Halfords C2W

[Night Runner]

Evening all,

I know of a few other places which accept the halfords vouchers: on your bike & condor in London.

Are you chaps aware of any other places? I'm looking to spend just over £1k and would like to avoid ordering through halfords if I can go to a 'local' shop.

Happy do drive for a few hours too!

Cheers

[Night Runner]

Their idea of setting up and safety checking a bike is different to mine, I know this from the last bike I bought from them.

The scheme it's self is good. As I said I am happy to drive, it just so happens that smallish bike shops tend to be termed as 'local bike shops'.

In the past these types of shops appear to actually value their customers more.

[anonymous-user]

I've had mixed experiences in both. My local Halfords offer 1st rate service. Previous bike came from a local bike shop & luckily I gave the bike a once over as the stem bolts were only finger tight.

Surely it only takes 5 minutes to check all important bits are tight enough yourself, wherever it comes from!

[timbo48]

I bought a new bike from Halfords several years ago (well, actually it was "shop soiled"). Imagine my surprise when changing inner tube after my first puncture to find the existing tube was patched already!!! Go through your local bike shop (unless of course their rubbish as well).

[Raven Flyer]

The answer is to find a good Halfords. There are far more good ones than bad ones.

An LBS is certainly no guarantee of good service.

[anonymous-user]

halfrods in weston super mare is great and the staff in the bie dept are regular riders.

with reference to the commetn about local bike shops, as i said before of the ten or so in bristol, i only use 2 for any work that might invovle a spanner....

[Sarkmeister]

Leisure Lakes Bikes take Halfords C2W vouchers. They are based in Notts and 5 or 6 other places:

http://www.leisurelakesbikes.com/