Halfords are truly shocking!

[kingsknight]

So my best mate's ebike was finally ready to be picked up from the store today....... He hasn't owned a bike in maybe 20 years. Rides it home and sends me a photo. Says the steering is slightly off.....

Can you tell me what the problem is?!??!?!





Unbelievable!!!

 

[BillyBoy88]

No give us a clue!!!

 

[kingsknight]

left the bloody tag still on the bike

 

[Itchy99]

Is he a trials riding God who rides backward all the time?

 

[vfr400]

It's not the first time. Even their adverts have shown bikes like that.

 

[RossG]

I've seen bikes offered for sale on ebay like that.

 

[egroover]

They should get their own staff to watch their own bike build video

 

[Amoto65]

No surprises there, on the plus side they are useful warranty wise being local, I suppose one day someone will get seriously hurt due to their incompetence and Halfords will get sued and then may pay better attention preparing bikes.....

 

[RossG]

Get your mate to headbutt the wall, then walk back into Halfords pushing the bike and tell them they just came off it and let's talk compo..

 

[kingsknight]

My question is, how haven't they killed anyone yet?

 

[Gringo]

It’s not Halfords in general just certain branches, my local branch is staffed by competent bicycle mechanics (not that I need there services)
I would recommend a formal complaint, not to the branch manager but online. Any complaints make the manager look bad and he is then likely to contact the complainant potentially with sweeteners to get better feedback.
This is not a guaranteed response but what the heck, shake the tree and see what falls out

 

[flecc]

My question is, how haven't they killed anyone yet?

They let their motoring customers do that.
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[daveboy]

They've fitted the disc brake on the wrong side...

 

[RossG]

I suppose the cable routing is a giveaway, right-left-right, ex-army mechanic maybe ?

 

[egroover]

They've fitted the disc brake on the wrong side...

No points for you lol... I think you meant they have the forks 180 degrees out when the tightened up the handlebar stem

 

[Tarka]

Use an independant cycle shop everytime. They care and have knowledge.

 

[egroover]

To be honest, this shocking setup should (and hopefully) would shame any Halfords store manager, I can't believe this sort of shoddy work is widespread across Halfords, they do have a structured training progression system in place.
However, the individual who built the bike should be ashamed or him/herself if he/she looked at the forks and then handed it over to the customer, he/she cannot cannot claim to have any bike building skills and should be resigned to the checkouts.
I would definitely make sure the store knows about this so they can take action, before he/she builds the next bike or a customer is hurt as a result of their dangerous bike building

 

[daveboy]

No points for you lol... I think you meant they have the forks 180 degrees out when the tightened up the handlebar stem

The 3 laughing faces should have given it away.

 

[egroover]

The 3 laughing faces should have given it away.
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Yes, I can see that now lol, next time add a for us just to make sure

 

[soundwave]

£169 from a nike outlet store brand new, unwearable as digs in and takes the skin off!!


fkn fakes are better quality lol