what do we think of Halfords

[Tazio]

How much are the workstations to rent?

£4 an hour including all the tools you need to use, free overall and a cuppa.

And oils and greases are free as well.

Also if you get stuck there are mechanics there who can give you advice.

 

[cyfa2809]

Wow, thats bloody cheap in my eyes.

Thats good too as you dont then get the lbs just lending tools willy nilly (although im sure they will lend you an allen key for 2 seconds etc.).

 

[dyna-ti]

Oor bike station in Glasgow[the one i volunteer with] does the same thing,though i thought we charge £5/h[I'll to ask]
Every Wednesday till 9pm
Big pro stands that hold the bike well and are very adjustable.All tools needed and we give advice freely,plus the occasion bit of help if theyre really stuck.

 

[Neil]

What a great way of spending a couple of hours - much better than chugging down pints in a boozer.

Often that's my main problem - as well as the time - getting organised and having everything set out to do stuff.

 

[David B]

Some of the parts on show appear to be non bikey :? maybe they started off as a cycle company then diversified if things got tough :?

Love these type of pics.A bygone age...sniff...

Surprising how times change. I can well remember the days of Halfords being a proper High Street rather than "out-of-town warehouse" operation.

Going even further back in time, Currys [1] once sold bikes before deciding to concentrate on electrical stuff!

David

[1] As did other now-defunct electrical retailers like Wigfalls [2].
[2] Presumably the name of that business would put Bruce Forsyth off from ever setting foot in one of their shops.

 

[Neil]

Some of the parts on show appear to be non bikey :? maybe they started off as a cycle company then diversified if things got tough :?

Love these type of pics.A bygone age...sniff...

Surprising how times change. I can well remember the days of Halfords being a proper High Street rather than "out-of-town warehouse" operation.

Yup - my first memories of Halfords shops being like other shops in a town centre.

 

[ajm]

It had a good reputation once:

You have to laugh at the "Halfords Heavy" being advertised

 

[SwanHouseNappa]

rocky ridge wrote:

when they come over to you and ask if they can be any help
i say probably not mate then ask them a fairly simple question
get a blank face then ask another fairly easy question same responce then ask a really simple question same responce
then say i told you you probably wouldnt be any help

When I served my sentence in a bike shop (not Halfords) I used to love customers like you.
Nothing brightens the day quite like being smugly patronised by someone of clearly greater intellect.

 

[legrandefromage]

rocky ridge wrote:

when they come over to you and ask if they can be any help
i say probably not mate then ask them a fairly simple question
get a blank face then ask another fairly easy question same responce then ask a really simple question same responce
then say i told you you probably wouldnt be any help

When I served my sentence in a bike shop (not Halfords) I used to love customers like you.
Nothing brightens the day quite like being smugly patronised by someone of clearly greater intellect.

Not if had a Raleigh Trade catalog to hand. That caters for just about any daft customer question. I was only stumped by one of the newer rear shocks' adjustable bits that you would have had to have read the instructions to know how and what it did. Not much else got past me. Even a 1970's Bob Jackson tandem didn't catch me out. If I hadn't been there the shop would have lost out on about a £1000 worth of profit. Many of the bikes would have been just ignored.

I even managed to sell afew too. An old school friend has worked at our local halfords since school and is now manager. The wages he offered for Saturday work was appaling.

 

[cyfa2809]

Halfords offer minimum wage plus about a penny.