klunkrider
Retro Guru
I’ll always play devils advocate on Halfords since that’s where my journey in the bike industry started.
Bar tape, the bike will have come from the supplier with the tape fitted. Should it have been sorted if it interfered with the hoods, yeah, ideally but given the staff member that pdi-ed your bike probably had another 10-15 to do that day and is on minimum wage…
Bolts are a similar story. I’d check accessible bolts, if crank bolts had that annoying cover over them was I ******* prying that off to check them. If we’re talking non structural bolts then not checking them again probably down to the staff being over worked and under paid.
Indexing off gears isn’t so forgivable and is maybe due to poor training of staff. Ie, nobody is intentionally sending bikes out like that but if they don’t know better then this kinda shit happens. I got made ‘area trainer’ during my time with them. Basically because I knew what I was doing. Much extra do you think I got paid for ensuring everyone in my area was properly trained?
Bar tape, the bike will have come from the supplier with the tape fitted. Should it have been sorted if it interfered with the hoods, yeah, ideally but given the staff member that pdi-ed your bike probably had another 10-15 to do that day and is on minimum wage…
Bolts are a similar story. I’d check accessible bolts, if crank bolts had that annoying cover over them was I ******* prying that off to check them. If we’re talking non structural bolts then not checking them again probably down to the staff being over worked and under paid.
Indexing off gears isn’t so forgivable and is maybe due to poor training of staff. Ie, nobody is intentionally sending bikes out like that but if they don’t know better then this kinda shit happens. I got made ‘area trainer’ during my time with them. Basically because I knew what I was doing. Much extra do you think I got paid for ensuring everyone in my area was properly trained?
