Why buy at LBS?

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:24:12 -0400, The Causey Way wrote:

> Ok, I love to support my LBS but when it comes to clothes, I'm forced to go online to the discount
> stores. Why should I pay $80+ for a jersey when I can get two for $50 at Perfomance? I've worn
> Performance clothes for several years now with no complaints. So why do people buy name brand?
> What am I missing? It's an honest question.

I'm with you, to be honest. I've spent upwards of $3000 at my LBS in the last 3 years since I got
back into cycling. This includes 5 bikes and innumerable equipment and 2 fittings. I love my bike
shop (Bike Gallery here in Portland, Or.) and apparantly they love my wife and I because they're
very good to us.

However, they just don't carry clothing that fits me at a reasonable cost. That's a fact of life.
I'm not much of a jersey guy anyway, so that's part of it too, but I just can't see paying so much
for clothing.

I've paid for all my equipment there, fittings, whatever. But until they carry reasonably-priced
clothing or at least SOME low-end options I have to go online.

Preston

Causey wrote:
> Ok, I love to support my LBS but when it comes to clothes, I'm forced to go online to the discount
> stores. Why should I pay $80+ for a jersey when I can get two for $50 at Perfomance? I've worn
> Performance clothes for several years now with no complaints. So why do people buy name brand?
> What am I missing? It's an honest question.

Jerseys cost way too much, IMHO. $75 for a shirt with pockets?? With a bunch of advertising all
over it??? This is backwards. They should pay me to wear their billboard, not the other way
around. Besides, most of the designs are ugly and/or not conspicuous. If I'm forking over
anything more than $20 for a cycling top it's going to be loud enough to be seen a long ways
away, TYVM. Dark blue and cutesy puns and lettering/logos do not fall into this category. Ain't
no gendarmes closing my streets. HTH

--Karen M. making some new neon cycling clothes with $2/yd from Wally World

The Causey Way wrote:
> Ok, I love to support my LBS but when it comes to clothes, I'm forced to go online to the discount
> stores. Why should I pay $80+ for a jersey when I can get two for $50 at Perfomance? I've worn
> Performance clothes for several years now with no complaints. So why do people buy name brand?
> What am I missing? It's an honest question.

I'm with you on this one.

I've never paid more than $25 for a jersey. I just won't do it. All of my cycling specific clothing
is from either Performance or Nashbar. I see no reason to pay more and I certainly don't want to be
a billboard for some team that isn't paying me.

--Bill Davidson
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Karen M. wrote in message <[email protected]>...
> Besides, most of the designs are ugly and/or not conspicuous. If I'm forking over anything more
> than $20 for a cycling top it's going to be loud enough to be seen a long ways away, TYVM. Dark
> blue and cutesy puns and lettering/logos do not fall into this category. Ain't no gendarmes
> closing my streets.

How can you look at yourself in the mirror without feeling ashamed?

I bet I look way better than you, at least I wear team Fassa Bortolo, Cofidis, Gerolsteiner,
Alessio,Sidermec, Milenaza, CCC-Polsat, Phonak, Landbouwkrediet, Palmans- Collstrop, Kelme, and
Ag2r gear.

Look, don't questions things, just wear the kit and get on with it.

Long live Nalini.

Don't be a FRED. ( or ride a damn bent )

Fabrizio Mazzoleni wrote:
> How can you look at yourself in the mirror without feeling ashamed?

How can you? I'd be ashamed to wear team jerseys without getting paid by the team.

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Bill Davidson wrote in message ...

>How can you? I'd be ashamed to wear team jerseys without getting paid by the team.
>

Well, I've never mentioned 'jersey' per sa.

What you must do is wear your own team/club jersey, then assosorsize(sp?) with pro team gear that
goes well with your own team jersey.

I have several different real team jerseys that have been issued to me over the years, I add the pro
gear like gloves, socks, caps, helmet, bib shorts, etc that match well.

For this year's team jersey I have had really great results with adding team Kelme and
team Milenaza.

The other day I was looking so good with my team Milenaza kit that I had to make a 20km detour just
so I could ride by these super long greenhouses that are growing seedlings for stupid trees or
something. Anyway, it's awesome, I got a profile view of myself that lasted for hundreds and
hundreds of meters.

The green side panel of Milenaza is perfect for the green side panel of my team jersey.

I'm sure glad I'm not you.

Fabrizio Mazzoleni wrote:
> I'm sure glad I'm not you.

Not nearly as glad as I am.

