Boardman HYB 8.9 - where can I try one?

Or the 8.8 version. It looks like only Halfords and Tredz actually sell the bike. Tredz only have stores in Wales and all the Halfords stores in London - where I live - apparently do not actually stock the bike already assembled to try them out, according to their phone and online support people.

Where have people managed to try the bike out before you bought it?

I'm trying to buy the bike via cycle to work and the Halfords support people actually told me to order the bike, wait ~1 week for them to ship it to a store for collection, try it out and then just return it for a refund if I didn't like it (or even if I _did_ like it I'd have to return it to then re-order via c2w) which is just insane.