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Halfords say : "If you find a cheaper price we'll match it, and if you find it after you've purchased from us we'll refund the difference within 7 days of receipt of your goods" So far £1700 is the lowest I have found and that is Halfords with a discount. Thanks for all the good advice. I am not sure how Halfords could justify selling an e version of £300 bicycle for nearly £1900 list, £1700 discounted price but I guess the simple answer is they can

Thank you for all your helpful comments. I would ideally buy from a small local independent but sadly there isn't one that sells these models. Halfords have a strange cumulative discounting in place which means stand alone the Crossfuse is £1700 which does feel a tad too much. If I buy the crossfire and it starts cutting out though I will feel a complete burk for not heeding all the anecdotal advice. I tend to feel if you spend allot of money on something it should just work properly . I asked in store about the cut outs on the Crossfire and the assistant (who did seem like he had worked there for more than 5 minutes) dismissed it as customers over charging the battery !! That suggests combined with what I have read elsewhere that that Halfords are still not fully on top of the problem.

I do allot of mileage in all weathers in London and have a very large Halfords nearby. In a nutshell my research says the Crossfire has allot of niggling, annoying cut out problems that are endlessly debated but never solved but just about everyone is happy with the more expensive Cross fuse for reliability and value for money. Is that about it ?