Hi guys,
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What the fsck is with bike shops these days?
I went bike shopping with a friend yesterday. She's looking at spending a good quantity of change on a new bike - in the neighborhood of $4K. She's a Campyphile though, so that narrowed down the likely choices. We looked at Giants, Bianchis, Pinarellos, and Carreras.
She wants Centaur kit, and wants proper 32 spoke wheels, built up with Centaur hubs and Open Pros. Should be totally easy, but in practice aws anything but. The bike shops will supply Ksyriums, Campy built wheels, _anything_ but bog standard 32 spoke wheels. I even suggested I lace them myself, and received a look of absolute horror from one LBS owner.
Blimey! I gotta say, I was surprised. Now I know why everyone is riding around on those ridiculous low spoke count wheels on training rides. The poor bastards just can't buy anything else.
</rant>
Cheers,
Suzy
<rant>
What the fsck is with bike shops these days?
I went bike shopping with a friend yesterday. She's looking at spending a good quantity of change on a new bike - in the neighborhood of $4K. She's a Campyphile though, so that narrowed down the likely choices. We looked at Giants, Bianchis, Pinarellos, and Carreras.
She wants Centaur kit, and wants proper 32 spoke wheels, built up with Centaur hubs and Open Pros. Should be totally easy, but in practice aws anything but. The bike shops will supply Ksyriums, Campy built wheels, _anything_ but bog standard 32 spoke wheels. I even suggested I lace them myself, and received a look of absolute horror from one LBS owner.
Blimey! I gotta say, I was surprised. Now I know why everyone is riding around on those ridiculous low spoke count wheels on training rides. The poor bastards just can't buy anything else.
</rant>
Cheers,
Suzy