Suzy Jackson <
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> "Man with no pigs." wrote in message
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> > It's old, worn and unfashionable, but it is mine. When I take it to a bike shop for service or
> > parts, those shops whose
> employees
> > snigger at it are put on my boycott list. Does anyone else have these feelings to bike shops?
>
> I am sorry that you have no pigs. That is surely cause for great concern.
>
> As far as bikeshops go, my pet peeve is when people at a bike shop (or car dealer, or mechanics
> generally for that matter) treat you as an idiot
simply
> because you're female. I race road bikes, and am fairly knowledgeable
about
> my bikes. I do my own maintenance because I don't trust anyone else to do
> it. I find it extremely frustrating when I go into a bike shop to buy
bits
> for my bikes, having carefully researched (usually via the net) what I
need,
> only to be treated like an idiot because I want a such and such, and to
have
> to explain to some pimply teenager why I want it.
That's the same with anything though. Whenever you walk into a shop, you should give some clues that
you know what you're talking about, otherwise they will assume you don't. Seeings as the field of
bike maintenance is vastly male dominated (like anything in the engineering vein), it is a fair
assumption that women are by default not mechanically minded. You are obviously an exception to the
rule, but this is the reason why you get some condescending attitude.
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DFM