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MJuric
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:19:10 GMT, "James Goddard" <[email protected]> wrote:
><MJuric> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> The local bike shop that is also a strong sponsor of our tri club says tehy have a bit of a
>> harder time in the winter. But I doubt it would be as bad as surfing. Of course probably not
>> quite as good as a surf shop in Hawaii.
>
>Heh, bikes are a real biggie around X-Mas time, so unless local for you is southern hemisphere, at
>least they have that going for them.
I'm sure sales go up around X-mas, but I bet it's nothing like that first decent warm
weekend when suddenly everyone gets the itch to hit the road.
>
>For the most part, around here bike shops have no interest in triathletes. They will order tri
>frames for you but, I only know of 1 in the area that actually stocks any, so my statements were
>refering more to the running shop, which caries a good bit of tri stuff.
>
We're actually really lucky to have the shop we have. They've recently taken a risk on the
"tri" community here and it seems to be paying off for them. They cary alot of tri specific
bikes, cloths, wetsuits etc. They've been selling alot of the tri bikes this year as alot of
locals seem to be getting into the sport. It's very nice to be able to go and try out
several different bikes from differnet MFGR's and see which one's you like.
~Matt
><MJuric> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> The local bike shop that is also a strong sponsor of our tri club says tehy have a bit of a
>> harder time in the winter. But I doubt it would be as bad as surfing. Of course probably not
>> quite as good as a surf shop in Hawaii.
>
>Heh, bikes are a real biggie around X-Mas time, so unless local for you is southern hemisphere, at
>least they have that going for them.
I'm sure sales go up around X-mas, but I bet it's nothing like that first decent warm
weekend when suddenly everyone gets the itch to hit the road.
>
>For the most part, around here bike shops have no interest in triathletes. They will order tri
>frames for you but, I only know of 1 in the area that actually stocks any, so my statements were
>refering more to the running shop, which caries a good bit of tri stuff.
>
We're actually really lucky to have the shop we have. They've recently taken a risk on the
"tri" community here and it seems to be paying off for them. They cary alot of tri specific
bikes, cloths, wetsuits etc. They've been selling alot of the tri bikes this year as alot of
locals seem to be getting into the sport. It's very nice to be able to go and try out
several different bikes from differnet MFGR's and see which one's you like.
~Matt