pumps, helmets etc still at Aldi Woody Point (Redcliffe, QLD)

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Re: Spotted a special - Post it in here!

Postby caneye » Mon Oct 10, 2016 10:43 am

Torpedo7 having a CASTELLI sale. gabba2 for only $150+, among other things ..

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Postby tron07 » Mon Oct 10, 2016 12:31 pm

This Saturday, Aldi got a Torque Wrench, $29.99. Is the range good enough?

12.7mm (½") torque wrench with automatic quick release
Includes 17, 19 and 21mm sockets and 125mm extension bar
Heavy duty case for safe storage
Working range: 28-210Nm (measuring tolerance)

https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-buys ... ue-wrench/

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Re: Spotted a special - Post it in here!

Postby petal665 » Mon Oct 10, 2016 12:33 pm

Bit high for most bike related uses.

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Postby jasonc » Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:23 pm

petal665 wrote:Bit high for most bike related uses.
cassettes need 40Nm
garmin vectors need 38Nm from memory but that's a special use case

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Re: Spotted a special - Post it in here!

Postby petal665 » Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:40 pm

See how I said 'most'.

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Postby jasonc » Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:43 pm

petal665 wrote:See how I said 'most'.
I missed the "most", my apologies

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Re: Spotted a special - Post it in here!

Postby battler2 » Mon Oct 10, 2016 2:40 pm

caneye wrote:Torpedo7 having a CASTELLI sale. gabba2 for only $150+, among other things ..
not really. fluoro yellow in small which is great for garden gnomes but useless for everyone else (srry i just watched trump debate, im good with insults right now). everything else is nearing 200 which is not much of a sale price.

great jerseys btw, only have them in SS but use arm warmers with them. higher range of temps than most winter jerseys with or without a baselayer (without can go up to near 20degrees).

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Re: Spotted a special - Post it in here!

Postby rodneycc » Mon Oct 10, 2016 6:00 pm

tron07 wrote:This Saturday, Aldi got a Torque Wrench, $29.99. Is the range good enough?

12.7mm (½") torque wrench with automatic quick release
Includes 17, 19 and 21mm sockets and 125mm extension bar
Heavy duty case for safe storage
Working range: 28-210Nm (measuring tolerance)

https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-buys ... ue-wrench/
I reckon that's an auto (car) one. You are better off grabbing a bike specific one like an IronArm from Cycling express or similar (Bike Hand is the one I have that's exactly the same as that) for the same price. Maybe do a search for Torque wrenches as it had a thread on this recently.
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