r17anm – Member
Anyone who makes out its to be expected because they cost less than lbs is full of sh** they dont say on their website we are cheap so the bike may be set up badly
A bike is a medley of components. How good a bike is down to what you think makes a good medley, or cocktail. How it’s put together is down to the seller. The OP has listed some examples of a poor build, but virtually every person who has replied regarding Canyon’s after service has said that the issues have been sorted quite amicably by taking the bike to an LBS and billing Canyon.
However, and it’s a big however, if you buy a bike like a Canyon you do so knowing that it will take a long time to ship a bike back to the Vaterland, and the inconvenience and longwindedness mean it’s easier to sort them yourself rather than bugger about with shipping etc etc. After all, by indexing his own gears and realigning his own mech the buyer has sorted it out so he can ride tomorrow, not a fortnight tomorrow.
Many people I know buy Boardman bikes, knowing that they are fantastic value for money, yet without exception they all know that there is a chance that Halfords spannerists will balls up the build, and they MAY have to sort out the issues themselves. After all, if you take it back to Halfords for a mech to be straightened it would take them over a week to sort that as well.
If you can’t accept that, then buy from your LBS, who will sort everything out to perfection and at exactly the moment you want it doing, won’t they?
I’m not full of sh*t as you so eloquently put it, I’m a pragmatist who has learnt that there is only one way to a perfect build, and that’s to do it yourself. I’ll heartily recommend direct sales and Boardman bikes, but always with the Caveat that the buyer may well have to sort out some minor issues themselves.