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"Fabrizio Mazzoleni" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>> I bet I look way better than you, at least I wear team
> Fassa Bortolo, Cofidis, Gerolsteiner, Alessio,Sidermec, Milenaza, CCC-Polsat, Phonak,
> Landbouwkrediet, Palmans- Collstrop, Kelme, and Ag2r gear.
>
> Look, don't questions things, just wear the kit and get on with it.
>

Oh, well, of course I wear the team jerseys I'm issued. What I do is wear them all at once and cut
holes in the ones on top so all the logos show at once. This way, when they see me coming, it's like
"drop what you're doin', cause I'm about to ruin." It also adds 5" to my chest.

"The Causey Way" <death@tospam> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Ok, I love to support my LBS but when it comes to clothes, I'm forced to
go
> online to the discount stores. Why should I pay $80+ for a jersey when I
can
> get two for $50 at Perfomance? I've worn Performance clothes for several years now with no
> complaints. So why do people buy name brand? What am I missing? It's an honest question.

Buy your bike there. Have work done there that you can't do yourself. Buy anything you must
have right away there. Buy anything that you evaluate there there. Buy everything else as
cheaply as you can.

"Fabrizio Mazzoleni" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]... I bet I look way better than you, at least
>I wear team Fassa Bortolo,

Only Fab's says Bassa Fartolo.

> Why should I pay $80+ for a jersey when I can get two for $50 at Perfomance?

Who said you had to?

> So why do people buy name brand?

Because they want to.

> What am I missing? It's an honest question.

Apparently nothing. It's all about choice. Do what you want, and don't worry about other people

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>
> Karen M. wrote in message <[email protected]>...
> > Besides, most of the designs are ugly and/or not conspicuous. If I'm forking over anything
> > more than $20 for a cycling top it's going to be loud enough to be seen a long ways away,
> > TYVM. Dark blue and cutesy puns and lettering/logos do not fall into this category. Ain't no
> > gendarmes closing my streets.
>
> How can you look at yourself in the mirror without feeling ashamed?
>
> I bet I look way better than you, at least I wear team Fassa Bortolo, Cofidis, Gerolsteiner,
> Alessio,Sidermec, Milenaza, CCC-Polsat, Phonak, Landbouwkrediet, Palmans- Collstrop, Kelme, and
> Ag2r gear.
>
> Look, don't questions things, just wear the kit and get on with it.
>
> Long live Nalini.
>
> Don't be a FRED. ( or ride a damn bent )
>

I bet you have nicer legs than Karen.
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"Fabrizio Mazzoleni" <[email protected]>

> How can you look at yourself in the mirror without feeling ashamed?
>
> I bet I look way better than you, at least I wear team
snipped --- >

If you want to look like a sidewalk billboard and not get paid for it... go for it Ms. Mozzarella.

fwiw

"Fabrizio Mazzoleni" <[email protected]>
>
> I'm sure glad I'm not you.

*Everyone's* ...glad they're not you.

hth

Bill wrote:
> I'm with you on this one.
>
> I've never paid more than $25 for a jersey. I just won't do it. All of my cycling specific
> clothing is from either Performance or Nashbar. I see no reason to pay more and I certainly don't
> want to be a billboard for some team that isn't paying me.

Even worse: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2743593452&category=52

RT plane ticket to Ride to the Roses: maybe $250 Entry fee: $50 (or is it $100?) Waiting in line of
have Lance sign whatever: priceless

--Karen M. bargain hunter

F. Golightly wrote in message ...
>go for it Ms. Mozzarella.

Thanks, FRED.

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 00:03:38 GMT, "Fabrizio Mazzoleni" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>F. Golightly wrote in message ...
>>go for it Ms. Mozzarella.
>
>Thanks, FRED.

It's a little-known fact that Fabrizio is Italian for "Fred".

Zippy the Pinhead wrote in message ...

>
>It's a little-known fact that Fabrizio is Italian for "Fred".

I think not, guys like Cipollini and Garzelli wouldn't have any FREDS for training partners!

"The Causey Way" <death@tospam> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Ok, I love to support my LBS but when it comes to clothes, I'm forced to go online to the discount
> stores. Why should I pay $80+ for a jersey when I can get two for $50 at Perfomance? I've worn
> Performance clothes for several years now with no complaints. So why do people buy name brand?
> What am I missing? It's an honest question.

At the LBS you get to try things on. Perhaps you get to actually talk to someone who knows a little
about clothing. As for name brands, often the quality is much higher. In the long run, I'd rather
have fewer pieces of nice stuff. When you factor in durability, the average cost is similar.