Anyone bought from Swiftcycles?

[vickster]

In Spitalfields? They have a bike for a good price, seems to come with a Retul fitting. Just wondering what folks' experiences are with their service / aftersales

Cheers

 

[Paul99]

I bought a bike there. They are o.k. nothing amazing, just o.k.

The free retul fittings only apply to the carbon bikes, but I think with the Alu bikes the fitting is half price.

 

[vickster]

Thanks. It's a steel bike and says retul on the page. Genesis equilibrium 20. It's £150 off list and not far from me in the general scheme of things. Not many sellers of the bike. Evans have but at full rrp and I wouldn't choose to buy a bike from them unless it was a bargain

I am between sizes so would hope they could advise. I know it'll need tweaking, will definitely need narrower bars, maybe a stem

 

[Paul99]

The t&c actually state half price retul fit on alloy bikes, so this will include steel I guess! I think they will probably negotiate on the Retul fit if you ask. If it is only £75 v the sale of a £1.1k bike they may just go for it..

 

[vickster]

I am only going on what it says on the page for that bike

"Retul fit available with this bike" Says nothing about steel. I assume they do a free fittiing on a carbon bike down to the cost, the Genesis costs as much as an entry level carbon - they'd surely just be better putting a price cut off

http://www.swiftcycles.co.uk/projects/genesis-equilibrium-20

Might try to get to them next week, need to wait for the interest free credit card to arrive first

 

[Paul99]

http://www.swiftcycles.co.uk/pages/about

I'd give them a call to check they have an Equilibrium in the showroom before you go down. I don't think they keep all of the bikes in the showroom, they order some in.

 

[Chris432626]

DO NOT go there with an empty credit card, some lovely bikes including Focus and Storck! In all seriousness, I'm sure you can get a discount to pay for the fitting if it isn't included.

 

[vickster]

I have a carbon roadbike already, looking for comfort and practicality from steel