Boardman Team

KitsuneAndy
KitsuneAndy Posts: 164
edited August 2008 in MTB buying advice
Thinking about getting a Boardman Team through the cycle2work scheme. Popped down to Halfords to take a look and they do seem awesome for the money.

But how versatile are they? I'll be mainly doing a bit of light XC at Thetford, possibly entering Dusk Till Dawn and/or the Marin Winter Series on it, but would also be going on occasional trips to trail centres.

I'm not a downhiller or jumper and I'm guessing at this price range any bike is going to have a decent enough frame/wheelset to stand a bit a few drops etc? So mind is pretty much made up, just thought I'd see what other people thought..

Cheers,

Andy
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Comments

  • johnsav
    johnsav Posts: 775
    as far as i can tell they keep getting the thumbs up from almost everyone.
    i was going to buy the pro version but they cant supply them quick enough.

    id say try one and if you like it youve got a V good bike for the money.
  • heez29
    heez29 Posts: 612
    make sure you can get one before you set your heart on it.
  • Chaka Ping
    Chaka Ping Posts: 1,451
    Sounds ideal for your requirements.
  • spursn17
    spursn17 Posts: 284
    I've got the 'Pro', very impressed with it.
  • KitsuneAndy
    KitsuneAndy Posts: 164
    Popped in and reserved one today :D
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  • Wooohooo!
    Wooohooo! Posts: 62
    Had one and bent the frame in four places :twisted:... a slight mistake :lol: but in the short 5 months that it was rideable it was very, very, very good! So my advice, if your after a bike like this... The spec is fantastic and rides really well. You won't be sorry if you buy one :D
  • rd350lc
    rd350lc Posts: 84
    Yeah Boardman bikes are great,my mate has got the Boardman Pro and for the second time in a week and after just having its first service the crank has fallen to bits throwing him off the bike into a heap of old bricks ...... you have been warned !!!
  • Bikerbaboon
    Bikerbaboon Posts: 1,017
    rd350lc wrote:
    Yeah Boardman bikes are great,my mate has got the Boardman Pro and for the second time in a week and after just having its first service the crank has fallen to bits throwing him off the bike into a heap of old bricks ...... you have been warned !!!

    I think that the crank falling off was partly down to hte undertrained monkeys that halford use to put hte bikes together in hte shops and not with the componants that your mat paid for. i would always say to anyone getting a bike from any shop is to cheak the bike fully b4 you ride it as you will never know what some one else has missed that could risk your life.

    I have had a CB team now for about 6 months and i have hammerd that poor old bike up down stainburn black run a full dalby forrest red run all i have had to do is 1 new chain and casset 2 new tyres and 2 new sets of break pads. thats working out at about 50-70 miles of off road a week.

    my next bike is going to be an on one with a bit more travel at the front but i expect alot of the kit from my CB will get moved over. Hope you like the bike mate
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Do riders not check crank bolts any more? Your bike doesn't look after itself.
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  • johnsav
    johnsav Posts: 775
    supersonic wrote:
    Do riders not check crank bolts any more? Your bike doesn't look after itself.

    so true

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