[email protected] wrote:
> > Can save money and get more choice but you have got to be /sure/ what size and shape is
> > required. Any doubts, bike shop is best. Find a different shop!
> This has hacked me off recently. Every time I go to the LBS (several of them) I get the same old
> story of "we're getting a delivery next week, can I get you to buy something totally different
> instead?"
lol
So true. My LBS is like that. You can "place an order" with them, but unless you regularly phone
them, it simply doesn't happen.
Makes you wonder if they think they're in business or what?
> I'm all in favour of supporting local trade
I'm in favour of supporting the local bike *repair* shop, because they're vital. The LBS proper is
to my mind the biking equivelent of Dixons for electronics - overpriced box shifters without a clue
and no organisation.
I've discussed this before, but I bought a thousand pound bike from the LBS - the guy did the
following; stood me over the frame, and prounced it "about my size". In fact, it was a 55cm frame
with a 73 degree seat tube angle, and the custom frame I had made last year is a 60cm frame, with a
72 degree seat tube angle. The bike he sold me wasn't anywhere even *NEAR* my size. That kind of
service isn't far from being ripped off, IMO, when a thousand pounds is involved.
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Callas