had my 2 bikes stolen last month and my insurance company have told me they only go through wheelies direct and i have had a look on there and there was nothing i liked so how would i get about this and buy a bike i actual like
cheers scott
 

You're entitled to take a cheque for the sum awarded written to a place of your choice, don't accept no for an answer!

I've had to deal with Wheelies before for the same reason and they are the most useless bunch of idiots I've ever had the misfortune to come across. They made a custom build which eventually I lost the rag with them over and told them to send it to me assembled as far as they could, what turned up on my doorstep would make an Argos employee blush, took me an entire night to get it built properly.

In the end the total amount of crap I had to deal with was:

Spokes in rear wheel too long, taco'd within no time at all.
Gripshift instead of trigger shift. In order to fit the brake levers they were fitted on the downsweep of the bar. Useful.
No seat post supplied.
Took about 2 months for that mess to turn up, the parts were ordered and delivered about 2 weeks after the claim. Fannies.


Seriously, don't deal with them whatever you do, even if you lose out on spec by going to a bike shop you may still get good deal (my local was more than willing but it was my dads insurance and he didn't want the "hassle") and it will be a lot less heartache in the long run!

cheers for the advice they do seem sh*t has anyone els had any past eperence with them
also do insurance companys let you build a bike or do you have to get a factory built bike ?

i dont know it they do custom builds,but it comes down to how much your bike/s worth.

OR! have a mum like mine!

when my balfa got knicked, i was told i had to go through wheelies, and as you mentioned, they had nothing similar to what i had, so, i got my 'dragons den' mum on the case and she fought like hell! 9 weeks later, we had a cheque in the post to buy a new bike from a respectable shop.

Pat

or ring Fetch and they do it all for you and it takes a few days