Halfords discount on Boardman bikes (and others)

Dr House · 23 Jul 2014 at 17:16

So I just ordered a bike from Halfords.

boardman hybrid Pro.
http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/hybrid-bikes/boardman-hybrid-bike-pro-2014

Bike cost was £1000
I got 10% off using B15HYB01
Wich brought the cost down to £900
Then 10% BC discount = £810
I ordered gift vouchers at 10% off through = £729
http://select.halfordsbusinessservices.co.uk
using code MCOUNTHal09

Take off the 4% cash back on £810 which brings the total cost down to £697.

Hope this helps someone.

uv · 23 Jul 2014 at 17:23

Condolences on spending £700 on a hybrid :/

Dr House · 23 Jul 2014 at 17:38

uv said:
Condolences on spending £700 on a hybrid :/

I know but I dont need a MTB bike and did not feel comfortable with a road bike so this was the best compromise I could think of.

someone dumped a brand new Trek 7300 in my storage room so I have that to use also if i want to go off road.

londonbairn · 24 Jul 2014 at 10:21

If you're like me, after a couple of months I ditched my "expensive" hybrid and went road bike. Not looked back since! (that was 2008 or so)

nydryl · 24 Jul 2014 at 10:39

Ignore the road bike only brigade. I love my road bike, and my mountain bike, but there are plenty of times that a hybrid would have been the perfect compromise.

matt_fsr · 24 Jul 2014 at 14:44

If you fit some droopy bars on it, you can go out and do things like this:

http://vimeo.com/89689947

Mr-White · 24 Jul 2014 at 14:59

That's not a bike, that's a life style choice :eek:

MW

FrenchTart · 24 Jul 2014 at 15:02

nydryl said:
Ignore the road bike only brigade. I love my road bike, and my mountain bike, but there are plenty of times that a hybrid would have been the perfect compromise.

Have you ridden a hybrid? I had one for ~9 months and it was far from a perfect compromise. I'd never buy one again.

arknor · 24 Jul 2014 at 15:14

nydryl said:
Ignore the road bike only brigade. I love my road bike, and my mountain bike, but there are plenty of times that a hybrid would have been the perfect compromise.

or just get a cx bike

JBuk · 24 Jul 2014 at 15:23

What is BC discount?

FrenchTart · 24 Jul 2014 at 15:25

JBuk said:
What is BC discount?

British Cycling I imagine.

Akagi · 24 Jul 2014 at 15:28

e; Didn't read OP properly.

Dr House · 24 Jul 2014 at 17:57

arknor said:
or just get a cx bike

I thought about the CX but having never owned a road bike I did not know how I felt about the drop bars and also I really like the idea of hydraulic brakes which the CX does not have.

At the end of the day I can sell this bike for £500 to £600 so if I dont like it its not such a big issue.

Note I have not been on a bike in 10 years lol.

FrenchTart · 24 Jul 2014 at 18:08

Dr House said:
I thought about the CX but having never owned a road bike I did not know how I felt about the drop bars and also I really like the idea of hydraulic brakes which the CX does not have.

At the end of the day I can sell this bike for £500 to £600 so if I dont like it its not such a big issue.

Note I have not been on a bike in 10 years lol.

Hyrdaulic discs are nice indeed. You can get them on CX bikes but they tend to be more like double the cost of the bike you bought

arknor · 24 Jul 2014 at 18:11

Dr House said:
I thought about the CX but having never owned a road bike I did not know how I felt about the drop bars and also I really like the idea of hydraulic brakes which the CX does not have.

At the end of the day I can sell this bike for £500 to £600 so if I dont like it its not such a big issue.

Note I have not been on a bike in 10 years lol.

you will learn to hate flat bars and the upright high in the air riding position of a hybrid once the windy days come

I can literally gain 4mph from going to the hoods on my road bike bars > drops when it's windy and I'm not talking about 40mph gales

Roady · 28 Jul 2014 at 13:38

Dr House said:
I thought about the CX but having never owned a road bike I did not know how I felt about the drop bars and also I really like the idea of hydraulic brakes which the CX does not have.

At the end of the day I can sell this bike for £500 to £600 so if I dont like it its not such a big issue.

Note I have not been on a bike in 10 years lol.

I started riding my work commute (inner-city) last November on a (cheap) hybrid (Carrera Subway). Prior to then I hadn't ridden a bike in 17 years... And back then I was all MTB's and messing around in the countryside (where I grew up)! I got the hybrid as I didn't really realise there was such a big difference between it and a road bike.

You'll get better and better on the hybrid, I got my commute down from 33mins (pushing myself hard) to 20mins (easy) in the space of about 6 months. One day I pushed myself to 19mins (and threw up half way home lol)

I then got a (cheap) road bike (Carrera Virtuoso) about 5 weeks ago.

I'm now pushing 18mins average on my commute, if I really hammer it I can do it in 16mins, I'm getting quicker and quicker still (only just started using the drops) and will be changing to clip ins shortly. I've told myself I'll go back to the hybrid in the winter time but as my road bike is only a cheapy I'll probably just get some 'winter' tyres.

So depending on what you're using it for, a road bike will make a bigger difference to work commutes once your body gets more conditioned

Virdi · 28 Jul 2014 at 14:11

very nice bike!!

I am also looking to get a Boardman Hybrid ...but trying to get the employee discount through a friend

I believe they get 25%?

Dr House · 9 Apr 2015 at 16:53

So I tried riding this bike and just do not enjoy it lol, I would much rather go for a run.

Other than ebay can someone suggest a bike forum where I can sell it? How much would I get back? Its only been out twice.

AndrewNR · 9 Apr 2015 at 17:47

Dr House said:
So I tried riding this bike and just do not enjoy it lol, I would much rather go for a run.

Other than ebay can someone suggest a bike forum where I can sell it? How much would I get back? Its only been out twice.

Probably not waiting 9 months before trying it out would have been a good idea.

Dr House · 9 Apr 2015 at 18:30

AndrewNR said:
Probably not waiting 9 months before trying it out would have been a good idea.

Lol I know, I hate the cold and I'm free form work now so I thought I would give it a go.