written by ebbyamber on 02/06/2010
Have been searching for a mountain bike for quite a while. Looked at many reviews in magazines and on the internet. Even though Halfords gets such negative comments decided to give them the chance to prove all this wrong. Collected my Carrera Kraken this morning. Finished work early so decided to go out for a ride. Straight away found I could only get the centre gears (3rd 4th 5th) and the chain was grinding very badly on the front derailleur. Less than 100 yards covered and the crank c/w front gears, pedals etc fell off. Pulled the front brake on and felt a vicious "clunk" from the front end of the bike.
So £430 paid for a bike which didn't even reach the end of the road I live in before falling apart, and which has something seriously loose on the front end.
Bargain!!!!!!