Bike sale at Tesco Direct,some less than half price!!

squigs

Tesco direct have lots of bikes in their sale, some less than half price. Great for anyone looking for xmas pressies.
I wish I wanted one myself!!:D

http://direct.tesco.com/q/buylist/id.4863.aspx

chemical.galaxy

Great! both my boys need new bikes. If I pay with clubcards do I get the discount as well? - the bike i am looking at is £90 and 180 clubcard points

katskorner

Really like one of those on there for my son - just gotta wait till hubby gets back in a few days and hope they stay in stock!

blue_haddock

i lookwed at these instore recently, they weren't worth the sale price let alone the RRP. When i looked into reviews they all said they are very heavy bikes with poor quality components.

If you have a look at Decathlons website for a similar price their bikes are much better rated.

vax2002

blue_haddock wrote: »

i lookwed at these instore recently, they weren't worth the sale price let alone the RRP. When i looked into reviews they all said they are very heavy bikes with poor quality components.

If you have a look at Decathlons website for a similar price their bikes are much better rated.

Agree poorly made Chinese Junk, half price does not mean half everybody else's price..

blue_haddock

Mt old bike that is currently in my shed is a muddy fox which is approx 14 years old, its alloy rather than steel and has a much better set of components on it. these bikes may carry a good name but they are definetaly built very cheaply

Issyc

Brilliant prices. Thanks.

MINCER_2

blue_haddock wrote: »

Mt old bike that is currently in my shed is a muddy fox which is approx 14 years old, its alloy rather than steel and has a much better set of components on it. these bikes may carry a good name but they are definetaly built very cheaply

All 3 MuddyFox bikes Tesco are advertising have alloy frames - so I don't really understand that point of your argument?

Imastu

I think the main point is that the 'consumables' parts of the bikes are poor and wear out extremely quickly.

I bought one of the Terrain bikes about three years ago, for what was an apparent bargain of £40 - within 2 weeks to 3 months I had to replace both wheels (became bent), both sets of brake pads, the gear cog on the back wheel (plus buy a tool to remove the old one), the chain, plus buy some mudguards.

Within another couple of months, new tyres and inner tubes.

Oddly, after all that, I did not have to buy anything else. I used it daily for a commute to the train station, so only 6-7 minutes each way, not proper milage, but the basic frame was OK, and with decent components, it was fine. The message is to buy a better bike in the first place and not have the aggravation and cost of replacing everything.

With kids, they'll do a lot of damage (up and down kerbs etc) very quickly - it's not worth buying if you immediately have to start repairing parts as they break.