which bike

jonesy99

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

worth that much than

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

Bred2shred

Yes.

The Boardman is lighter, better forks, brakes, wheels, groupset.

The voodoo is still a good bike but if your budget stretches to the Boardman i would go for it.

jonesy99

yea, i've now been allowed upto £650-£700

Jholder

Have you considered the rockrider 8.1 from decathlon? Only £500 too! SRAM x7 elixir 3's rockshox recons ?

Anonymous

For the price your looking at I'd look on the classifieds for a 2nd hand will get a lot more better spec, or eBay seen some nice bikes go fairly cheap.

I would never buy a bike from halfords personally.

cooldad

raceface gt wrote:

For the price your looking at I'd look on the classifieds for a 2nd hand will get a lot more better spec, or eBay seen some nice bikes go fairly cheap.

I would never buy a bike from halfords personally.

Or you could make a serious mistake, with big repair costs and no warranty.

Could I ask why you wouldn't buy a bike from Halfords?

cat_with_no_tail

cooldad wrote:

raceface gt wrote:

For the price your looking at I'd look on the classifieds for a 2nd hand will get a lot more better spec, or eBay seen some nice bikes go fairly cheap.

I would never buy a bike from halfords personally.

Or you could make a serious mistake, with big repair costs and no warranty.

Could I ask why you wouldn't buy a bike from Halfords?

This on all counts.

Many of the 2nd hand bikes I'm seeing around that price point only offer marginally better value (on the face of it).

Plus no dealer support, no warranty and no idea if it really only has done 50miles from new, or if it's lived in a hedge and done a million miles a day.

Plus, at the moment, I see a lot of 2nd hand bikes going for significantly more than they're worth.

chez_m356

raceface gt wrote:

For the price your looking at I'd look on the classifieds for a 2nd hand will get a lot more better spec, or eBay seen some nice bikes go fairly cheap.

I would never buy a bike from halfords personally.

why :?:

Chunkers1980

He'd send his butler, of course.

Anonymous

cooldad wrote:

raceface gt wrote:

For the price your looking at I'd look on the classifieds for a 2nd hand will get a lot more better spec, or eBay seen some nice bikes go fairly cheap.

I would never buy a bike from halfords personally.

Or you could make a serious mistake, with big repair costs and no warranty.

Could I ask why you wouldn't buy a bike from Halfords?

The only thing I purchase from there are car cleaning products ie the megs foam applicator pads and megs shampoo.

As for bikes not into Boardman at all

chez_m356

raceface gt wrote:

The only thing I purchase from there are car cleaning products ie the megs foam applicator pads and megs shampoo.

As for bikes not into Boardman at all

thats a fair enough answer

Anonymous

This on all counts.

Many of the 2nd hand bikes I'm seeing around that price point only offer marginally better value (on the face of it).

Plus no dealer support, no warranty and no idea if it really only has done 50miles from new, or if it's lived in a hedge and done a million miles a day.

Plus, at the moment, I see a lot of 2nd hand bikes going for significantly more than they're worth.[/quote]

Yeah I always do my research if buying 2nd hand, forums are a good source though,
As for warranty issues bought a gt zaskar carbon team a few yrs back and sods law frame developed a crack in the rear triangle near the seat tube. Wot a nitemere going through the dealers to get a replacement.

Tbh though bikes prices have massively gone through the roof in the last few years now a days your paying for the name and frame as for the components even on 2k + bikes your lucky to get xt now a days

chez_m356

raceface gt wrote:

Tbh though bikes prices have massively gone through the roof in the last few years now a days your paying for the name and frame as for the components even on 2k + bikes your lucky to get xt now a days

unless its german of course

Anonymous

Yeah I always do my research if buying 2nd hand, forums are a good source though,
As for warranty issues bought a gt zaskar carbon team a few yrs back and sods law frame developed a crack in the rear triangle near the seat tube. Wot a nitemere going through the dealers to get a replacement.

Tbh though bikes prices have massively gone through the roof in the last few years now a days your paying for the name and frame as for the components even on 2k + bikes your lucky to get xt now a days[/quote]

cooldad

The quote button remember?
At least try, or you are posting gibberish.

cooldad

chez_m356 wrote:

raceface gt wrote:

Tbh though bikes prices have massively gone through the roof in the last few years now a days your paying for the name and frame as for the components even on 2k + bikes your lucky to get xt now a days

unless its german of course

That's 'cos they know who won the war.

Anonymous

cooldad wrote:

The quote button remember?
At least try, or you are posting gibberish.

Just updated the iPad re applying my setting again

cooldad

raceface gt wrote:

cooldad wrote:

The quote button remember?
At least try, or you are posting gibberish.

Just updated the iPad re applying my setting again

The real reason he won't buy a bike from Halfords.
Probably wears tight jeans and rides a fixie.

Bred2shred

How do you know someone has an ipad.






















They'll tell you.

jonesy99

how does this compare

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=72860

and Marin Hawk Hill Bike (2011) against the boardman

cooldad

It doesn't

jonesy99

which or both dont compare?

also is it worth looking into the 29er range?

cooldad

The one you linked to. I have no idea of the spec of the Marin.
And which 29er range?

Try offering some info or the thread will degenerate once again.

jonesy99

his is the 29er http://www.skinnergate.co.uk/p/analog-29-2012.html