Evans Cycles

She wouldn't leave unless the bars were pink. What can you do?

She wouldn't leave unless the bars were pink. What can you do?

I'd probably have paid the shop to do it while I test rode a £3K road bike along the embankment, but that may not have been an option, if you have to keep her company.

What are evans test rides like? What are the limits?

Don't think there's one, as long you follow the procedures of filling in the forms and giving your credit card to them, you can ride as long as you can.

We had one who test rode a TT bike to Richmond Park and did 56 minutes for three laps.

Don't think there's one, as long you follow the procedures of filling in the forms and giving your credit card to them, you can ride as long as you can.

We had one who test rode a TT bike to Richmond Park and did 56 minutes for three laps.

the only issue I had was the pedals that they give, some plastic £5 shit .. can we demand a pedal of our choice or do we have to bring one? Also if I price match a bike would Evans do finance on that price?

The Reading branch gave great service - ordering in the bb tool I needed then ringing me twice to make sure I knew it had come in. no fuss no bother - even gave me a zip tie to tie it to my frame for the journey home!

I just went into Clapham to order everything. There was no mention of restricted items at all, and the guy I was dealing with even suggested stuff that specifically isn't allowed.

Should be able to pick up a Brompton with all the bits on Monday. Looking forward to playing with a new toy.

What are evans test rides like? What are the limits?

Went to the pinarello concept store, they wanted a deposit of full bike price + £100 NON-refundable deposit. What a shit shop it is too. Overpriced bollocks, the staff are just mamils who dont have a clue about anything.

That sounds good ed.
Will try clapham after lardboys experience as it's round the corner, if not then croydon. Want to take it into surrey for a good ride really, see how it climbs and decends.

That's absurd DFP!

DFP: Seems like there should be an organised campaign to ask for test rides and then walk out when they demand the non-refundable deposit.

Skinny: the in store stock isn't great, but a few of the guys working there are decent. I spoke to an Irish guy yesterday, who was pretty sound.

Email from a friend who needs a new BB. I'd told him to pop into Evans with his bike, ask them for a Shimano UN-54, and get them to measure the chain line so they can give him the correct axle length. Bring that to me, I will replace for beer.

Just got this email:

"I've just spoken to Evans and they want £40 for fitting a bottom bracket plus the cost of the bracket.* They've said they can't let me what size I need without taking the old bracket out first and they'd charge me for that as well."

WTF? £40? Have they not been reading Sheldon recently?

they did not ask me for a postcode today!!

they did not ask me for a postcode today!!

RH10 9TZ

(Their head office.)

On the way home last night the bolt holding the rear deraillier shifter to the frame popped off outside Wordsworth police station, couldn't find the bolt so I decided to go back to Evans. I showed James from the shop what had happened and he took the bike and put a new bolt in, with a little loctite as well. I was expecting to pay a little but he just said glad to have helped.
I was really grateful and just wanted to say thanks.
Grand service

I used to work for Evans until I moved to Japan. Despite being paid a fuck ton to sit here on LFGSS all day and teach the occasional lesson, I had a bloody good time working at Evans! The service really does depend on who you get serving you, the knowledge and enthusiasm is not shared out between staff.. some are just shit.. some are amazing. It sucks to hear complaints made to your shop when you come back from a day off and a part-timer has pissed off a customer! There were a number of occasions where head office were to blame for something or other and we were left to deal with the mess.

On the other end of the scale though, we like to help people out who are genuinely appreciative of your services... the amount of C-units we got in the shop demanding we bow down and kiss the floor they walk on, then to just complain when we're busy serving other customers.. it can get a little difficult to keep a smile on your face!

Maybe I got it good, but everyone I worked with was top quality and a pleasure be around every day.

I bought some Sidi's off here, but the previous owner hadn't put anything in the cleat threads so they had rusted pretty tight. I tried 3 bike shops local to me East (no names) and they all had a quick go and then told me to just buy a new pair.

In desperation I went into the Evans next to work - 5 minutes, a smile and no charge it was problem solved.

However as I left I heard his colleague proudly tell the next customer it would be £25 to change an inner tube. Sigh.

Had a really shit experience in London Bridge Evans this morning.

Going to write a strongly worded letter!

Test rode and eventually bought a Fuji Finest from the Rathbone Place branch last night. Went out on it 3 times before I was happy with it and despite being busy the guys in store didn't mind making all the little adjustments for me.

Was allowed to test ride it for 1p on my card, they retained my card and my passport whilst I was out on it. Nice and simple.

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£5 of £20. Worked for me.

^ Just used this, thanks.

There's also a 10% offer on clothes and accessories at the moment (details on the front of their website), but you can only use code at a time. So get your calculator out before you do any ordering...

^ Just used it too, so many thanks! 5 quid off some already very reduced pedals...

Nod to the dude taking an earful from some chap about the spec of the bike he ordered in Wharf Evans.

The guy was angry that the bike was black/white rather than white/black, and confused about what clipless pedals were despite buying an £1800 road bike. All the gear, no idea.

^^^ thanks. Still working

BR20 for 20% off use before monday

^ On selected brands