It's a repair, just like patching an inner tube.
Try buying a Continental tub at nearly £100, finding a cut in the tread after the first ride (no puncture) and slinging it. I'm not that rich!
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Must share my Halfrauds experience of today ....
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On Sunday, I saw a customer and his son making fun and shouting at a kid for not knowing a pipe from hydro.clutch (main dealer or engineering part not kept in stock).
I move the lad and tell the customer I'll have look on the system...I'm typing away:
T-H-E-C-U-S-T-O-M-E-R-I-S-A-W-A-N-K-E-R
Sorry sir not in stock but I could order it in for you? with the kid behind my shoulder sniggering at the screen...
Some of us know what we're doing, Uni students doing technical degrees but I have noticed the lazyness is crazy.
It's the easiest part-time student job with some idiots working there full time.
A bike legend on 20K a year was pushed out to cut costs-thats why you're getting shoddy service.
(I work on all the sections as a student and I know my stuff and not afraid to ask collegues or go out of my way but not everyone does! for me it makes the day go quick before coming home to study chemistry and teaching.)
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He then proceeds to spend the next 5 minutes reading them himself to then pronounce he hadn`t a clue ?
I have a horrible suspicion that's exactly what I'd have done.
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I remember tread stopping compound. But then again, I am nearly sixty.
I remember using it too.....no better than supergloo, that's for sure.Posted 2 years ago # -
All hail the one and only MisterCrud!
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Old Git Surrey - Member
Try buying a Continental tub at nearly £100, finding a cut in the tread after the first ride (no puncture) and slinging it. I'm not that rich!
If you're buying £100 tubs then you're pretty rich IMO.
I use superglue.
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Another thread of people moaning about Halfords, stop moaning and go elsewhere.
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repeat after me "i am not the target market, i am not the target market"
got plenty of customers that don't need self gratification
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20091119/halfords-profit-half.htm
in retail terms those margins and cash flows are good
bit like ryanair - take it or leave it
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does anyone else find this Daily Mail-esque trend of misspelling words like Hellfrauds or Nu Liebour etc.. massively irritating or is it just me?
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Yup. It's an open declaration of war against the english language. I can't help but disagree with anyone who does it
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massively irritating
steady on, a tad reprehensible and possibly misguidedthink i might throw up if i hear or see "app" again this week though
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just order some PIAA ones online. As long as you order the right length they come with all the varieties of fasteners you might need.
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Isn't it amazing how you always feel the need to reduce the complexity of what you're asking until they can answer it?
You didn't want slime! But you ended up wondering whether that would do...
...Until it reduces to "do you know what day of the week it is"?
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He then proceeds to spend the next 5 minutes reading them himself to then pronounce he hadn`t a clue ?
I have a horrible suspicion that's exactly what I'd have done.
I agree - I wouldn't trust your average punter to be able to read a tin either.
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Halfords isnt a bad place, just like every other large business with managing directors and stockholders who are trying to squeeze the pennys. To be honest Ive never heard of tread stopping compound, but I have heard of tyre patches to fix large cuts from the inside to make the tyre usuable again.
As for the Kia incident, he might have been deaf from last nights booze fuelled antics, or just a bit dumb. Again, pay peanuts and get mostly monkeys, with exceptions.
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lol.. they are onto YOU.. elsewhere ;O)
http://www.halfords.co.uk/staff.forum.guyaskedfortreadstoppingcompoundtoday/wtf.
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YOU OWN A KIA. A HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
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You must try to read a bit better!
YOU OWN A KIA. A HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
No, I don't!
God help me, I've joined a forum where unless people have heard of something, it either doesn't exist or is a wind-up!
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I've never heard of you Old Git Surrey.
You therefore either don't exist or are a wind up.
Can you tell me which it is please?
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I can never be bothered to fix cuts in tyres myself but most that do seem to use superglue and rave about it so presumably it lasts longer than "until the first splash of water"?
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OldGit - your picture appears to show 'Readstop' rather than Treadstop.
