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                        <title>Re: Spa cycles elan 725 as do everything bike?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 22:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Good to hear &#x1f44d;]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Good to hear &#x1f44d;]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/">Bike Forum</category>                        <dc:creator>bonni</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Spa cycles elan 725 as do everything bike?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/spa-cycles-elan-725-as-do-everything-bike/#post-12776043</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 22:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I’ve never had a problem with spa cycles. But I have seen threads on here suggesting they have one difficult member of staff

I’ll change that. I have had amazing service from spa cycles

Ph...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I’ve never had a problem with spa cycles. But I have seen threads on here suggesting they have one difficult member of staff

I’ll change that. I have had amazing service from spa cycles

Phoned them in a Wednesday lunch time to ask about building my own 28 40 chainset. They asked if I wanted to build it or just wanted those rings. I said I just wanted those rings. Any ways they built it and it was in my hand on  Friday]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/">Bike Forum</category>                        <dc:creator>ampthill</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Spa cycles elan 725 as do everything bike?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/spa-cycles-elan-725-as-do-everything-bike/#post-12775905</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 20:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I know, they’re so counter what the manuals say about customer satisfaction it’s actually pretty funny. 

I’m only a roll of the dice away from being that poor pleb that gets ignored and sha...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I know, they’re so counter what the manuals say about customer satisfaction it’s actually pretty funny. 

I’m only a roll of the dice away from being that poor pleb that gets ignored and shat on in Google Reviews!]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/">Bike Forum</category>                        <dc:creator>bonni</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Spa cycles elan 725 as do everything bike?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/spa-cycles-elan-725-as-do-everything-bike/#post-12775885</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 19:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Anyone else just go and read the reviews?

In response to a ti frame cracking
Spa Cycles (owner)
7 months ago

clearly your own fault ian. next time keep ur eyes open lad then you’ll avoid t...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Anyone else just go and read the reviews?

In response to a ti frame cracking
<blockquote>Spa Cycles (owner)
7 months ago

clearly your own fault ian. next time keep ur eyes open lad then you’ll avoid the obvious titanium frame.</blockquote>
All the replies seem to be from 7 months ago so maybe they got hacked and they haven't been able to get Google to change them or maybe he was just having a bad day or someone just before they got fired? &#x1f923;]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/">Bike Forum</category>                        <dc:creator>damascus</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Spa cycles elan 725 as do everything bike?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/spa-cycles-elan-725-as-do-everything-bike/#post-12775819</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 18:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I like their Elan bike too but, from Google Reviews, it sounds like there is real head-the-ball running the show (or at least responding). Two replies pasted below sounds like they’re on cry...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I like their Elan bike too but, from Google Reviews, it sounds like there is real head-the-ball running the show (or at least responding). Two replies pasted below sounds like they’re on crystal meth..

REVIEW 1:
Ordered a part online. Payment was taken straight away as expected. Got an email 12 days later explaining the product was no longer in stock - absolutely fine. No refund processed so my bike has been out of action for a month now as I can’t afford  the part needed. Sent three enquiry emails and no response.

Response from the owner:
okay jon suck your mother

REVIEW 2:
Will never forgive John for using totally unprovoked abusive language to me in front of my 5-year-old son. But given the update below, perhaps I'll give this shop another chance in the very near future.

Response from the owner:
shut it steve you deserved everything bad that’s ever happened toyou and hope ur son gets falls of his bike


To be fair, the reviews are fairly binary: 70% great: 30% rude. So not totally put-off]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/">Bike Forum</category>                        <dc:creator>bonni</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Spa cycles elan 725 as do everything bike?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Ended up ordering a Ridley Cross frame as it fit the post mount/QR/mudguard brief I need to swap all the components from my Holdsworth Elan frame, and was a more economical option than the S...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ended up ordering a Ridley Cross frame as it fit the post mount/QR/mudguard brief I need to swap all the components from my Holdsworth Elan frame, and was a more economical option than the Spa Cycles Elan.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Spa cycles elan 725 as do everything bike?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 20:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Yes I just collected a spa tourer, love it, swapped out a few bits on the build.  Had some other touring wheels rebuilt 15 years ago by them and like ton, not even a broken spoke since. 

Wo...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Yes I just collected a spa tourer, love it, swapped out a few bits on the build.  Had some other touring wheels rebuilt 15 years ago by them and like ton, not even a broken spoke since. 

Would deffo recommend.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Spa cycles elan 725 as do everything bike?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 19:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[butcher
Full Member
There is no way I would trust Spa Cycles enough to hand over that amount of cash. The one and only time I’ve been completely ripped off, was buying from them.

as a total...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote>butcher
Full Member
There is no way I would trust Spa Cycles enough to hand over that amount of cash. The one and only time I’ve been completely ripped off, was buying from them.</blockquote>

as a total opposite to that, i have used Spa cycles for 35 years.
4 x complete bikes. numerous custom wheel builds ( without a single snapped spoke ) and loads and loads of bike components.
and in all that time not 1 single problem.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/">Bike Forum</category>                        <dc:creator>ton</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Spa cycles elan 725 as do everything bike?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 18:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[A mate had the Ti version and loved it till it was stolen.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[A mate had the Ti version and loved it till it was stolen.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 17:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[There is no way I would trust Spa Cycles enough to hand over that amount of cash. The one and only time I&#039;ve been completely ripped off, was buying from them.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[There is no way I would trust Spa Cycles enough to hand over that amount of cash. The one and only time I've been completely ripped off, was buying from them.]]></content:encoded>
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