If you're not a regular DealCatcher reader kitting yourself out with decent cycling gear can be arduous. For the uninitiated there are pit falls of pricing, quality, and value that are always waiting to gobble up the unsuspecting punter.
Fortunately, with the DealCatcher's steady hand we'll see you over those pitfalls, and safely to the promised land of comfortable, quality cycling in great gear for great prices.
Today's edition of salvation via cycling deals comes to you from Decathlon, Ribble Cycles, and Evans Cycles.
We've got jerseys - in the shape of BTwin's excellent 700 jersey - bib shorts - in the shape of Castelli's Free Aero Race Bib Shorts - and bikes - in the shape of Fuji's cyclocross-ready Sportif 1.1.
All three of these products have received road.cc reviews - and excellent ones at that - as well as massive discounts from their respective retailers.
Enjoy.
Decathlon
First up: Decathlon's BTwin 700 Cycling Jersey.
The road.cc review which you can read below called the 700 jersey "another good value garment... [that's] well made, nicely cut, and breathable."
The jersey got an 8/10 while it was here for review, and our man Ash Quinlan said that it was enhanced by the low price tag.
Now that price tag is even lower, the enhancement must be even better. Right?
Ribble Cycles
Bib shorts don't always come cheap, but if you ride a lot the expensive ones are very often worth that extra bit of cash.
These Castelli bibs are no different. Our tech editor Dave Arthur sung their praises when he reviewed them; giving the shorts a 9/10.
He said: "with the comfortable Progetto X2 insert, very few seams and widely spaced bib straps, Castelli's Free Race Aero bib shorts are exceptionally good."
Evans Cycles
The final piece of today's DealCatcher collection is Fuji's Sportif 1.1 cyclocross bike.
We reviewed last year's 2015 model, and our man Dave Atkinson sung its praises.
The bike rolled away with an 8/10 and he called it a "really good multi-purpose road disc bike that's well specced and comfortable."
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