Founded as a local hardware store in Birmingham in 1892 by F W Rushbrooke, Halfords has since grown to establish its position as the leading retailer of car parts, car enhancement, cycles and travel solutions in the UK.

A random selection of reviews taken about this merchant. PLEASE NOTE: These are invidual opinions, and not our own experiences.

• 03/11/2011
  1 out of 5

  Like the guy above me, I also made the mistake of buying a Trax TR1. The back wheel broke as I was riding along just 3 months after purchase. The salesmen told me that riding it for 1 hour a day was too much for this bike and that I wore out the back wheel!! I am NEVER EVER shopping at Halfords again, they are a bunch of amateurs. No wonder everyone calls them Hellfrauds. Even an £80 should last through the year, if a £200 bike lasts 10 years plus. They tried to buoy me off but I kicked off and they offered me a new wheel. I could of got killed by a car, these noobs shouldn't be selling dangerous stuff. If it's a bike you can only use once a month then it's a paperweight or a Bike Shaped Object

• 31/10/2011
  1 out of 5

  Having not owned bikes for a while, my wife and I bought two new bikes from Halfords at a reasonable price and they seem to be good quality bikes, but the service and bike set up was appalling.
  
  We love the bikes, and I have no regrets about buying them, but both were unusable straight out of the shop after being promised a free same day setup and safety check upon purchase! One bike was on the shop floor as it was the last one in that size, so needed checking over, and the other was new and boxed so required assembly.
  
  In short there were many issues with the bikes that were apparent as soon as we left the shop!
  
  - Both sets of brakes were unsafe; one set of brake pads was constantly rubbing on the tyre rim due to the cable not being adjusted to the right length, and on the other bike one of the front pads did not contact the rim at all when braking!
  - The bike assembled from the box had the front dérailleur in the wrong position and wasn't adjusted properly so didn't change gear on the front at all. The other bike only went in to 6 of the 7 rear gears and 2 of the front 3.
  
  We also bought mudguards and had these fitted on one of the bikes, as they said they would do it during assembly. The front mudguard prevented the V-brake from working properly as it rubbed against the stirrup, so these had to be returned and swapped for ones that did actually fit the bikes!
  
  Not only were the bikes not usable, but the acc