Bikes ?????

[kimz]

Ok i can't afford at the moment but....... just happened to pop to halfords today to have a look

and can anyone tell me what they think of these bikes i dont want anything racey but if im gonna do this big ride will need something better than my ridgeback so...

carrera gryphon v spec ?
carrera subway iw ?
crossfire 1 ?
crossfire2l ?

not sure if those last two were carrera as well or not

i think i liked the subway best but cant be sure now i wrote a list and cant remember which way round there were

sooooo anyone any ideas ?

 

[The Jogger]

The subway comes highly recommended !

 

[kimz]

thanks jogger do you have or had one yourself ?

 

[Ivan Ardon]

Mrs. Ardon has a Crossfire 1. It's fairly heavy for an aluminium bike and there are a few compromises that have been made to get it to a certain price point (freewheel rather than a cassette hub, rubbish tyres and rim tapes) but overall it's a nice bike for the money and most of it is of good, serviceable, quality.

Which Ridgeback do you have?

 

[Fab Foodie]

The subway comes highly recommended !

Agree. One of the few Halfrauds bikes worth owning. Well reviewed, well specced and well put together. Takes rack and guards for a gtood all-rounder. Mate rode one on several 60 milers.

 

[kimz]

It says ridgeback mountain 601 i have hunted for it on the internet and not found it yet i got it second hand so no idea when it was made

dont want to buy something similar if im gonna buy want something much better than i have although i do like this bike for the moment but looking ahead

 

[kimz]

Agree. One of the few Halfrauds bikes worth owning. Well reviewed, well specced and well put together. Takes rack and guards for a gtood all-rounder. Mate rode one on several 60 milers.

thanks yeah dont get me started on halfords daughter had interview to day so i popped round with grandson to halfords got there and they have moved the bikes upstairs so no way was i getting up there with a buggy

so had to wait for daughter to finnish and meet me there kinda waasted more time than i wanted too

 

[on the road]

Halfrauds are car orientated, they're great if you've got a car but rubbish if you've got a bike.

 

[Downward]

Halfrauds are car orientated, they're great if you've got a car but rubbish if you've got a bike.

Chris Boardman disagrees.

 

[Cubist]

Agree. One of the few Halfrauds bikes worth owning. Well reviewed, well specced and well put together. Takes rack and guards for a gtood all-rounder. Mate rode one on several 60 milers.

What, apart from the other Carreras, the Konas? The Voodoos, the GTs? the Boardman Hardtails, Full Sussers? The Boardman Road bikes, the majority of which are better specc'd than virtually anythig else at the price point? The Boardman Performance Hybrids? Oh no, nothing in the store even worth looking at other than a Subway!

Halfrauds are car orientated, they're great if you've got a car but rubbish if you've got a bike.

Oh, and all Halfords staff are brainless spanner monkeys, apart from all the ones members on CC have said "Well, apart from the kid with ginger hair at Huddersfield, he knows what he's doing" etc etc etc.

See what I did there?

 

[jimboalee]

Did Mrs Fry's boyfriend take her ill-chosen MTB back to Halfords and got a full refund?

 

[BrumJim]

Apparently.

 

[kimz]

back on track ! any more input about the bikes weather or not they come from halfords

 

[veb]

i bought a gryphon, loved it for about two rides. Then it went to crap, wheels fell apart and disc breaks caused no end of trouble, so changed wheels to bontrager race lights and put caliper brakes on, not a bad bike again but wouldn't recomend to anyone.

 

[kimz]

i bought a gryphon, loved it for about two rides. Then it went to crap, wheels fell apart and disc breaks caused no end of trouble, so changed wheels to bontrager race lights and put caliper brakes on, not a bad bike again but wouldn't recomend to anyone.

oh thats not so good