'Read stopping compound' = turning the light off, presumably?Posted 2 years ago # -
Those bounders! Imagine my distain when they refused to sell me a replacement starting handle for my Model T Ford! Harrumph! Call themselves a motorised vehicle equipment supplier?
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I recently bought a bike form our local Halfords superstore. I was chatting to one of the lads in there about which one to get (Subaw One or Two) and he seemed to know his stuff reasonably well, and was helpful letting me ride the two sizes round the shop until I was happy. I said sorry for taking his time up (It was a busy Saturday) faffing, but he said it was fine because it was nice to have someone who knew a bit about bikes to serve.
I guess they get a lot off eejits in there....?Posted 2 years ago # -
Is the lame moaning and whinging about Halfords taken over from the lame moaning and whinging about MBR mag?
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If you'd have gone into any bike shop I know of and asked for something people stopped using about a million years ago, I doubt they'd know about it.
Halfords are great I reckon. Went in at the weekend and received excellent service for something car related. For the bike stuff, I tend to know what I'm getting so if they don't have it, I'll ask nicely. What I won't do is act like a complete d*ck and start belittling their staff. Customers aren't always right, they're quite often morons...
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Never heard of Tread Stopping Compound, but black silicone mastic works well on truck tyres when they've got a bit of wire showing.
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HoratioHufnagel - Member
does anyone else find this Daily Mail-esque trend of misspelling words like Hellfrauds or Nu Liebour etc.. massively irritating or is it just me?
No. What is irritating is people who don't read any of the posts previous to theirs, except the orginal one. Hey Jamie?
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Here ya go, Old Git, TreadStop: I've found it!!!
Comes in 3 levels - hope you know which one you want coz I ain't got a bleeding clue... Posted 2 years ago # -
So who uses what these days?
I have a few tube patches on the inside of my tyres covering cuts. Not sure it adds much strength but makes me feel better that one lucky thorn won't get an easy path to the inner tube.
The big tears have several layers of duct tape on them too. It seems to keep the tyre in the correct shape better than not adding anything.
I am that tight/skint. Posted 2 years ago # -
Dunno. Let's have a look on the computer'
Nice stroll to the other end of the shop, cleverly avoiding the printed cross reference list 15 inches away.
When i worked at Halfords the computer system was updated more regularly than the flip-charts, also the computer will tell you if you have any in stock, and most likely the computer will be infront of the stock racks so he could get you one off their and save someone having to refill the on-floor racks later on.
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The flip charts are also often incorrect, they also have pages missing, pages in the wrong order, and only have one brand of wiper blade in each (one is for Bosch, the other for Halfords blades).
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I once went in with the wife to get some car odds and sods and whilst gathering bits I spotted her in the bike Dept talking to a young assistant. She then proceeded to walk towards me laughing, as after asking the assistant why were two identically specced bikes £50 different in price, she was told one was green and the other was red!!!
On the treadstop topic, I'm not ashamed to say I've heard and used the stuff in the past and recently read a 'Top Tip' somewhere that informed that the glue used to repair wet/diving suits can be used to repair treads too.
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i like the fact Dezb is getting upset about Jamie recycling his tartan paint joke.
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If you'd have gone into any bike shop I know of and asked for something people stopped using about a million years ago, I doubt they'd know about it.
.... and would probably have said so rather than some crap about 'we don't stock it any more', thereby implying that they once did.
Still, as I said, my fault; I went into the place.
Halfords are great I reckon.
Yeah, stick with them then, Davey. They make their living dealing with people like you!Roger and Out!
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alpin - Member
i like the fact Dezb is getting upset about Jamie recycling his tartan paint joke.
I also like that fact.
It's the little things i guess.
If i could go back in time Dezb and edit my post so you could bask in the glory of your original creation I would. I feel so bad that i have claimed the tartan joke© as my own and stolen your moment in the limelight. A thousand apologies and allow me the honour to perform Seppuku to right the abominable wrong i have have been guilty of.
Etc.
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