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On 2006-01-21, Mike Jacoubowsky <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Your shop *sells* valve caps? I knew it's tough to make a living with a
>> bike shop but damn! <g>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bob Hunt
>
> Bob: One of those projects to get around to is my "Valve cap conspiracy"
> page. I don't know if I can do it over-the-top enough to make sure everyone
> realizes it's meant as a joke though. I've already taken the photos (clear
> jars of valve caps, priced exhorbitantly).
>
> But before somebody here still isn't in on the joke, no, we don't sell valve
> caps. They're too valuable. The only way you can get one is with a big
> purchase. Over $100, we'll give you a valve cap. Otherwise no way. Not even
> for $5. That's why they mysteriously disappear from your bike when you leave
> it in for repair... that's how we make sure people buy more stuff.
>
> Just kidding!!!
>
> --Mike Jacoubowsky
> Chain Reaction Bicycles
> www.ChainReaction.com
> Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
>
> "Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
>>> >> Now I ask you all; does that sound crazy or what?
>>> >
>>> > These dealers you've been dealing with are all recumbent people?
>>>
>>> I was thinking that myself. Peter Stull is definitely into recumbents, as
>>> well as the other shop he mentioned (with recumbent in their name). The
>>> place he got the Trek 1000 sounded pretty normal; there really aren't
>>> such
>>> things as "floor models" in bike shops... because you can't properly
>>> build a
>>> bike on the spot, you need to have your inventory built up ahead of time.
>>> And the guy "stealing" valve caps? A common inside-joke at shops is the
>>> way
>>> customers believe there's some big black market for valve caps, and the
>>> reason we leave them off (which happens accidentally more often than it
>>> should) is so we can score big bucks selling them.
>>>
>>> --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
>>> www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
>>
>>
>> Your shop *sells* valve caps? I knew it's tough to make a living with a
>> bike shop but damn! <g>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bob Hunt
>>
>
>
Now my riding friends all tell me that the only one that rides with
valve caps anyway is some dude named FRED!!
so who cares what happens to the caps
>> Your shop *sells* valve caps? I knew it's tough to make a living with a
>> bike shop but damn! <g>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bob Hunt
>
> Bob: One of those projects to get around to is my "Valve cap conspiracy"
> page. I don't know if I can do it over-the-top enough to make sure everyone
> realizes it's meant as a joke though. I've already taken the photos (clear
> jars of valve caps, priced exhorbitantly).
>
> But before somebody here still isn't in on the joke, no, we don't sell valve
> caps. They're too valuable. The only way you can get one is with a big
> purchase. Over $100, we'll give you a valve cap. Otherwise no way. Not even
> for $5. That's why they mysteriously disappear from your bike when you leave
> it in for repair... that's how we make sure people buy more stuff.
>
> Just kidding!!!
>
> --Mike Jacoubowsky
> Chain Reaction Bicycles
> www.ChainReaction.com
> Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
>
> "Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
>>> >> Now I ask you all; does that sound crazy or what?
>>> >
>>> > These dealers you've been dealing with are all recumbent people?
>>>
>>> I was thinking that myself. Peter Stull is definitely into recumbents, as
>>> well as the other shop he mentioned (with recumbent in their name). The
>>> place he got the Trek 1000 sounded pretty normal; there really aren't
>>> such
>>> things as "floor models" in bike shops... because you can't properly
>>> build a
>>> bike on the spot, you need to have your inventory built up ahead of time.
>>> And the guy "stealing" valve caps? A common inside-joke at shops is the
>>> way
>>> customers believe there's some big black market for valve caps, and the
>>> reason we leave them off (which happens accidentally more often than it
>>> should) is so we can score big bucks selling them.
>>>
>>> --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
>>> www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
>>
>>
>> Your shop *sells* valve caps? I knew it's tough to make a living with a
>> bike shop but damn! <g>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bob Hunt
>>
>
>
Now my riding friends all tell me that the only one that rides with
valve caps anyway is some dude named FRED!!
so who cares what happens to the caps