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Wheel and tyre offer

A whole new range of DT Swiss road wheels have come in for 2018, and one of the new features is that they are all tubeless tyre compatible, they work fine with  normal inner tubes too. If you’ve ever had lots of punctures, or want a more supple and comfy ride then tubeless is the answer!

The special offer is that I will give you a free set of tyres (normal or tubeless) with any pair of DT Swiss wheels purchased.

Wheel highlights include the 35mm deep carbon PRC1400 wheels, pictured below. They are light enough for climbs unlike some deeper carbon rims that can feel deadened on climbs, but uniquely also offer an aero advantage.

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The hub is nicely cut away to reduce weight. The rounded rim is more aero than a sharp or blunt profile, and the wide 25mm rim perfectly hugs 25mm tyres adding to its aero profile.

Another highlight is the OXIC ceramic wheelset. This is an aluminium rim that has been dipped in electrolyte and a high charge plasma current passed through it creating a ceramic coating on the rim.  The advantages are a rim that never wears and massively superior braking. The stealthy all black looks cool too, the braking surface remains black forever.  They also weigh a featherweight 1450g

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The hubs on the PR1600 rim and disc brake versions are a real work of art. The hub internals are based on the DT 350s hub which has their legendary star ratchet freehub which is virtually maintenance free.

 

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DT Swiss Ceramic Road Wheels – offer

Free tubeless tyres when buying a pair of these wheels! Worth up to 120.00!

A new pair of wheels has arrived in the shop, the DT Swiss PR 1400 Dicut Oxic wheelset.  These wheels are the ones to get if you want a year round performance set of wheels, with a ceramic rim that will virtually never wear out, well – last for considerably many many more years than a regular pair of aluminium wheels.

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Why are they so great year round? Well for winter the ceramic surface makes braking as good to near as disc brake braking as you can get with rim brakes.  For summer the wheels are a touch under 1500g the pair so really competitive weight and great for hill climbing where you’ll notice their lightness.

The ceramic coating looks great too – all stealth black.

If you want an independent opinion have a look at what road.cc said here in their review

You also get a free riding cap and a MilKit tubeless injector kit!

 

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Convert your own bike to electric

I am lucky to have ebiketips next door and I was really impressed with an electric bike they were testing.  Turned out it was a bike they built using a motor and battery available as a kit to convert your own bike to electric. So impressed that I got one for the shop.

The motor is £400, now on summer sale at £350, and simply replaces your existing cranks.  A motor at the cranks places the weight low down and has far less effect on bike handling than a wheel motor.  Plus the crank motor works better on hills than a wheel motor.

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The battery costs from £200 – £500 depending on how much capacity you need, but the £200 battery on this bike should take you 20 hilly miles.  Its neatly bolted to the bottle cage bolts.

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The bike used is a Saracen Studio 74 with disc brakes, I’d really recommend this bike but of course we can convert your own.

Ebiketips did a little write up of installing the Panda M-Drive motor, worth a read if you want to know more about the technical side of installing it.  We can supply a motor or supply and fit the motor for an extra £90 labour.

 

 

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Ex hire sale 2017

ALL BIKES SOLD NOW

There are some bargain ex-hire bikes from 2016 and 2017 to be had!

Scroll through the pictures, description, prices and sizes below each.DSC_0034Adventure Women’s Prima available in Medium and Large for £130

DSC_0035Men’s Adventure Prime available in Medium and Large for £130

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DSC_0033Men’s 2017 Urban Response in Medium and Large for £220

DSC_0037Ladies Adventure Prima Cafe Deluxe Medium 17″ for £220

DSC_0036Mens Adventure Double Shot cafe racer Medium and Large available for £220

 

 

 

 

 

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Electric Adventures!

Have just had the first electric bike delivered to the shop, what an amazing machine to ride! So effortless yet you still have to put a little pedaling input in to make it go which means you’ll still get the fitness benefits from an electric bike – so its certainly not a moped!

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The bike is an Adventure Road Sport from Madison the biggest bike company in the UK  (‘ladies’ they call it but lets say its Unisex as the step through frame makes it easy to get on and off for all ages and genders!!)

Its got a motor in the middle of the bike frame, not in the wheels, which means you get better power delivery and it’ll haul you smoothly uphill – wheel motors tend to struggle on hills. The battery is also neatly tucked into the frame, not taking up space on a rear rack or adding to weight at the rear which means handling is better as the weight is more central.

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The middle of the frame motor also means all the important bits are in a self contained unit – unlike wheel motors with wires all over the bike.  So much much less to go wrong. And the motor on the bike is a Shimano STEPS motor backed up by the UK distributor Madison’s 48hr EXPRESS WARRANTY should anything go wrong.

Powerful hydraulic brakes that never need to be adjusted, much like a motor vehicles only when in for a yearly service. Plus kickstand to make it easy to park anywhere.

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Bike computer tells you how far you have to cycle on the current battery power you have.  Very small switch to power up or down doesn’t get in the way of you hand, and the bars have nice gel grips for comfot, as well as a Selle Royale gel saddle which is very comfy!

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Ex Hire GT Grade’s

For sale at the end of August are 2 ex hire GT Grade’s. I have a 105 2016 model in size 55cm (medium/large), for £500 and a size Sora 2017 model in size 53 (medium/small), for £400. Hardly used just a handful of weekend hires so like new!

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GT Grade Sora above for £400 SOLD

 

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Above GT Grade 105 for £500 SOLD

 

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Tubeless Road Offer

When you buy a pair of DT Swiss road wheels, get a free upgrade of 2 tubeless Schwalbe tyres of your choice, valves and sealant – worth £160.00 RRP including labour to fit the rim tape, sealant and tyres for you.

Wheels:

R20 Dicut rim brake 1500g £524.90 pair

R23 Spline Disc Brake 1665g  £445.00 pair

R32 Spline Disc Brake 1720g  £444.90 pair

R23 Spline rim brake 1605g £424.90 pair

R24 Spline rim brake 1725g  £249.90 pair

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LED lights offer

This great offer is pretty simple – buy any one light and get the 2nd for half price!

So from the Lezyne range you could buy a powerful Hecto XL front light for £30 which is plenty to see with and get a super powerful rear Zecto or Strip drive for £15, or a second front light for £15!

Offer runs until end of December 2016 – great for stocking fillers or a super present with a bonus!

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