Well it was too good to miss for the £1000 bike voucher and only pay just over £550 and that was in 12 installments. Thing was I dont really need a bike. so i opted for Evans vouchers because the LBS was an evans partner. They are a Giant and Cube stockist. On my first visit I wanted to talk singlespeed options but very little on stock not for £1000 anyway.

The sales assistant tried to guide me down another carbon road bike (already have the boardman team carbon on previous scheme) namely a giant TCR for £2k meaning throwing in a grand of my own money.

Not sure whether I should go for a new MTB, a hybrid (good spec one), a singlespeed and buy a bucket load of gear or over the top carbon road bike.

any suggestions… ?

It never really that much of a saving.

I will be saving about £220 on my Whyte 805. Not to be sniffed at but not quite what the figures would have you believe considering it was a £900 bike.

I saw a cool hybrid/road bike carbon frame with drops today…Oreo or something like that?

Not worth doing now, surely???

Last year’s changes to final value etc.

When does the VAT change get applied – I know they were talking about Jan 12, but is that for schemes starting after or finishing after…

Definitely not worth doing with the HMRC changes.

£1000 bike voucher and only pay just over £550 and that was in 12 installments.

Is that all? You not going to get hit for a lump sum if you want to keep it?

I reckon we’ll be seeing a “c2w sucks” thread in a few months when the truth has dawned.

He wont if he enters an “The Extended Use Agreement “?

I don’t think the whole thing being knackered is quite true is it? Cyclescheme are the biggest providers (I would guess?) and they just do an extended use agreement thing so I didn’t up paying a larger final payment in the end than previously.

if it is relatively flat, get a kona paddy waggon and some nice panniers. if it is hilly, a genesis day one alfine. i commute fixed on my paddy waggon and it is a great ride.

The extended use agreement is for up to four years…
That’s four years where you DON’T own the bike, and it’s your responsibility.

id get a genesis day one, think it would be a good bike to add to a stable of others

AW – why don’t you get the bike from Evans if your LBS hasn’t got a good choice?

Evans own Ride2Work scheme does something similar to Cyclescheme with an extended use agreement. Its a no-brainer.