The bargains keep on coming at Wiggle, and even though bike prices seem to have been rising and rising in recent years, this huge deal on the Vitus ZX-1 Evo with SRAM Rival 12-speed electronic shifting is a blast from the past, even if the spec isn't.
We gave the Ultegra Di2 model a 9/10 and a Recommends award in 2021, and that was at the RRP of £3,999.99 - this one has shallower wheels, but at half the price and with an extra cog via the SRAM Rival groupset, it's an absolute steal at two grand. All sizes are still in stock except for the Large.
Get the Vitus ZX-1 EVO Rival AXS road bike for £1,999.99
If your budget is half of this, then you can't go wrong with the Orro Gold Evo 7000-FSA R800 road bike, down to £959.99 and the best price we've seen this bike so far.
It's rare you get a full carbon frame and 11-speed for under a grand nowadays, and this bike only really compromises on the chainset and brakes, which are provided by FSA and Tektro respectively. This bike was also nominated for our Sportive and Endurance Bike of the Year award in 2019/20, and would make a fine introduction to carbon road bikes, or even a luxury winter bike.
Get the Orro Gold Evo 7000 for just £959.99
And finally... carbon wheels for under 300 quid? The dependable Prime Doyenne wheels with a 50mm depth are half price at £299.99, and would make a great upgrade for your rim brake road bike. The internal width is 20.3mm, so they should take 28mm tyres if your bike will quite comfortably.
Get the Prime Doyenne rim brake carbon wheels for just £299.99
As we've already alluded to, Wiggle had to call in administrators a few weeks back, but as far as we know they're trading as normal. If in doubt, buy on a credit card or via PayPal.
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Re Wiggle / "If in doubt, buy on a credit card or via PayPal."
Paying with a credit card only helps for items costing >£100 (as that is when the additional legal protection from S75 kicks in); for items below that you may still have some protection via "chargeback" whether you pay with a credit or a debit card. So for the £14.99 turbo trainer, there's no benefit in using a credit card.
Paying with PayPal complicates the matter. On the one hand, PayPal themselves offer their own "Buyer Protection". On the other hand, paying with PayPal can be seen to break the direct link between your purchase and the trader (i.e. Wiggle) and may therefore prevent you from using the protection offered by your bank/credit card provider itself.
MSE is a good source of further info:
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/visa-mastercard-chargeback/
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/section75-protect-your-purchases/
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/credit-cards/refunds-and-protection/
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/credit-cards/PayPal-Section75/
Annoyingly, that Draper allen key set doesn't include the elusive 3.5mm used on Campag delta brakes. Still, it does have the 7mm for some Mavic stems and C-Record crank extractors; plus the 5.5mm for some old seat clamp bolts. This is why my toolkit needs so many otherwise-obselete tools and trinkets.
Anyone know anything about the xplova noza V? Whilst there are a handful of media and customer reviews of the noza S, can't find anything at all on the noza V.
Externally it looks completely different to the noza S although unclear how different the internals are. I think the V is newer than the S although it's unclear if the V is a replacement (making the S obsolete) or if the V is supposed to fit a different niche. On paper, the V has marginally better accuracy (2% rather than 2.5%) although a lighter flywheel (3.4kg rather than 5.9kg) and lower maximum power rating (2,200 W rather than 2,500W).
But I don't really care about the stats (no chance of bothering the maximum power!) - just want something that works easily and reliably. I like the look of the folding legs on the V for storage, and the adjustable feet (the floor of my garage isn't quite level), and if it also improves on some of the minor quibbles reviewers have had with the S, then that can only be a good thing.
(and yes, I know there is a risk of buying from Wiggle right now - hopefully mitigated to some extent by the fact that firmware support seems to be offered directly by Xplova and not dependent on Wiggle's continued existence).