Halfords prices up today

Gobs
Gobs Posts: 296
edited February 2017 in MTB buying advice
Boardman FS Pro back up to £1500 (from £1200) and Voodoo Bizango £625 (from £600) for example. Do you reckon this is one of their short term full price periods before further discounts? It's right at the end of the model year too...

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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Halfords' prices are like a girl from Rhyl's knickers.
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  • poah
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    cooldad wrote:
    Halfords' prices are like a girl from Rhyl's knickers.

    sadly I never found girls like that in Rhyl during my summer holidays :cry:
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  • Gobs
    Gobs Posts: 296
    cooldad wrote:
    Halfords' prices are like a girl from Rhyl's knickers.

    Crotchless? :lol:

    Welsh girls are the worst (read best) I've ever encountered. Filthbags :lol:


    Are Boardman on a 2 year product cycle?
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    POAH wrote:
    cooldad wrote:
    Halfords' prices are like a girl from Rhyl's knickers.

    sadly I never found girls like that in Rhyl during my summer holidays :cry:

    Secret is to offer them a bag of chips. Or so I heard.
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Gobs wrote:
    cooldad wrote:
    Halfords' prices are like a girl from Rhyl's knickers.

    Crotchless? :lol:

    Welsh girls are the worst (read best) I've ever encountered. Filthbags :lol:


    Are Boardman on a 2 year product cycle?

    I think you mean ragged.
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  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    cooldad wrote:
    Halfords' prices are like a girl from Rhyl's knickers.

    Either down or moist?
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 5,845
    The price hike didn't seem to be site-wide when I looked last night, but £625 for the Bizango is the most enpensive I've ever seen it, makes the Trott Mountain at £430 even more of a steal!
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  • Gobs
    Gobs Posts: 296
    If the Bizango comes down I might be tempted to try one to see what all the fuss is about with 29ers
  • compuwiz_uk
    compuwiz_uk Posts: 139
    Gobs wrote:
    cooldad wrote:
    Halfords' prices are like a girl from Rhyl's knickers.


    Are Boardman on a 2 year product cycle?

    they do indeed run on a 2 year cycle between models for the boardman & voodoo lines at least ( probably the same for all the other brands they sell too )

    i say this owning a 2014 bizango that ran up until they inverted its colours ( among many other changes ) for 2016, also got a 2014 model boardman that stayed current until 2016 when they refreshed the range ( & made me buy another 2 nice shiny bikes from the 2016 range as i liked the colours of em & did not have one of that type of bike :lol: - well technically 3 bikes but 1 was another voodoo cos it had silly sized tyres :D )
  • mdubz
    mdubz Posts: 5
    fx reset by retailers? With a weak pound parts e.g. group sets etc are going to be more expensive. i bought a canyon on the 4th of Jan, the same model is £400 pound more expensive today.
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    With the pound off 20% compared to the pre economic suicide vote, it was only a matter of time before prices started to creep up.
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  • philcubed
    philcubed Posts: 260
    Laura Trott mtb down to £380 this weekend!
  • Gobs
    Gobs Posts: 296
    Does anyone know the weight of that thing?
  • benws1
    benws1 Posts: 415
    Gobs wrote:
    Does anyone know the weight of that thing?

    Laura Trott?
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 5,845
    Gobs wrote:
    Does anyone know the weight of that thing?

    The claimed weight of the Bizango is 13.2Kg, so given the Trott is 1x11 and 27.5" wheels, I'd guess somewhere in the 12.5-13Kg ballpark.

    Think today is last day of this cracking payday price that has been there over the weekend, seems crazy there is still not a single review on the Halfords site.
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  • philcubed
    philcubed Posts: 260
    Gobs wrote:
    Does anyone know the weight of that thing?

    I'll let you know this weekend when my wife picks hers up. (Bought for £342 with BC discount!)
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 5,845
    How the heck was this bargain not picked up in the http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/b ... les-49061/ article?

    It knocks that women's Trek Cali S Disc out of the ballpark!
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  • cooldad
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    NitrousOxide wrote:
    How the heck was this bargain not picked up in the http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/b ... les-49061/ article?

    It knocks that women's Trek Cali S Disc out of the ballpark!

    Because it's a lazy article and probably got the details/links directly from the sellers.

    I bet the level of research was between 0% and 0.03%.
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  • Gobs
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    How many usernames does LT have on here? I haven't seen this many plugs since Elton's hair transplant :lol:
  • cooldad
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    I am Laura Trott.
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  • Gobs
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    Nice tits
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    LT MTB1 back up to £390... As of 5pm in store. I'll weight it tomorrow if I get a chance.

    Lots of fluctuating prices recently, seem to spend most my time changing the things lol.
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  • benws1
    benws1 Posts: 415
    Are the Boardman bikes worth a look? I'm on the hunt for something better than the Raleigh Misceo I have. Boardman seem ok from what I've seen.
  • Gobs
    Gobs Posts: 296
    Well specced, but looked down upon by bike snobs out on the trails. Ignore them :D


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  • benws1
    benws1 Posts: 415
    Gobs wrote:
    Well specced, but looked down upon by bike snobs out on the trails. Ignore them :D


    *The tarts, not the bikes

    Thanks.

    Some may already know this due to my posts, but I'm not really bothered what others think. :) They seem well specced, so will take a look at the weekend.
  • philcubed
    philcubed Posts: 260
    Gobs wrote:
    Does anyone know the weight of that thing?
    The Laura Trott mtb weighs 12.6kg on my scales.
  • Gobs
    Gobs Posts: 296
    Thanks, very helpful. Before pedals?
  • philcubed
    philcubed Posts: 260
    With pedals, it comes with alloy ones.

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