Has Anyone used the C2W scheme to buy components? eg fork or wheels. If so, were you still able to get any discount from the retailer on the initial purchase price?
Yep, I bought a wheelset together with tyres, cassette etc. Works exactly the same as if you bought a bike.
However I'd be amazed if you got a discount off the listed price unless they were already advertised at a discount.
Thanks dantespeed. I was thinking it might be a useful tool for purchasing things which are never really steeply discounted.
It was the only way I'd ever drop £500 on a wheelset so it seemed rude not to!
Looks like rules have been relaxed since I last looked - groupsets, wheels now explicitly allowed
From https://www.cyclescheme.co.uk/help/faqs/cyclescheme-package
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Thanks. I'm thinking it could be useful to me in a couple of scenarios.
One is buy a lower spec model and then use the scheme for upgraded components (fork mainly) or use it to buy a fork and groupset on a custom build.
That’s new! There have always been shops prepared to bend the rules and allow a pile of bits, but strictly until whenever this came in nothing that isn’t a fully built bike, clothing, safety equipment or locks etc should have been leaving the shops.