http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Boardman MTBs ...thoughts? en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:13:09 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8396#post-84381 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:40:51 +0000 Chimpofdoom 84381@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>OH got a boardman Comp Fi hybrid, seems pretty solid.</p> <p>Young lad at halfords also did a good job setting it up, didn't have to tweak anything except the stuff the OH wanted done. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8396#post-84379 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:22:20 +0000 Snowy 84379@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks...it does seem to be widely felt that they are good kit for the price, as long as you carefully check the bike over as soon as you get it and do not rely on Halfords setting it up safely. Particularly the BB30 which they are supposed to grease but often fail to do apparently, leading to swift failure.<br /> Halfords claim no knowledge of a refresh of the Boardman MTBs this year which seems to tie in with web info that the Boardman range is on a 2 year refresh, er, cycle. So this looks like it might be a go-er! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8396#post-84065 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:46:32 +0000 Instography 84065@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I know a couple of people who ride Boardman bikes. Both like them, push them hard (on roads) and they don't fall apart. Key weakness with Boardman bikes does seem to be the assembly at your local Halfords, which is harder to control. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8396#post-84060 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:23:18 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 84060@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Boardmans (Boardmen?) have a pretty good reputation all-told. No direct experience, but not heard any major issues about them (save those that have been put together by Halfords). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8396#post-84053 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 22:03:29 +0000 Snowy 84053@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone got, or had experience of, one of the Boardman hardtail MTBs? Any advice, positive or negative or otherwise, to offer? </p>