Evans Servicing - Worth it?

[sabian92]

I'm looking at getting the full whack, which is £110. They do everything, take it apart, clean, regrease everything put it all back etc.

Is it worth it though? I'm not exactly what you'd call mechanically minded.

 

[Beebo]

It's a time V money issue. If you are cash rich and time poor then go for it.

For that price you could buy a decent basic bike tool kit and a manual, and do all future servicing yourself. It's what I did. Bike servicing is fairly easy, and everyone on here will help you with questions.

The one issue I have is that I dont have a workshed or garage so all my servicing is done on the patio in the garden, which is not ideal at this time of year.

 

[mattobrien]

Looking at their price list my LBS would charge £100 for this, so not much of an Evans premium - see if they will price match

 

[sabian92]

It's a time V money issue. If you are cash rich and time poor then go for it.

For that price you could buy a decent basic bike tool kit and a manual, and do all future servicing yourself. It's what I did. Bike servicing is fairly easy, and everyone on here will help you with questions.

The one issue I have is that I dont have a workshed or garage so all my servicing is done on the patio in the garden, which is not ideal at this time of year.

I'm not really cash rich, but i'm definitely time poor! I can clean/relube a chain and that's about it. Not really mechanically minded, really not my thing and I'd rather pay to have it done properly, I just wondered if this was about the going rate or expensive. The last time I tried to do any sort of maintenance on anything I blew something up (seriously - cleaned out the computer and tidied some wires up, plugged the wrong plug into our router and blew it up).

Looking at their price list my LBS would charge £100 for this, so not much of an Evans premium - see if they will price match

I don't really have a local bike shop (My town of 60K doesn't have one - seriously) but the tenner or so difference doesn't matter. I've got to save up for it anyway.

 

[rollinstok]

I,m appalled at the servicing fees that are often quoted. Like another comment.. spend the money on tools and a decent book. Its fairly easy to do almost any job on the bike and once you,ve serviced the bike you may agree that the vast amount of that £110 is sheer profit for Evans PLC..the poor guy doing the actual servicing gets peanuts.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I,m appalled at the servicing fees that are often quoted. Like another comment.. spend the money on tools and a decent book. Its fairly easy to do almost any job on the bike and once you,ve serviced the bike you may agree that the vast amount of that £110 is sheer profit for Evans PLC..the poor guy doing the actual servicing gets peanuts.

Depends on how long a full service takes I guess - £110 doesn't sound too bad to me.

 

[rollinstok]

Depends on how long a full service takes I guess - £110 doesn't sound too bad to me.

About 90 mins. Wages £15 ( if they are lucky ), Lubricants and other fluids £1.

 

[Dusty.com]

I know halfords arn't the best but you can get a years servise plan with them for £19,99 that means all labour is for free and you only pay for parts.

 

[Andrew_P]

I do not live in Runcorn, but I have found Mobile Cycle repairs really good value.

There seems to be few near you, I like them as they are normally one man bands and care about keeping customers, always worth asking them if they will do you a deal as well.

I won't put the links up but this is a great site to find them http://www.thecyclingexperts.co.uk/...=runcorn&radius=&searchterms=&filter-cytech=1 or any cycle related business!

 

[oldfatfool]

Blimey I've just had swmbos car serviced by a main plate glass dealer and it was only £120.

 

[sabian92]

Halfords near me (Widnes, not far from the Runcorn-Widnes Bridge for you LEJOGers) are awful. I watched one of their 16 year old scally "experts" try to remove my back wheel without removing the chain from the cassette. As you can imagine... didn't end well.

I'd rather pay to have it done properly than arse it up and spend even more having it fixed. The work is definitely well done though, right?

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Rather than taking it to halfords and get charged £19.99 just take it to a descent bike shop then you will save £19.99 as it will probably end up there anyway if they touch it

 

[zizou]

If you are needing a full service then you are likely going to need replacing some things too - cassette, chain maybe a new bb and other bits too. It could get expensive pretty quick.

Think my LBS does a full service for about £70

 

[skudupnorth]

Not used Evans for servicing but i have used them for wheel truing and a stuck bottom bracket and i have been more than happy with the service they provide.
What does a service include ??? It cannot be that hard on a bike un-like a piggin car !

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Not used Evans for servicing but i have used them for wheel truing and a stuck bottom bracket and i have been more than happy with the service they provide.
What does a service include ??? It cannot be that hard on a bike un-like a piggin car !

They get a nubile wench to caress it with mink gloves on ............. at least I hope they do for £110