which boardman road bike??

chrishumes
chrishumes Posts: 227
edited November 2009 in Road beginners
right, i think ive decided rather than get a bike from a LBS (using cyclescheme voucher), im just going to get a boardman as I can get 10% off at the moment.

I know they are doing this limited edition white one for £999.

Is this bike going to be a better option than the normal £999 black one apart from the different colour. Would it be worth anything more come sale time? or is it just a sales gimmick??

opinions please!

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  • the only difference between the Ltd Ed white one and the standard black one, is the paint scheme, to my knowledge there are no other upgrades that would affect performance.

    Though recently on the boardman website there have been upgrades to the Pro Carbon, of better brakes, cranks and bottom bracket. Though its now 1599 as opposed to 1499 last year. Thats what im personally saving for atm.
    I have a comp at the moment my first proper road bike and i am overjoyed with it, really happy. i was lucky enough that the guy working the bike section of my local halfords used to work in a LBS that went out of business as a result of halfords bike huts cropping up in the area. so dont be put off by what people say about halfords, its all just marketing and for me the benefits outweigh the cons.
    “If you worried about falling off the bike, you’d never get on.”

    @mattbeedham
  • cheers mate, are you based in newcastle upon tyne? if so, did you use team valley halfords?

    thats the only think putting me off at the momnet - the apparent bad setups of the bikes...
  • Garz
    Garz Posts: 1,155
    chrishumes wrote:
    I know they are doing this limited edition white one for £999.

    Is this bike going to be a better option than the normal £999 black one apart from the different colour. Would it be worth anything more come sale time? or is it just a sales gimmick??

    opinions please!

    Not available till December, this may effect your decision. :wink:

    I currently have the comp, very nice and happy with the purchase.
  • I have the comp too, put 5000+ miles on it since I got it early last December and it still makes me grin when I ride it now after a week off or a stint on my MTB.

    Stock it's a great bike, odd little bits of upgrades here and there turns it into a totally amazing bike. Keep you LBS sweet though. Sorry to say it, you'll likely need them to set it up for you. The Halfords guys where I got mine from are a truly nice bunch but they just couldn't do this bike justice.

    You won't be disappointed with any of the road Boardmans. I had the £600 road bike prior to my current one, and got loaned the previous £1k one before my Comp. Stunners and really shut my LBS mechanic up when he first started looking after them for me!
  • cheers for that. it was between a planet x (1200 - cyclescheme discount = 850ish) or the boardman (1000-10%=900). I think the boardman is the way forward, apart from the halfords think - but i will give them the chance and report back.

    the question really is do i like white or black (i think the white coz of the limited numbers, but the black looks wicked!)
  • sludd
    sludd Posts: 29
    I know I'm a bit behind the times with this question (about a month really!!) but stumbled onto the topic tonight - I'm interested in the 10% discount mentioned by the OP - how do I get this dicount, or has the deal expired?
  • no, i bought mine in st andrews quay in hull. Im at newcastle university at the moment. Havent been up to that halfords, am going to try and get down to one at kingston park, to check out the 2010 stuff when they start getting it in. Got my eyes on a pro carbon next year. Depending on money ofc.
    “If you worried about falling off the bike, you’d never get on.”

    @mattbeedham
  • They only do boardman at team valley mate, not kingy park. Voucher ended now as well.
  • dru
    dru Posts: 1,341
    colour black or white... how much time do you want to cleaning all of the bits to make sure it stays 'showroom' clean?

    Also - limited edition white would also seem more 'attractive' to onlooking eyes.....
  • looks like ill be going down to team valley sometime then. EURGH. pretty sure my mate said they do them up at knigston park. Either way, to the metro!
    “If you worried about falling off the bike, you’d never get on.”

    @mattbeedham