点评:We hired four racer/road bikes from this company in Salou, expecting them to be properly serviced and safe to use. Unfortunately, our experience was extremely disappointing.
On the first day, one of the bikes broke down just 100 yards from the shop when the chain came off. My friend had to return the bike to the shop.
The following day, we went on a 30 km cycle. My bike initially seemed fine, but during the final kilometre the chain broke completely. We returned the bike to a different shop because it was closer. We had specifically been told when hiring the bikes that we could return them to another shop belonging to the same company, so this was not an issue in our mind.
The next day, we went out again and two of the four bikes had problems with the chains coming off. I also discovered that I could only use a limited number of gears and could not properly use the full range. At this point, it became very clear to us that these bikes had not been properly checked or serviced before being hired out.
Things became even more disappointing when we returned the bikes and were told that we would be charged €200 for the broken chain on my bike. Considering the ongoing chain and gear problems we had experienced across several of the bikes, we felt this was completely unreasonable.
One of our friends is Spanish and initially stayed out of the discussion. However, when they tried to charge us for the bike problems, he became involved and spoke to them in Spanish. Their attitude changed noticeably once they realised he was Spanish and understood exactly what was being said.
We requested an incident report for the police, and after this was raised, they eventually agreed to return our full deposit and did not charge us the €200.
Overall, we found the customer service extremely disappointing. In our opinion, the bikes were old and, more importantly, were not being properly maintained or checked before being hired out. The repeated chain problems were concerning and could potentially have resulted in an accident.
Based on our experience, we would not recommend hiring bikes from this company. We were left with the strong impression that they were willing to hold customers responsible for mechanical problems that should have been identified and dealt with before the bikes were rented out. I hope this is not a habit from the company to scam tourists out of money, as this is what it felt like.
翻译:我们在萨洛的这家店租了四辆赛车/公路自行车,原以为它们都经过妥善维护且使用起来很安全。可惜,我们的体验极其糟糕。
第一天,其中一辆自行车在离店铺仅100码的地方链条脱落,导致车辆无法使用。我的朋友不得不把车送回店里。
第二天,我们骑行了30公里。我的自行车起初看起来没问题,但在最后1公里时链条彻底断了。我们把自行车还到了另一家店,因为那家店离我们更近。租车时工作人员特意告诉我们,可以把自行车还到同一公司旗下的其他门店,所以我们并不觉得这有什么问题。
第二天,我们又出门骑行,结果四辆自行车中有两辆的链条出现了脱落的情况。我还发现自己能使用的挡位数量有限,无法充分利用整个变速范围。就在那时,我们清楚地意识到,这些自行车在出租前并未经过妥善检查或维修。
更令人失望的是,当我们归还自行车后,对方居然要求我们为我那辆自行车的断链问题支付200欧元。鉴于我们使用的多辆自行车都存在链条和齿轮方面的问题,我们认为这一收费要求完全不合理。
我们的一个朋友是西班牙人,起初并未参与讨论。然而……当他们试图就自行车的问题向我们收费时,他出面并用西班牙语与他们交谈。一旦对方意识到他是西班牙人且能听懂他们说的话,态度便明显转变了。
我们要求提供一份供警方使用的事故报告,提出这个要求后,他们最终同意退还我们全额押金,也没有收取那200欧元。
总的来说,我们认为他们的客户服务极其令人失望。在我们看来,那些自行车相当老旧,而更重要的是……这些自行车在出租前并未得到妥善的维护或检查。接连出现的链条问题令人担忧,极有可能引发事故。
根据我们的体验,我们不建议从这家公司租用自行车。给我们留下的深刻印象是:他们似乎有意让顾客为那些本应在出租前就被发现并解决的机械问题承担责任。我希望这并非这家公司的惯用手段——骗取游客的钱财,因为给我的感觉就是如此。