Halfords are running a Nothing Beats A Bike competition where the winner can win a bike for your child, just in time for Christmas. There’s also a competition below where you can win a lovely 16″ Carrera Star worth £199 too.
In order to participate in this campaign we were given a bike for Ameli for Christmas, so obviously we haven’t tried it out yet – it’s still poorly hidden in the boot of the car!
I must say I was really impressed with my experience at Halfords. I arrived with my order confirmation, and the bike mechanic I had to speak to was busy bleeding the breaks on someone else’s something but they didn’t keep me waiting long at all. Kevin arrived with the Carrera Star 16″ bike and I was thrilled. It just looks like a serious bike, but diddy. I loved it immediately. Mount reflectors to the back and front of the bike, when looking for one, see here this electric quad bike for 10 year old. You may also visit the Aventon homepage for more e-bike options.
Since I also now need a bike for Aviya, Kevin walked round with me showing me the other bikes/ebikes available and talking through the pros and cons of the specific styles and designs. He was so incredibly knowledgeable I was very impressed. There wasn’t a question I had that he couldn’t answer.
Before I could take ownership of our Carrera bicycle, we went through a checklist of bike and electric commuter bike safety. Kevin made sure I knew where to twist and what to tighten (we had to leave the handlebars skew so that it would fit into the boot of the car) and he talked me through Halford’s service plans, where for £10 a year I could bring them any punctures and flat tyres, among other things.
The whole experience was lovely, and I felt really confident in our choice of bicycle and in any needs we might have for after-sales service. Halfords offers a standard 6-week check-up service where you can bring the bike in six weeks later to ensure everything is still as it should be, especially the brake cables. This is especially reassuring knowing that cycling can sometimes lead to injuries in cycling crashes, and having the bike properly checked can help prevent potential issues. Since the check-up would be a week after Christmas, Halfords has allowed a generous six-month grace period for those buying bicycles as gifts this season.
Oh, and another service Halfords are offering that I think is fantastically insightful is their Christmas storage offer – reserve the bike for £10 and pay it off immediately or in instalments, and they’ll keep it for you till a few days before Christmas, build it for free, and you can collect it and only need to hide it for a day or two. I love that and wish I’d thought of doing it that way earlier!
I would highly recommend Halford’s bicycle service, and think their Nothing Beats A Bike Campaign is well worth supporting.
Doesn’t this advert just take you back to the freedom of our childhood days?
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To win a Carerra Star 16″ bike for your own child, leave a comment below with your favourite style from the Halfords website.
T&Cs: The competition runs for one week, ending 23:59 4 December 2015. The winner will be selected by Diary of a First Child using Random.org, based on the position in the comments. Winner will be notified by email, so please make sure you add your email in the required space. Winners will have one week to respond before a new winner will be selected. The prize cannot be exchanged for money. The Prize will be sent out directly by Halfords.
what a gorgeous giveaway – my favourite style is Carrera Cosmos Kids Bike – 14″
Carrera Cosmos Kids Bike – 16″
#NothingBeatsABike i love this one http://www.halfords.com/kids-zone/kids-bikes/kids-bikes/carrera-cosmos-kids-bike-16 amazing prize!
The Carrera star would make my little girl very happy on Christmas morning!
The Carrera Cosmos Kids Bike – 16″ is amazing! My son would love it!
Carrera Blast Boys Mountain Bike in red
Carrera Cosmos Kids Bike – 14″
#nothingbeatsabike Carrera Star Kids Bike – 16″ for my daughter please thank you and merry Christmas xxx
Carrera Cosmos would be absolutely perfect x
Carrera Blast Boys Mountain Bike
Carrera Cosmos bike
This star bike is my favourite. It is the best colour out of the girls bikes and also the correct size for my 6 year old Jasmine.
Thanks for the giveaway x #Competition #NothingBeatsABike x
My son would love the Carrera blast mountain bike 🙂
I like the carrera blast – fab colour!
a Carrera Blast would be great for one of my six grandchildren!
Love this bike for our daughter as well as the Luna Girls Mountain Bike. Thanks for the opportunity
I love the Carrera Luna Girls Mountain Bike, for our daughter.
Thank you for the chance 🙂
Amazing giveaway! x
I think the Carrera Star in that colour is amazing, perfect for a girl but a great choice to be unisex too as kids always borrow each others bikes 🙂
I think my son would love the Carrera Blast, thank you!
The Carrera Luna Girls Mountain Bike looks to be absolutely perfect for our crew.
I think my son would love the Carrera Blast, thank you!
I would choose the Carrera Blast boys bike, it looks perfect for my little man x
Carrera Luna Girls Mountain Bike is really nice 😀
The Apollo Boogie is fabulous, but so are all the others too 😉
Carrera Blast Boys Mountain Bike – 20″ x
carrera cosmos is the one I like the best
Carrera Star Kids Bike – 16″ In that fabulous light blue colour!!
The Carrera star, my daughter has nearly outgrown hers and would love this #NothingBeatsABike
the Carrera Abyss Boys Hybrid Bike is the fave
Love the Carrera cosmo bike
The Carrera Luna is my favourite
My son would love the Carrera Abyss Boys Hybrid Bike
Carrera Blast Boys Bike – it’s lovely!
I’d love to surprise my little one with a new bike for Christmas! We live in the Pembrokeshire countryside and walk everywhere, it would be great to cycle.
The pendelton somerby hybrid bike is amazing!
Carrera Blast Boys Mountain Bike 🙂
Carerra luna girls bike is fantastic : ) my daughter would love it x
http://www.halfords.com/kids-zone/kids-bikes/junior-bikes/carrera-luna-girls-mountain-bike-24
Love this one. Thanks for the chance. http://www.halfords.com/kids-zone/kids-bikes/kids-bikes/carrera-cosmos-kids-bike-14
love the Carrera Blast Boys Mountain Bike – 20″ for my nephew xx
My favourite is the Carrera Cosmos Kid’s Bike. http://www.halfords.com/kids-zone/kids-bikes/kids-bikes/carrera-cosmos-kids-bike-14
The Carrera Blast boys mountain bike gets my vote, wish I had one when I was a lot younger
Carrera Blast Boys Mountain Bike (my grandaughter is a tomboy lol )
Love the Carrera Cosmos xx
Like the Carrera Blast Boys Mountain Bike – 20″
I love the Carerra Luna girls bike! #NothingBeatsABike
Carrera Cosmos is great
The Carrera Abyss is my favourite. The black and green looks awesome!
My favourite is the Carrera Blast Boys Mountain Bike 24″! It looks perfect for my nephew!
Carrera Blast Boys Mountain Bike looks wonderful
love the cosmos
Carrera Blast Boys Mountain Bike 20″
the carrera cosmos bike
like the carrera cosmos bike
Love the Raleigh Mx16 bike for my five year old.
The prize of the 16″ Carrera Star would be a wonderful present for my grandchild.
I would love to win the Carrera Cosmos Kids Bike.
all look pretty good to me! would probably choose the abyss, like the black and green combo
great competition just before christmas!
i love the Carrera Blast Boys Mountain Bike in red, its very smart and my son would love it for xmas x
I really like the carrera star, Tabitha would love that. Poor second child only gets hand me downs! And when it comes to bikes this means she is due a clumpy pink heavy thing that was originally purchased for her sister on eBay for £20. Poor Tabi!
I really like the carrera cosmos bike with the white frame.
Thank you for doing this.
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Nothing Beats A Bike #Competition #NothingBeatsABike https://t.co/1emOovEglp #competitions #goodstuff #products