Halfords earning their nickname...

[Hip Priest]

OK, fair enough, I guess you did put him right with those comments, but I suppose some people will not be told. He sounds like a jobsworth know it all , that actually knows nothing. I agree with what you have said about Halfords, and I am surprised Boardman are till associated with them. It is a shame that they don't let Wiggle sell them in the UK as well.

You should never buy bikes in France. In the UK we have rounder wheels.

 

[Drago]

French bikes reek of garlic.

 

[Mugshot]

You should never buy bikes in France. In the UK we have rounder wheels.

About thirty years ago I bought a bike in France on a family holiday, much cheaper than in the UK. It was a Peugeot, it was off white with a faintly metallic look, chrome forks and 12 gears. It also had a helicomatic cassette which was just the coolest thing ever. My LBS was a Peugeot dealer and I took it to show him, he'd never seen the like of it which filled me with pride. I loved everything about it, I'd love to know how many thousands of miles I clocked up on it. About 6 or 7 years later it was stolen, I still miss it

 

[Hip Priest]

French bikes are cool really, I was just making a funny about their olympic excuses!

 

[Mugshot]

French bikes are cool really, I was just making a funny about their olympic excuses!

Oh I know, I wasn't trying to defend them, they don't need that

 

[Hip Priest]

I've got a Peugeot clubman in the garage. I took it off my father-in-law to 'do up' but it's beyond help. I'd have to throw tons of cash at it to get it up and running again. Which is a shame, as I was fancying doing a few summer commutes looking cool.

 

[Mugshot]

I'm having a look to see if I can find any pics of mine on line, I know I don't have any, it would appear the helicomatic cassette is quite rare now.

 

[subaqua]

Wish I'd thought of this before I bought mine.

What did you do about getting it changed from left hand drive to right?

swap the brake levers over - the UK has a requirement for the way they are set up - not that i am a saddo that knows this of course

 

[scotbiker]

My Boardman CX disc brakes weren't setup properly when I first got it and they couldn't fix them. I took it to my LBS - Richards cycles in Perth (awesome service) and they set everything up a treat. Later on, discovered the BB30 bottom bracket had been installed with no grease from the factory, so back it went to Halfords to get fixed a few weeks later. Took them 3 weeks to sort it cos they didn't have a BB30 BB removal tool apparently and had to order one in. They damaged my carbon seatpost while BB was getting fixed, so made them pay for a new one.

Bottom line, if you have to get a bike from them, ask for it to be delivered in the box and for them NOT to touch it. Take it to a LBS for a proper setup. You'll save yourself so much hassle...

 

[DooDah]

swap the brake levers over - the UK has a requirement for the way they are set up - not that i am a saddo that knows this of course

Thats funny, I wondered why Wiggle asked me which way round I wanted them before delivery.

 

[Mallory]

LOL

My front wheel on my Boardman was so out of true my LBS couldn't believe it was from a new bike.

Also the front derailed was not exactly quiet. I could only use 3 gears without the chain rubbing against the damn thing. Mind you the sram Microsoft derailed is not as forgiving as my Ultegra!!!

 

[Chriswas]

Crikey, reading the OP has got me panicking!

I bought a bike from Halfords a few weeks ago, i'd better check everything is bolted on before my next ride.!

 

[screenman]

Popped into one yesterday for a aerosol paint, all the expensive bikes on the racks had the gears set largest to smallest. Muppets.

 

[4F]

swap the brake levers over - the UK has a requirement for the way they are set up - not that i am a saddo that knows this of course

Why not just cross over your arms on the bars, far less faff

 

[Robeh]

Not a great advert for Halfords all round.

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