N
Noel
Guest
Just researching some cycling for the Philippines next Easter and came
across this http://bikeforlife2007.blogspot.com/
So these guys get to Cebu City (second major city in the country) and
need some repairs....
"The B4L team had a frustrating experience with a local bike shop in
Cebu. Ricky Pineda, Boy Siojo and I brought in 3 of the team's bikes to
the YKK Bike Shop for much needed repairs... and we were refused service!
Their reason? We didn't buy the bikes at their shop! We explained that we
were just passing through... part of a cycling caravan travelling from
Manila to Davao, that we were volunteer riders, part of an awareness
program for indigent children supported by the Cancer Warriors Foundation.
Despite the help of a local sag who spoke the local dialect, our pleas
for help didn't make much of an impression with the staff and owner. We
were even scolded for bringing the 3 bikes into the shop, curtly being
told to leave them outside by the staff & shop guard.
We were fortunate to find a nearby store who accommodated our immediate
request. The Wellson Bike Shop around the corner readily took on our
emergency repairs, to the extent of pending 2 bike assembly orders! Our
gratitude to this shop."
I know where my business will be going!
Cheers
Noel
across this http://bikeforlife2007.blogspot.com/
So these guys get to Cebu City (second major city in the country) and
need some repairs....
"The B4L team had a frustrating experience with a local bike shop in
Cebu. Ricky Pineda, Boy Siojo and I brought in 3 of the team's bikes to
the YKK Bike Shop for much needed repairs... and we were refused service!
Their reason? We didn't buy the bikes at their shop! We explained that we
were just passing through... part of a cycling caravan travelling from
Manila to Davao, that we were volunteer riders, part of an awareness
program for indigent children supported by the Cancer Warriors Foundation.
Despite the help of a local sag who spoke the local dialect, our pleas
for help didn't make much of an impression with the staff and owner. We
were even scolded for bringing the 3 bikes into the shop, curtly being
told to leave them outside by the staff & shop guard.
We were fortunate to find a nearby store who accommodated our immediate
request. The Wellson Bike Shop around the corner readily took on our
emergency repairs, to the extent of pending 2 bike assembly orders! Our
gratitude to this shop."
I know where my business will be going!
Cheers
Noel