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Well, I think that’s me for this evening! Enjoy the rest of your Thanksgiving(s) and we will be back in a few hours to keep those Black Friday deals coming.
Now, I’ve had my pair of Hunt carbon wheels for a couple of years now – I think I have the 40s, but don’t quote me. They’re 35% off already in the UK, £571.35 down from £879 BUT you can get an extra 10% off too.
If you fancy yourself as the next Paul Seixas, the Van Rysel RCR-F-Pro was £10,995 and is now £6,749 at Sigma Sports. That’s just one of the deals in Andy’s big guide to the best bike offers around.
If you wanted to do some more reading, I’ve just done a bigger piece on the Garmin savings.
If it’s cycling kit you’re after, there is 25% off site-wide on Rapha in the UK and in the US. Everything from caps to thermal jerseys via bib tights, it’s all reduced.
One necessary item on these winter evenings is a good bike light, and you can’t go too wrong with the Magicshine RN 1200 front light, which has 41% off in the US on Amazon, and 43% off in the UK, bringing it down almost under £30.
Now, I hadn’t actually looked at the Trek sale in the US yet, but if anyone would like to buy me a Trek Madone SL5 Gen 8, with 14% off, or the Trek Madone SL6 Gen 8 which has over $1,000 off, 20%! Then I would be eternally greatful
I feel bad for neglecting the US on that Garmin deal, so here am I to tell you that there are great savings to be made on just the Garmin Edge 1040, or with the computer AND the Varia rear radar bundled together. Over $200 off is not bad.
Ok, the cycling computer deals don’t stop coming. The Garmin Edge 1040 is a massive £250 off at Decathlon. That’s 42% off. As the Decathlon site says: “Ride as if you know every climb and corner. And find the most popular routes in your region. Up to 35 hours of battery life.”
I shouldn’t restrict this to just the Bolt, Sigma Sports also has discounts on the Wahoo Elemnt Roam 3 (which a writer Simon Fellows recently gave a glowing review) and the Wahoo Elemnt Ace. Both are Strava compatible, and are top options, it’s just what you want from your computer!
Now, I’m not a Garmin man myself, I prefer Wahoo – for no particular reason actually, I’ve just become used to it.
Also, if you’re the kind of person who likes filming their rides – and telling all your friends about it after, then there are savings of up to 29% on the Insta360 X4 action camera, making it the cheapest it’s ever been. It’s a steal!
If you want a Garmin which charges itself through the sun, then look no further than the Garmin Edge 540 Solar, which my colleague James highly recommends. It has 38% off this Black Friday, too!
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Hello! Adam’s back to take you through to 11pm, probably. How are we all? I’m sure we haven’t had enough of Black Friday yet!
Right, I’m off to do some more deals spotlights till 11pm. I’m handing over to Adam now.
Still with Jenson in the USA for a moment. I can vouch for this product because I’m wearing one. The excellent, and in fact, pretty unbeatable Garmin Fenix 8 is on sale at Jensons USA for 21% off. I’ve tested the Coros and Suunto equivalents recently and I prefer this one.
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Jenson in the USA have a gorgeous Cannondale Super Six Hi-Mod with Ultegra Di2. Unusually, for a sale bike, they have them in stock in 48, 54, 56, 58 and 61. It’s down from $9,999 to $6,999.
Do you run TPU tubes? Have you tried it? Black Friday is a good time to experiment.
These aren’t the cheapo ones, they’re from Pirelli. £17.99, down from £34 EACH! Cheap like the budgie.
Hang on, this one is a bit of a laugh, but we’ve got to keep sane haven’t we. I was just doing one more lap of Amazon, and a Drift Trike flagged up.
Before I get dragged off the stage by my colleague I want to point out another gem we’ve found. This one is a good measure more practical (and does have some genuine utility, Adam).
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OOO, hang on. If you missed the Kickr Core deal, you might be pleased to see this one is still running, on the Tacx Neo 2T which we reviewed recently.
All is not lost, a quick glance at our deals hub tells me we still have Cycplus AS2 Pro electronic pumps available to buy.
To almost underline why we do this – scour around the tinternet for days to try and bring you the best deals first – I was excited to tell you about the Wahoo Kickr Core units we found on sale earlier, I was literally about to write a post about it.
When Matt got the angle grinder out and tested a load of locks, in the same building as the Country Life kitchens (imagine how that went down) he found this OnGuard RockSolid D-Lock to be incredible at fending off attacks from angle grinders. Some were like cheese, this one absolutely isn’t.
Adam was urging restraint earlier… “check if you do you really need it” vibes, but you’ll get none of that from me tonight…
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Thanks, Adam. I loved the example of you actually riding in your Maap kit. I’m going to clap back with a pic of me head to toe in Maap, out in Girona. The side on shot demonstrates how accommodating their race fit gear really is for a middle aged man of a certain size. Astonishing.
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I’m off for a bit of a break now, but my colleague Andy Carr is going to take over – you’re in safe hands, he’s the tech editor.
We published our review of the Garmin Edge 850 online this week, and my colleague Aaron loved it, concluding: “As it stands, no other company has a companion app as comprehensive as Garmin Connect, and, if you’ve been using the Garmin ecosystem for a while, it’s easy to buy a new Garmin and plug it in.”
In good news, in the UK it currently has almost £50 off at Tredz.
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It’s not just specific cycling kit that’s on sale either – if you’ve been holding out for that new pair of earphones for a while now, the Apple AirPods 4 are now under $70 on Amazon. That’s the lowest we’ve ever seen them, and they’re perfect if you need accompaniment on your bike.
I only started work at 3pm GMT/10am EST/7am PST, so my clock is a bit out of kilter, but it did mean that I could go for a bike ride in daylight earlier – lucky me! It was oddly mild today, but I was still in bib tights. In fact, I was head-to-toe in MAAP gear made for intermediate weather, and so it’s exciting to discover that MAAP have a giant sale on across their range.
M’colleagues have been spending all day scouring the internet for some of the best deals out there: Hannah finally went for an Oura Ring 4 because the price was finally right; Meg plumped for some Altura mittens; while Aaron urged you all to get a 4iii power meter.
When looking at a deal, think about whether you actually need the product, or if you’re just buying something because it’s a lot cheaper than usual – you don’t just want more things you don’t use around your house.
What’s the best thing you’ve ever got in a sale? There are some great deals out there, but it might seem quite hard to know where to start.
Of course, we can point you in the right direction of things that have caught our eye, but you would probably be best of starting with some of the bigger sites – Amazon in the US and Amazon in the UK being the biggest, obviously. But there’s also Competitive Cyclist, REI, Mike’s Bikes and more in the US, and Decathlon, Sigma Sports, Balfes Bikes and more over in the UK too.
I haven’t actually done a live blog since stage 19 of this year’s Giro d’Italia, so do bear with me if anything looks a bit odd.
If you want to see a roundup of the best bike deals out there, do make sure to take a look at our Black Friday Bike Deals 2025 page.
Good evening to those in the UK, and good morning and good afternoon to those in the US. Happy Thanksgiving! I’m Adam, and I’ll be taking you through the next few hours of the Black Friday prelude.