"I saw this deal, and thought someone might like it" thread.

[jrenaut]

@eminva 44169 wrote:

Big sale at the Chrome website — on Saturday, all sale items were 40% off, yesterday, 50% and today, 60%. They have bags, shoes, wearing apparel and accessories on sale.

Ladies, I highly recommend the women’s Vanya knickers, but they run large, so consider ordering a size down. $48 today only!

Liz

I hate you and this thread.

[KelOnWheels]

PUBLIC has adorbs little hipster twin panniers on sale for $39 (reg $85).

http://publicbikes.com/p/PUBLIC-Farmers-Market-Twin-Pannier-2012

They are cute. They have stripes. I might have to get some.

[jopamora]

The Clymb has RoadID bracelets on sale for the next 4 days or so.

[ShawnoftheDread]

A basic truing stand for $50.
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/bik/3640436601.html

[krazygl00]

Harry Havnoonian SS/Fixed on CL:

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/bik/3649660822.html

I’m not sure if $450 is a smokin’ deal or not, but if it is in decent condition, that seems like a good price for a handmade steel frame. If I were in the market for an SS/Fixed I would snap that up.

[dcv]

@krazygl00 45070 wrote:

Harry Havnoonian SS/Fixed on CL:

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/bik/3649660822.html

I’m not sure if $450 is a smokin’ deal or not, but if it is in decent condition, that seems like a good price for a handmade steel frame. If I were in the market for an SS/Fixed I would snap that up.

That Havnoonian is so tempting, price dropped too.
Here’s a 52cm fixed/ss steel Kona for $250. Comes with original drop bars and seems like a good deal.
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/bik/3655942757.html

[eminva]

Rapha’s Festa Della Donna starts now and runs through the weekend — their women’s collection is available at up to 50% off.

https://www.rapha.cc/shop/sale

Liz

[Bilsko]

@eminva 45580 wrote:

Rapha’s Festa Della Donna starts now and runs through the weekend — their women’s collection is available at up to 50% off.

https://www.rapha.cc/shop/sale

Liz

TIL I’m not beyond wearing women’s clothing.

[americancyclo]

Just saw this deal alert on my feed:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/garmin-edge-500-red-with-premium-heart-rate-and-cadence/

Garmin Edge 500 Red with Premium Heart Rate and Cadence $254with promo code 15-EXTRA for an extra 15% discount, bringing this down to $215.97

I believe shipping to US is free. Also, the webpage is rendering really poorly for me, but that could just be my gubment machine.

If you watch any pro cycling online, you’ll recognize the Wiggle name from the TV adverts.

[jopamora]

Thank! My computer crapped out yesterday.

But now I’ll never beat my old PRs on Strava.

[vvill]

Hmmm, tempting because a new HR strap and extra cadence sensor are close to $100 anyway. And I’m missing the mini-USB port cover on my Garmin so it’s not really weather proof.

@jopamora 46446 wrote:

But now I’ll never beat my old PRs on Strava.

The most inaccurate device (anecdotally) I’ve used was a Garmin car GPS – I carried it before I got the Edge. It shows up as “Mobile” on Strava.

[mstone]

Some of my early phone gps tracks got really wonky when the phone was processing something else in the background; it would have a couple of data points delayed for a long time, then a subsequent data point would appear with the correct time, so the calculated speed would be over 100MPH. I’m slower now.

[Tim Kelley]

@jopamora 46446 wrote:

Thank! My computer crapped out yesterday.

But now I’ll never beat my old PRs on Strava.

Poorly recorded device data is motivation.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@vvill 46452 wrote:

And I’m missing the mini-USB port cover on my Garmin so it’s not really weather proof.

Just to put your mind at ease, I think the port itself is water-resistant, so even without the cover you shouldn’t have any weather-related problems. DC Rainmaker actually had a post on this and corresponded with Garmin:

1) The USB and MicroSD card slots are internally ‘weather resistant’ as long as no USB cable or MicroSD card is in the slot at the time of ‘weather’.
2) The concern with the MicroSD slot and water is the electrical contact made with the card, and the obvious fact that the MicroSD card itself is not ‘weatherproof’.
3) After any ‘weather event’, ensure that all ports are fully dried out before connecting any sort of cables.

You obviously don’t need to worry about the MicroSD port with the 500, but the USB specs are the same.

http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/12/feeling-lucky-water-immersion-tests.html

…you can rest assured that a little rubber stopper being unset won’t kill the unit (my rubber stopper on the Edge 800 was open in this test, and the Edge 500 was partially set).

[americancyclo]

@Tim Kelley 46458 wrote:

Poorly recorded device data is motivation.

over 1k watts!?

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