Thoughts on Boardman bikes

[cyberknight]

Well there's no reason you can't use it in summer, and if you get up one morning to find, for example a flat tyre you can jump on the Boardman and be sure you're not late for work, stuff the moaners, they are the ones that'll be costing the taxpayer more, a lot more when they're laid up in hospital.

indeed my team carbon will never be used for work, i have other bikes for that but +1 for having a backup bike .

 

[Kingfisher101]

The Brownlees were riding expensive custom Boardman bikes not the ones sold from Halfords.
Boardman used to sell an elite range from better cycling shops, I'm not sure what they are doing at the moment.
They seem to sell a lot but I've not had one myself. Seems like they are a step up from the Carrera bikes but look suspiciously similar with some frames.

 

[Kingfisher101]

That depends on the buying power of the buyer.

Someone who spends a months wages on a bike is probably going to be a bit more analytic than the billionaire who used pocket change to buy a bike in order to kill a bit of time while his missus was browsing in Tiffanies.

If I bought an Argos Challenge mountain bike for £99.99, I wouldn't moan if the BB cup and cones failed two years and fifty miles later. It's only cost me a night in the pub with a kebab on the way home,

If I buy a £450 Voodoo from a so called cycling specialist shop though, I want bloody perfection and if anything very minor goes wrong in the first two years, I'll be all over the web trashing it.

I suspect that most UK average earners like myself, feel exactly the same way.

No, there's a lot of people who will not bat an eyelid and spend 3-6K on just a run-around for Sundays with their friends. That's just you and your opinion. For £450 I would just expect a basic bike that didn't fall to bits, that I'd just use for a small while then sell on when I was fed up. Also reviews can be a swizz they often do them themselves with different accounts etc or pay professional reviewers who they know will give good reviews. I've had bikes that I thought were poor that have had excellent reviews.

 

[cyberknight]

The Brownlees were riding expensive custom Boardman bikes not the ones sold from Halfords.
Boardman used to sell an elite range from better cycling shops, I'm not sure what they are doing at the moment.
They seem to sell a lot but I've not had one myself. Seems like they are a step up from the Carrera bikes but look suspiciously similar with some frames.

now halfords own the lower spec boardman branch i think the same, the new carrera carbon bike looks to me like the last generation 8.9 carbon with lower spec parts apart from where the cables enter the frames they are very similar

 

[Lovacott]

Well there's no reason you can't use it in summer, and if you get up one morning to find, for example a flat tyre you can jump on the Boardman and be sure you're not late for work, stuff the moaners, they are the ones that'll be costing the taxpayer more, a lot more when they're laid up in hospital.

I need to take a more main road route to work for the road bike so I am going out early at weekends trying out segments when there is little traffic.

I intend to do the commute a few times on the road bike in the summer but I much prefer the cross country route I take now.

Whatever, the purpose of the CTW scheme is to give incentive to people to cycle commute and remove cars from the road during peak periods.

The fact that I do the commute on a bike I purchased myself and use the CTW purchased bike for pleasure, makes no difference.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Mod Note:
20 posts of OT argument deleted.
Please refrain, cheers.

 

[Person]

I bought my Boardman team carbon 5 years ago a week before the logo changed to the one now. It was a £1000 bike but was on sale for £750 for the reasons of the logo change.

The frame is amazing for the price I paid. The problem for myself being a full-time cyclist who doesn't drive a car is the group set and components which were rubbish for my needs.

Over the past 5 years I've upgraded the bikes components to make a bike that I feel confident with and won't let me down on my in the middle of nowhere many miles from home rides.

The bike is far better than a commute bike, its a sporty, out all day leisure bike.

 

[Maherees]

I agree, like you I bought a Planet X Tempest and simply upgraded the 'weaker' parts, such as carbon seat post, saddle and soon the wheels.
Part of the fun of cycling.

 

[vickster]

A Ti bike should have a Ti post..
not carbon
<<<

 

[Maherees]

A Ti bike should have a Ti post..
not carbon
<<<

Huh! Really? Never heard that before but makes sense. (Sorry OP for thread hijack).

 

[Sniper68]

A Ti bike should have a Ti post..
not carbon
<<<

Why?
I have a Carbon seat post and Carbon integrated stem/bars on my Lynskey

 

[vickster]

But it must be black not pretty shiny silver

 

[Person]

A boardman bike is something that you would upgrade to shimano 105.

 

[Person]

That should say 501

 

[rogerzilla]

"Boardman Bikes: racing is in our jeans"?