Halfords to drop Boardman bikes?

[steve52]

Maybe halfords got fed up with clicking bbs ,wonder if the spesh bbs will start clicking

change the pedals, it cured my clicking. now its the saddel the bars/stem and my knees

 

[Sandra6]

The staff are always the last to know.

 

[marshmella]

I look forward to the delivery of my "Bradders Mod Machine" circa 2015

 

[MattHB]

But would Specialized want Halfords staff assembling their bikes?

Be ok if they put 'this way forward' stickers on the forks

 

[Mo1959]

But would Specialized want Halfords staff assembling their bikes?

Like my Specialized bikes but not sure I would have bought them from Halfords.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

i can only see the specialized brand available, I doubt halfords would stock s-works

 

[jonny jeez]

Specialized at halfords?...surely not. I would have thought theirrout to market was currently much more efficient than using a budget store like Halfords.

I agree, I would have second thoughts about buying specialized if it were put together at a halfords branch (or even sold there to be honest). Its the same thing that put me off Boardman bikes.

Specialized is a well established brand Boardman wasn't (at least it didnt seem to be to me) when it joined Halfords. I dont think Spech need Halfords.

 

[Hip Priest]

The good thing for Boardman is that they'll lose the stigma attached to being linked with Halford's.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

To be fair, S***-works has been a long-standing part of their business model...

 

[frayBentos59]

What a heart breaking topic. Not so much the Boardman but with regards to Spesh. Years of building the brand Only to allow it to go to dog crap overnight. Seeing that tour de Francis plonker on an S-Works would be rubbing salt in the wounds. Fingers crossed this is a wind up????

 

[Crosstrailer]

Some of you Boardman fanboys do make me laugh automatically assuming that Boardman are dropping Halfords....nothing against Boardman bikes but let's just say they have a lot of catching up to do

 

[Cyclopathic]

Be ok if they put 'this way forward' stickers on the forks

This pre supposes that the staff know which is the front end of the bike. It isn't wise to over estimate Halfords.

 

[PpPete]

I think Halfords are moving on from Boardman, onto the Froome, or the Cavendish, or the Wiggins.

They already stock the Pendletons.

 

[wiggydiggy]

Bike manufacturers can be picky about their retailer - after I had bought my Marin I was speaking to a chap at Evans about why they didnt sell them, apparently it had been on the cards but Marin wanted them to stock the entire range rather than the (as Evans wanted) just the one's they wanted to.

 

[sean8997]

My LBS (the bike factory Chester) already stocks Boardman bikes albeit top end models £2-£3-£4k+ which are not stocked in Halfords