£1000 to spend on C2W scheme... Bike advice please..

[SpokeyDokey]

Surprise suprise, this is the bike I am now getting, 105 11 speed.
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Nice!

Have fun with it.

 

[toeknee]

Thanks , got my voucher today, so pick bike up mon/tue.

 

[broady]

Where did you get it from? Looking at joining the c2w scheme.
At the minute I am looking at the giant defy

 

[bpsmith]

Where did you get it from? Looking at joining the c2w scheme.
At the minute I am looking at the giant defy

The Giant Defy is a great bike. This is my personal opinion and can't say it had Bike of the Year in at least 2 publications as don't want to start another argument! (See previous posts in this thread).

 

[broady]

I work for a local authority and when you first look at the c2w scheme it looks like you can only buy from Halfords, but I know that you can buy from other places that sign up for the scheme.
The problem is trying to find places that are signed up

 

[toeknee]

I bought mine from my friends bike shop, off the rocks cycles in Wallasey wirral.

 

[vickster]

I work for a local authority and when you first look at the c2w scheme it looks like you can only buy from Halfords, but I know that you can buy from other places that sign up for the scheme.
The problem is trying to find places that are signed up

There are different schemes. If you have a Halfords voucher, they can order bikes for you or you can take the vouchers to a range of independents

Info here with a phone number

http://www.cycle2work.info/siteadvicecentrebrand

And loads of other info on the Halfords C2W site

http://www.cycle2work.info/siteemployeeindex

 

[david k]

I think dolan take a % out of your £1000 aswell.

why? whats the justification?

 

[Cyclist33]

The Giant Defy is a great bike. This is my personal opinion and can't say it had Bike of the Year in at least 2 publications as don't want to start another argument! (See previous posts in this thread).

Er, well... you can say that because this time you are referring to "the Giant Defy", in which there was a broad range of models and in at least 2 publications some of those models had bike of the year. (Specifically, the Defy 1 and the Defy 3.)

In the other post which we were debating and you gave up on because you couldn't win, you said "the Defy 1" had bike of the year in at least 2 publications. Which it didn't.

I love how this will be seen as petty but come on, let's get the information that we're disseminating correct, otherwise what's the point?

Stu

 

[adscrim]

why? whats the justification?

The retailer is charged an admin fee by the service provider - Dolan pass this on to the consumer.

 

[bpsmith]

Er, well... you can say that because this time you are referring to "the Giant Defy", in which there was a broad range of models and in at least 2 publications some of those models had bike of the year. (Specifically, the Defy 1 and the Defy 3.)

In the other post which we were debating and you gave up on because you couldn't win, you said "the Defy 1" had bike of the year in at least 2 publications. Which it didn't.

I love how this will be seen as petty but come on, let's get the information that we're disseminating correct, otherwise what's the point?

Stu

I stopped replying as I simply didn't want to argue! I found it pedantic and boring tbh, much like most people reading it I would imagine.

 

[broady]

I was told that the company get a16% discount, so reduced stock will be more than the sticker price as the company will be making next to no profit or even a loss.
Said they generally put 10% on sale prices which seemed fair.

 

[toeknee]

Picked my bike up today.....

Think I'm in love.

 

[Nicola10]

Totally annoyed my employer doesnt do any tax free bike schemes, its the local council and all they drone on about is make the place greener, save energy blah blah and they cant even encourage their employees to use bikes instead of cars ;(

 

[Cycleops]

They certainly don't want anyone to miss the fact it's a Merida. I counted the name sixteen times!