Spesh Tarmac SL7 – almost 50% off

Mine arrived smashed up also so will be going back.

Terrible company, box not fit to carry a road bike

Gotta wonder! Seems a coincidence that both have arrived in a bad condition after weird delivery delays….

Are you going to lump the extra cost and order elsewhere or not bother now?

As it’s not needed until next year I’ll just keep an eye over Black Friday and Xmas sales. I’m sure something will come up. I’ve not seen it yet but pics don’t look good. It’s got chips of missing paint down the seat stays and lots of scuffs. I will see if I think I could polish and touch up and maybe push for some extra discount. But I’m pretty ocd so unlikely I’ll be happy

Such a shame. Mine was gouges in the crank, frame and wheel. Looked like a fair impact on the frame so wasn’t touching in with a barge pole.

Certini have it at £2k and I have obviously convinced myself I need it now but bitter to swallow.

I’ve unpacked it and I am torn. It’s a stunning bike for the money. Fits me like a glove. Have another scratch on the stem and a bit of clearcoat would probably sort the chips on the frame. I’m going to send pics and see if they offer discount to stop me returning. They’ve actually done a good job of building it, just a shame they’ve put it in a flimsy box that’s far too big for it

I had a bike delivered by DX once, from a different retailer. Level of damage was consistent with a significant forklift collision. No amount of packaging is DX-proof.

DX are just about the most incompetent couriers I’ve ever had the misfortune to deliver anything to me.

It’s £1999 at all Specialized stores under their Black Friday offers. Price jumps on different sizes but when I popped in they said £1999 all sizes in store

@winrya Tredz have it for £1950 now.

I did spot the Cube Agreee C:62 race also has 24sp 105, carbon frame etc in a more sportive shaped package for £1699 which looks like a bargain .  Their geometry doesn’t work for me though.

Thanks for the PSA.  Long story, but I ordered one online and paid an extra £20 to have the bike delivered to the store.  How else were you meant to get it?!  A few days later I phoned the store, the store I had ordered the bike to be collected from had shut down!  The phones were diverted to another Evans store!  I tried to contact Evans, but all I could get was online chat, who assured me the store was open! I phoned another Evans who were first class and said the shop in question has closed down, stock and staff are all here!  I go back to the online “support” and they still assure me the shop is open (it wasn’t !).  By sheer luck the other Evans in the same city had three of the SL7’s in stock, built up and on display!  Including one either side of my side.  I drove straight over 160 mile round trip, and bought the SL7, in my size for the discounted price.

I couldn’t believe my luck!  I have now eventually been able to cancel the original order, so there should be an extra one in the system for someone!

The wheels are rubbish for a £3k bike, but other than that it’s absolutely sweet!  Almost too nice as a winter bike!

The Evans staff in the bike shop seem great, and real cyclists.  Evans as a company seems unreliable!  Perhaps all the damaged ones have been “accidental” so they can claim on the delivery insurance, rather than sell at a loss?

Are Evans going burst with these prices ?

Evans were an absolute s**t show from start to finish for me, guess it is sort of lucky that it is the cycle to work providers problem now and not mine. This point was even further driven home after dealing with Certini, they called me about an hour after my cycle to work went to them on friday at half 5 and again today to make sure I was happy to get the bike delivered tomorrow. Ended up costing me about an extra £260 in the end but tbh I’d rather pay that to a decent company than Evans. Lesson learnt.