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$2000 off a SystemSix race machine and other Cannondale deals
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One brand we haven’t talked about much yet in all our sales talk is Cannondale. So here are my top picks for those lusting after a SystemSix race bike, a Topstone gravel steed or the Compact Neo urban e-bike.
Boutique vs Budget – Round #3
Fenders or mudguards. We need them but they’re not exactly a fun item to spend money on. You can opt for a cheap clip-on fender or go full metal.
Budget:
This face-off is a tough one as it almost seems like an unfair comparison. The clip-on fenders are certainly a breeze to mount and do an adequate job at keeping you dry. The Ass Savers Win Wing in particular is one I use a lot. However, the full-coverage and more expensive PDW fenders do provide more protection — not just for yourself but for your those riding behind you as well. Plus, with these killer deals on full-coverage fenders it’s hard not to go with boutique option here.
An Air Compressor: a great nice-to-have tool
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Hello. Anne-Marije here taking over from Stefan. We’ll certainly continue playing the Boutique vs Budget game here in a bit, but I first wanted to share an item with you that is totally worth to #treatyourself with: an air-compressor.
Sure, it’s more of a “nice to have” purchase than a necessary one but if you run tubeless tires, an air compressor with its consistent, higher-pressure airflow makes tubeless tire setups so much easier – and less messy! Every professional bike shop has one and if you’ve got space for one, they’re really not that expensive to add to your home bike shop as well.
I use mine all the time, and what’s more, my friends come over to use my air compressor to set up their tires. So do yourself and your tubeless tire buddies a favor, and check out the following deals:
U.S.:
U.K.:
Boutique vs Budget – Round #2
I was ready to give this to the budget option – functionality ahead of form, price ahead of prettiness.
But actually, I really like how Wolf Tooth has squeezed all those different tools into such a sleek design. It looks good, it’s compact and it’s going straight on my Christmas list – though that might be all that I get!
Round #2 goes to Boutique.
Okay, let’s play what I’m going to call: “Boutique vs Budget”
Essentially, comparing the best deals on extravagantly overengineered products versus the cheap, cheerful and heavily discounted – which discount would represent the best buy? Let’s kick things off!
Boutique vs Budget – Round #1
Weighing up the two pumps, despite the existential ruminations courtesy of Silca Super Pista, I think it’s a clear win for the ‘Budget’ in this round with the Topeak takes the JoeBlow Urban EX.
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With 31 days to go till Christmas, ’tis the season for dubious cycling-themed stocking fillers!
Some ideas a genuinely good, others are as much as of a stretch as they would be if you actually tried to fit them in a stocking…
Rapha’s currently got 25% off sitewide with the code BF2023, so let’s take a run through some of what they think is fair game!
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Now for a particularly special Black Friday deal… our own!
Right now you can subscribe to Cycling Weekly for just £54.99, saving 34% – that’s just £2.16 an issue!*
Not only that, we’ve also thrown in a FREE CatEye 500 Amp Light Set, worth over £59.00 – that’s more than the cost of the subscription itself!
*T&Cs: Offer ends 28th November 2023.Your gift will be delivered separately within 60 days after your first payment has cleared. Gifts are only available to subscribers on the UK mainland and are subject to availability. Gifts are not available with Digital only subscriptions. For full terms and conditions, visit here.
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This is a blissful reminder of how simple indoor training can be. Wheel-on trainers like this are slowly going extinct, but the fact is they are still absolutely fit for purpose! If you are looking to get riding indoors this winter and have a compatible rim brake road bike, then this trainer is by far and away the lowest-cost route to turbo training you will see all year – I’d even guess that it would undercut most similar trainers on Facebook Marketplace too!
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Black Friday is a great time to pick up more expensive items that you’ve thought about buying for a while… like a torque wrench. If you plan on only using it once in a while, then you’ll probably be wise to look for lower price points. But if you have a few bikes, for example, or like to do plenty of wrenching at home, then durability is vital. Other factors to consider are the size of the wrench, given that some bolts on your bike are in tricky places to get to – this Topeak wrench is nicely sized, giving you enough leverage but also being small enough to work in those tight spots, such as disc brake calipers – it even comes with a handy finger bit for such places.
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One of the standout deals this Black Friday is a record-setting price on Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 at Walmart.
When we reviewed these headphones earlier this year, we gave them 4.5 out of 5 stars, concluding: “The sound quality is superb, whilst the noise cancellation and transparency mode are useful features in a range of environments.”
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Hello! Stefan here steering the live blog. Let’s take a run through the good and the bad of Garmin’s latest deals…
Laura Adams is a tech enthusiast residing in the UK. Her articles cover the latest technological innovations, from AI to consumer gadgets, providing readers with a glimpse into the future of technology.
