Should I call Trading Standards?

[rich p]

Do you mean H in Sackville Rd??

Agree with you on S*** & W****

No, Blatch Rd, H*** Cycles fro memory. Lots of BSO's!

 

[bauldbairn]

at minimum contact the said bikes shop and let them know that you have re-viewed there work and it is shoddy. time for them to buck there ideas up.

+1.

Then Trading Standards if your not happy that they've taken you seriously enough.

 

[thomas]

+1.

Then Trading Standards if your not happy that they've taken you seriously enough.

Contacting trading standards, a little bit informally can't hurt. let them know you've been over the bikes and they're not up to scratch. If the shop have had any previous complaints it would be worth pursuing, but also if anyone complained in the future there is some precedent.

 

[Brains]

I'm thinking of doing one for the cubs/beavers I help out at.....the state of some of the kids bikes worry me.

Well done you.....

We do this every year in April, just after the clocks go forward, not just with the Cubs and Beavers but with the Scouts and Explorers as well (over two evenings)

The most dangerous bikes are the older Scouts and Explorers as they actually use their bikes on the road

We get up a couple of bike stands, a floor pump, the engineer from the LBS with a box of bits (brake pads, cables, tubes, chains etc) and three Leaders who have all the cycle tools (and know how to use them), and we check brakes, gears, wheels, tyres etc

For most of the bikes it is the only day of the year the tyres get pumped up and the chain gets oiled.

At the same time to keep the others occupied when their bike is not up on the stand we get them to repair punctures on old tubes

It's well worth doing, but you need a fair bit of manpower and you need to ensure that any new parts are paid for by the parents

Last year every kid got a free puncture repair kit that we got from the LCC

 

[Black Sheep]

I'm thinking of doing one for the cubs/beavers I help out at.....the state of some of the kids bikes worry me.

Well done you.....

if you're willing to teach them a bit of the maintenance it might count towards one of their badges, might make the little darlings listen a bit more readily