Halfords bike build

After helpful threads here over the last couple of weeks, I am ordering the Boardman 8.9 hybrid e-bike for my commute to work.

Helpful that it is reduced to £1800 and I’m going through C2W, and am expecting my LOC any time now.

Looking at the website I can wait a few days for a build slot, or collect whenever and build it myself.

What is typically involved in a Halfords build? Any liability or warranty issues if I opt to build it myself?

Thanks, as ever

As I understand it’s basically attaching the bars, pedals and giving it a quick once over. No cutting of steerer tubes or anything of that ilk.

Basically sticking pedals on, adjusting saddle, and sorting the bars.

Do it yourself or you might find your fork facing the wrong way.

I would do it myself AFTER they have built it just to be sure

Oh yes, the famous reversed fork……

If you are not confident in the bike assembly, collect in the box and take it to an LBS for them to build up.

Might cost you cash and or biscuits.

I would do it myself AFTER they have built it just to be sure

This.  Avoids any issues with them blaming you for stuff if you need anything done under warranty.

As an ex-bike mechanic who used to live in a shared house and spend over 50% of my salary on rent, please don’t try to pay anyone with biscuits.

Depends how picky you are about positioning.  I suspect most forumites are picky enough to want to adjust the saddle, bar height, lever positions etc anyway.  So as part of that will end up loosening and tightening all the critical bits anyway.

And depends on the halfords mechanic, some are great some are really rubbish.  I’d want to check the gears were correctly adjusted and stuff like that before I rode it anyway.

@sharkattack

As an ex-bike mechanic who used to live in a shared house and spend over 50% of my salary on rent, please don’t try to pay anyone with biscuits.

Beat me to it. It’s cash plus biscuits, not biscuits alone.

Thanks all, pretty confident about set up stuff so will collect and do it myself it means I can get it before Monday’s commute!

I was checking it wasn’t like a complete frame up build, if you know what I mean.

Which Halfords? Might be my son who builds it…

Our Halfords cx bike came with poorly adjusted gears, brakes with totally different bite points and a loose stem bolt. And warming from staff that a cx bike shouldn’t be ridden off road as it was not up to the stresses…

I spent an hour plus checking everything and had it running sweetly.

I bought a Brompton from halfords.  Problems ordering online so I went to shop, manager ordered.  Arrived on time, delayed by 1 day for build.  Manager gave me a track pump half price to compensate.  Bike was perfect.