Conned!

supersonic

A family friend just rolled up on a brand new shiny bike. Was going to ask me for advice, but was such good value reduced from 300 quid he couldn't see how could go wrong. Paid 200 for an Apollo XC26 which looks like a monkey put it together.

Ah well. I suppose it will be fine for the few leisure miles he will do, but 300 quid? having a larf.

phz

halfords wrote:

The Apollo XC.26 mens mountain bike offers extremely good value for money and a high performance to money ratio

halfords wrote:

Apollo XC.26 SE mens Mountain Bike is a light and strong mountain bike that will perform well in many ridding conditions

no way that could be a con !

slainte rob

genspain

If it's the same bike he could have got it from Halfords for 120 quid :?

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499

Mickey Eye

How dare you besmirch the good name of Halfords and the Apollo brand. Have you no honour?

phz

genspain wrote:

If it's the same bike he could have got it from Halfords for 120 quid :?
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499

there seems to be two models - steel and ali - the steel one is 120 and the ali one 200

slainte :arrow: rob

supersonic

Yeah, twas the SE:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165499

I have never seen any 320 quid bike with that spec, not even 10 years ago.

Hercule Q

Front and rear Mechanical Disc Brakes Greatly increase breaking performance in wet and muddy conditions

lol

Hercule Q

and its got 16mm rotors

supersonic

And it appears to have a quill stem with a aheadset.

Hercule Q

top quality lol

genspain

so 300 quids a bargain when you look at it

supersonic

Dare I add he bought the wife an Apollo full susser?!

If you are reading Chris, it aint you mate, it is Halfords pricing and them telling you it is 300 odd quids worth - for what you want the bikes will do the trick - just bring 'em round for servicing and I'll see if I have any lighter spare parts.

Aldo001

Appollo bikes weigh an absolute tonne
Halfords cant be as bad as JJB Sports for selling bikes though
The bikes in JJB look even sh!tter :shock:

Banned!

i love the spec list of this bike.

it might as well say

chain - it has one

wheels - yep, those too

brakes - oh yeah, its got brakes.

forks - umm, those are the front bit right?

Dirtydog11

We should have a Buying from Halfords sticky on the site advising potential customers of the Advantages/Disadvantages/Pitfalls of buying from this company. It doesn't need to be bias it just needs to be factual!

The consumer protection act needs to be revised in order to stop this sort of thing.

If they're not gonna do it then surely as a public forum we are morally obliged to inform and educate members as to the practices of the said company.