are shiny bikes any good

radiation man
radiation man Posts: 446
edited April 2014 in Road buying advice
i have the chance of a colnago frame which is in stock, think its the only shop in the world which has one in stock, but the shop is shiny bikes and they seem to have a lot of unhappy customers,
so guess my last chance of getting this frame has gone?

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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    So if you guess your last chance has gone, why post the thread? ;)

    However crap Shiny Bikes might be, presumably they still manage to do OK for the vast majority of their transactions or they'd be bankrupt. Also, you are just buying a frame so there is only so much that can go wrong there. You have credit card protection and distance selling regs behind you. If you want the frame that much just go and buy it. The world won't collapse in on itself whatever happens but you probably will end up with the Colnago you want - isn't that worth taking a small risk for?
    Faster than a tent.......
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Is this about a Colnago CLX?
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • mattythemod
    mattythemod Posts: 289
    do a search on here plenty of unhappy stories myself included there nor called shitty bikes for nothing .
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Is this about a Colnago CLX?

    :lol:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • tomisitt
    tomisitt Posts: 257
    My experience with them (buying a Chorus groupset) was fine...but I phoned them up, checked it was actually in stock, and then did the transaction over the phone. Two days later it turned up. All good. Maybe the phone approach is better than ordering on-line.
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    Crc have one
  • FatTed
    FatTed Posts: 1,205
    My impression if they have it in stock you are OK if not then your out of luck
    spend your money elsewhere.
  • Wirral_paul
    Wirral_paul Posts: 2,476
    tomisitt wrote:
    My experience with them (buying a Chorus groupset) was fine...but I phoned them up, checked it was actually in stock, and then did the transaction over the phone. Two days later it turned up. All good. Maybe the phone approach is better than ordering on-line.

    I'd say this is by far the best approach with Shiny Bikes. I tend to collect from them as i'm not a million miles from their warehouse and so know them a bit now. They do have a habit of not keeping their stock list up to date so best to ring and confirm before placing an order there and then.
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    tomisitt wrote:
    My experience with them (buying a Chorus groupset) was fine...but I phoned them up, checked it was actually in stock, and then did the transaction over the phone. Two days later it turned up. All good. Maybe the phone approach is better than ordering on-line.

    That's what I've done with them too and the conversation has always had "and you've definitely definitely got it there and they it will definitely be in the post today right?" in it. Not had a problem myself, but wouldn't order without a call like that involved (sometimes two calls :) ).
  • radiation man
    radiation man Posts: 446
    its out of stock in team red but i can order 1 with 12weeks for delivery

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