bicycles.de

you know? said:

The cheap but naff bicycles.de website has been replaced by boc24.de -
does anyone know what's going on there?

Looks like a merger - under 'Unsere Filialen' it says:

Bicycles und B.O.C. vor Ort

Besuchen Sie uns in einem unserer B.O.C.-Megamärkte oder
Bicylces-Shops in Ihrer Nähe. Dort erhalten Sie fachkundige Beratung,
können Fahrräder Probe fahren, finden Sie unsere Servicewerkstätten -
und natürlich unsere vielfältigen Angebote!

B.O.C. und BICYCLES schon 22mal bundesweit - 2 starke Partner für
alles rund ums Rad!

Which babel fish renders as:

Bicycles and B.O.C. locally

Visit us in one our B.O.C. Megamaerkte or Bicylces Shops in your
proximity. There you receive expert consultation, can bicycles sample
drive, find you our service workshops - and naturally our various
offers!

B.O.C. and BICYCLES already 22mal country widely - 2 strong partners
for everything approximately around the wheel!

Presumably someone that actually speaks the language would have made a
better job of that, but I think you can deduce what the fish was
getting at. Looks like Bicycles and B.O.C. are now one organisation,
and using just the one web site.

regards, Ian SMith
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Just zis Guy, you know? schrieb:

Quoted message said:

The cheap but naff bicycles.de website has been replaced by boc24.de -
does anyone know what's going on there?

Guy
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http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

"To every complex problem there is a solution which is
simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

The company "bicycles" was in financial trouble and it was bought by a
chain of sport and outdoor shops, after this fusion the B.O.C. was
born (Bike & Outdoor Company GmbH), but isn't still the same like
"bicycles.de"

Ian Smith of home in Surrey said:

you know? said:

The cheap but naff bicycles.de website has been replaced by boc24.de -
does anyone know what's going on there?

Looks like a merger - under 'Unsere Filialen' it says:

Bicycles und B.O.C. vor Ort

Besuchen Sie uns in einem unserer B.O.C.-Megamärkte oder
Bicylces-Shops in Ihrer Nähe. Dort erhalten Sie fachkundige Beratung,
können Fahrräder Probe fahren, finden Sie unsere Servicewerkstätten -
und natürlich unsere vielfältigen Angebote!

B.O.C. und BICYCLES schon 22mal bundesweit - 2 starke Partner für
alles rund ums Rad!

Which babel fish renders as:

Bicycles and B.O.C. locally

Visit us in one our B.O.C. Megamaerkte or Bicylces Shops in your
proximity. There you receive expert consultation, can bicycles sample
drive, find you our service workshops - and naturally our various
offers!

B.O.C. and BICYCLES already 22mal country widely - 2 strong partners
for everything approximately around the wheel!

Presumably someone that actually speaks the language would have made a
better job of that.

That'll be me then. This week's German translation homework is to translate
a piece of colloquial German into colloquial English, so here goes.

Bicycles and BOC on the spot

Visit one of our BOC Megamarkets or Bicycles shops close to you. We provide
expert advice, offer test rides, service or repair bikes - and of course we
have lots of bargains!

BOC and BICYCLES with 22 branches around Germany - your two great partners
for everything bike.
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