I bought a bike just over a month ago ... been loving it ... nothing fancy, a Gary Fisher Tiberon. I ride it to work and around alot. I want to change the quick release seat to a regular bolt and nut ... so I don't have to lock the seat. I'm tired of running extra locking cable. Then I can use a U lock and cable the front wheel and be done. That'll be quicker on errands. My nieghborhood isn't too bad, I have good places to lock, etc. I stopped in the bike shop when I was going by (riding the el) the other day figuring I could just pick up the right size nut or whole new bolt-nut if necessary ... but NOOOOOOOOOO ... they looked at me like I was martian and said, It's Best If You Bring The Bike In For Us To Do The Work. What is with that? Is there something technical tricky that I'm missing? I own tools (yes, metric) I've adjusted the handlebar angle ... that seems a little trickier. I don't think I look like an idiot. I could probably tighten a little nut on there -- I already took off the locking clip/nut once just to see if the bolt looked "regular" enough to just get a nut to put on.
Is my LBS strange? I expected they would help me (give or sell a nut) ... and encourage my self-reliance. After all, I'm supposed to maintain this two-wheeled contraption to some degree, aren't I?
Is my LBS strange? I expected they would help me (give or sell a nut) ... and encourage my self-reliance. After all, I'm supposed to maintain this two-wheeled contraption to some degree, aren't I?