Considering buying from Halfords

Dannyboy95
Dannyboy95 Posts: 245
edited March 2014 in Commuting general
Im sure a thread about halfords has popped up more than once so here goes,
im thinking of buying a hybrid most likely one of boardsmans bikes but i just want to find out what do people think of bikes from halfords im not interested in customer service or anything like that i just want to know is it worth spending 500-600 quid on a bike from halfords. are the components quality are they built well ect ect like i said i couldn't give a toss about customer service im purely interested about the bikes they sell and thats it. Any help would be appreciated :mrgreen:
cosna kick a bo agen a wo and ed it back till it bos-UP HANLEY ME DUCK

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D.Leyland
Current Bike-TREK 4500
Previous Bikes
:Giant Roam 3
:Bianchi Nirone 7

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  • arthur_scrimshaw
    arthur_scrimshaw Posts: 2,596
    I think you need to be a bit more specific about which bike your talking about, they do a lot of bikes at Halfords some are better than others!
  • Dannyboy95
    Dannyboy95 Posts: 245
    http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 65534#tab2
    cosna kick a bo agen a wo and ed it back till it bos-UP HANLEY ME DUCK

    NO STAIRWAY....DENIED!

    D.Leyland
    Current Bike-TREK 4500
    Previous Bikes
    :Giant Roam 3
    :Bianchi Nirone 7
  • arthur_scrimshaw
    arthur_scrimshaw Posts: 2,596
    Looks good for the money, sure there's a review of that knocking around?
  • dodgy
    dodgy Posts: 2,890
    So it's not really a question about Halfords then, is it? It's about Boardman bikes?
  • andy9964
    andy9964 Posts: 930
    oxoman wrote:
    But to recap nothing wrong with the Boardman just try and get it when its discounted.

    /\ This /\

    Wait till the Easter weekend, there's bound to be a sale. If you haven't already, get a British Cycling membership for a further 10% discount
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Dannyboy95 wrote:
    most likely one of boardsmans bikes but i just want to find out what do people think of bikes from halfords im not interested in customer service or anything like that i just want to know is it worth spending 500-600 quid on a bike from halfords. are the components quality are they built well ect ect :
    The Boardmans are sold by Halfords, they are built by Merida (who build millions of bikes, including many specialised) to Boardman's specs and sold exclusively through Halfords. Much as GT were until recently.

    Only a frame is unique on the vast majority of bikes, the rest are standard components used on lots of other bikes.
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • Dannyboy95
    Dannyboy95 Posts: 245
    oxoman wrote:
    Nothing wrong with most of the Carrera or Boardman bikes just the rest, ie Trax,Apollo etc and as to service some are better than others. What about Giant Rapid 2, your signature says you had a roam before so why not a rapid comes with a Tiagra triple setup.
    http://www.rutlandcycling.com/106535/pr ... wgod26cAWA
    But to recap nothing wrong with the Boardman just try and get it when its discounted.

    Yeh it does look like a nice bike and for the £400 price tag that was for my roam 3 it was good solid bike and never had any problems with it, its a possibility hmm decisions decisions!
    cosna kick a bo agen a wo and ed it back till it bos-UP HANLEY ME DUCK

    NO STAIRWAY....DENIED!

    D.Leyland
    Current Bike-TREK 4500
    Previous Bikes
    :Giant Roam 3
    :Bianchi Nirone 7
  • snowster
    snowster Posts: 490
    Hi I have a boardman comp hybrid 2013 model which I got for 360.00 and for the price I don't think you can go wrong very fast little run around
    https://www.strava.com/athletes/755040
  • bikes`n`guns
    bikes`n`guns Posts: 959
    You certainly get a lot for yer cash with Boardmans. Get them discounted enough and you can end up with a cheap, but highly specced (for the price) bike.

    Well worth it IMO
    Trek,,,, too cool for school ,, apparently
  • kennygalbraith
    kennygalbraith Posts: 101
    One of my colleges did this...

    This was the method I used: http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/22-off- ... ds-1603626

    - Sign up for British Cycling. There is a code that works towards the end of the comments on there that gets you membership for about £15
    - Go through Quidco and reserve your bike from Halfords online. Quidco gives you 3% discount
    - Halfords last season bikes have 20% off at the moment but are selling fast
    - Until Wednesday, Halfords also give you £60 off a purchase over £600 when reserved online
    - Once the bike is reserved you have a week to collect. I went in to the store and tried it to make sure I was happy
    - Buy gift vouchers to its value from http://select.halfordsbusinessservices.co.uk/ Create an account then use the code ELGHAL13 for 10% off. Pay for them on a cashback credit card (I got 2.5% on Barclaycard)

    So I got

    £1000 bike
    £200 saving for last season
    £60 online discount

    That gives the price to pay instore as £666 with the 10% british cycling discount (£74 saved)

    Bought £665 of vouchers saving £66.50 (cost me £598.5)

    3% of £598.5 quidco = £18 discount
    2.5% credit card cashback on £598.5= £15

    So total discount = 200+60+74+66.5+18+15 = £433.5

    Which means the bike cost £566.50 – about a 44% discount!


    Looks complicated but everything accepted at the store without problems and the process was quick – vouchers come next day special delivery

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