Shiny Bikes

ninja100
ninja100 Posts: 51
edited July 2012 in Road buying advice
Hi Guys

Has anybody had experience ordering from this site.

Am thinking ordering a groupset off them because they seem to have very good prices.

Many Thanks

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  • EKIMIKE
    EKIMIKE Posts: 2,232
    My order went through perfectly fine. It was just a stem. Very good/the best prices on Campag stuff. Shimano stuff can be found ever so slightly cheaper elsewhere.
    Canyon Endurace CF 2014 | Canyon Ultimate CF 2010
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    Depends what groupo you're looking at...
    Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!
  • ninja100
    ninja100 Posts: 51
    sramforce 2010
  • Kingtut87
    Kingtut87 Posts: 105
    I bought the 11 speed Athena groupset from them, dispatched in about 2 days and took about 3 days to arrive after that. Considering how much cheaper it was from them as opposed to some of the other retailers I would use them again.
  • Ands
    Ands Posts: 1,437
    Yes, OH got some wheels off them a couple of months ago - no probs, quick delivery, brilliant price
    Cannondale Six Carbon
  • ScottieP
    ScottieP Posts: 599
    If you're looking at SRAM - do check out Fudge cycles too - they seem to have some of the best pricing for SRAM....
    My cycling blog: http://girodilento.com/
  • magliaceleste
    magliaceleste Posts: 748
    I ordered my Campag SR Groupset from them. In stock, arrived promptly. Also ordered other stuff from them, that was all fine. They are helpful on the phone too.
  • NP28
    NP28 Posts: 5
    Just wanted to warn everyone about Shiny Bikes.

    I bought a pair of Gatorskin tyres from them in April and one developed a large split in the sidewall after four rides. It was big enough for a large portion of the inner tube to start spilling out of the tyre.

    So I sent the tyre back and I was told that this was not eligible for a refund/replacement as it was cut by an object whilst cycling and was part of normal wear and tear.

    I disputed this – as the gash was in such a position that it was impossible for me to ride at such an angle that would allow a sharp object to go through the tyre in that position. In addition, for an object to be sharp enough to have caused a gash that large it would certainly have punctured the inner tube within the tyre, which had not happened.

    As we could not agree they said they would send the tyre back to their supplier for a second opinion and get back to me. They never did. During the next month I called them 8 times and the line was engaged or the phone was not picked up. I also e-mailed them 3 times. No reply.

    I eventually contacted their supplier myself and they told me they had NOT received a tyre from Shiny Bikes. So basically for over a month I have had no idea who has the faulty tyre and Shiny Bikes are deliberately ignoring me.

    In the end I was able to get my money back from my credit card company. But if anyone is thinking of using shinybikes.com, be careful, if anything goes wrong they may try and scam you and ignore you too.
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Good prices, nice to speak to but I've ordered from them twice and it's fecked up both times...
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  • Shiny_bikes
    Shiny_bikes Posts: 1
    Shinybikes.com Statement:
    Apologies to all our customers past and present for the inconvenience and disruption caused to our normal service. This has been caused by un-foreseen problems which were caused during the move to our new premises two weeks ago. This caused a breakdown in our Phone and Broadband but we are now operating as normal from our new larger premises and normal service has now resumed.

    Kind Regards

    The Shinybikes Team
  • Tom Dean
    Tom Dean Posts: 1,723
    But have you started refunding customers for their punctured tyres? :roll:

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