harmonix1234
Eats Squid
I strolled into a shop at random the other day and asked if they had any white cork bar tape.
The guy behind the counter said "What's that"?
I said "Bar tape"
He says "Yeah I know, what's cork"?
I reply "It's just a synthetic material that's soft and squishy. Do you have any"? (As I ask him this I am scanning behind the counter on the wall and I can see there is a pack of white SRAM Cork tape)
"Nah" he says "We just have the normal stuff"
I thank him and walk out. I ring my normal LBS and get told by a new staffer "Yeah man, we got some. In white".
I don't even know why I bother with any other LBS.
My local is always good, but every now and then I go into a different bike shop just because they have different stock and different brands and I ALWAYS get let down by the others.
Just recently I wanted to buy some Ritchey carbon bars and the guy at 'other' LBS says "Nah, you dn't want those. You want the 3T ergonova". Ummm, no. I don't. I want the Ritcheys.
He proceeds to tell me how much happier I would be with the 3T's without even asking me what I actually want in a set of bars.
Just so happens they had one 3T ergonova left on the shelf that they were tryng to get rid of. REally? FFS! Not actually caring at all about what the client wants and tryting to push old stock just to get your display cabinet up to date.
What these 'other' shops don't realise is that I am happy to throw down $300 on a set of bars just to see what they are like. I have spent about $3K in the last six months on bike parts and if they actually listened to me that would all be going into their shops.
I do buy online as well, but only when my store doesn't have the item in stock or there will be a long wait for a part.
My current LBS has never let me down. Bike Ride in Hobart. Go there and buy stuff.
The guy behind the counter said "What's that"?
I said "Bar tape"
He says "Yeah I know, what's cork"?
I reply "It's just a synthetic material that's soft and squishy. Do you have any"? (As I ask him this I am scanning behind the counter on the wall and I can see there is a pack of white SRAM Cork tape)
"Nah" he says "We just have the normal stuff"
I thank him and walk out. I ring my normal LBS and get told by a new staffer "Yeah man, we got some. In white".
I don't even know why I bother with any other LBS.
My local is always good, but every now and then I go into a different bike shop just because they have different stock and different brands and I ALWAYS get let down by the others.
Just recently I wanted to buy some Ritchey carbon bars and the guy at 'other' LBS says "Nah, you dn't want those. You want the 3T ergonova". Ummm, no. I don't. I want the Ritcheys.
He proceeds to tell me how much happier I would be with the 3T's without even asking me what I actually want in a set of bars.
Just so happens they had one 3T ergonova left on the shelf that they were tryng to get rid of. REally? FFS! Not actually caring at all about what the client wants and tryting to push old stock just to get your display cabinet up to date.
What these 'other' shops don't realise is that I am happy to throw down $300 on a set of bars just to see what they are like. I have spent about $3K in the last six months on bike parts and if they actually listened to me that would all be going into their shops.
I do buy online as well, but only when my store doesn't have the item in stock or there will be a long wait for a part.
My current LBS has never let me down. Bike Ride in Hobart. Go there and buy stuff.
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