CritEastwood
02-19-08, 05:25 PM
Camera shop posing as a bike shop. (http://www.ocregister.com/money/gear-bikes-fixed-1979900-moore-dustin) This guy has dealt at least one stolen bicycle in Costa Mesa. Check the comments on the article.
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Pepper Grinder
02-19-08, 05:33 PM
Yeah, some guy at LAFixed got his IRO bike back from that shop after having it stolen...
in pieces...missing parts...
covered in a cheap rattle can paint job, including his carbon fork.
Sad :( Poor bicycle. :(
in pieces...missing parts...
covered in a cheap rattle can paint job, including his carbon fork.
Sad :( Poor bicycle. :(
roadfix
02-19-08, 05:43 PM
That's too bad about the stolen bike.
Interesting thing is I always had this vision of adding a coffee bar and a fixie shop to my hair cutting bizz........ although I do need a larger location to do that. I know nothing about coffee but I know how to convert old thrift shop bikes into cool fixed gears. :D
Interesting thing is I always had this vision of adding a coffee bar and a fixie shop to my hair cutting bizz........ although I do need a larger location to do that. I know nothing about coffee but I know how to convert old thrift shop bikes into cool fixed gears. :D
alicestrong
02-19-08, 06:01 PM
The bad buzz around this shop reminds me of the rumors swirling about Karims in Berkeley...there were some stolen bikes found there a few years back, too.
Cleave
02-19-08, 06:14 PM
That's too bad about the stolen bike.
Interesting thing is I always had this vision of adding a coffee bar and a fixie shop to my hair cutting bizz........ although I do need a larger location to do that. I know nothing about coffee but I know how to convert old thrift shop bikes into cool fixed gears. :D
Hi George,
Funny you should mention your business vision. Since I'm almost older than dirt these days ;) I like to reminisce about the old days. :) My introduction to bicycle racing in 1973 was through Vito Perucci. Vito owned Vito's Barber and Bike Shop in Westbury, NY (on Long Island). By the end of the 1970s Vito stopped cutting hair and just did the bicycle thing. He was also the President of my first club, Nassau Wheelmen. You can read a little more about Vito here (http://centerportcycles.com/pages/history/history1.html).
My favorite memory of Vito was his recommendation on bicycles, "Boys, boys, boys, buy a Masi!" :D
Ahh, the good old days.
Interesting thing is I always had this vision of adding a coffee bar and a fixie shop to my hair cutting bizz........ although I do need a larger location to do that. I know nothing about coffee but I know how to convert old thrift shop bikes into cool fixed gears. :D
Hi George,
Funny you should mention your business vision. Since I'm almost older than dirt these days ;) I like to reminisce about the old days. :) My introduction to bicycle racing in 1973 was through Vito Perucci. Vito owned Vito's Barber and Bike Shop in Westbury, NY (on Long Island). By the end of the 1970s Vito stopped cutting hair and just did the bicycle thing. He was also the President of my first club, Nassau Wheelmen. You can read a little more about Vito here (http://centerportcycles.com/pages/history/history1.html).
My favorite memory of Vito was his recommendation on bicycles, "Boys, boys, boys, buy a Masi!" :D
Ahh, the good old days.
roadfix
02-19-08, 06:32 PM
Hey Cleave.....thanks for your interesting account and to Vito's link!
I always figured that barber's chairs would be more appropriate than styling chairs among bike parts strewn around.....:D
I always figured that barber's chairs would be more appropriate than styling chairs among bike parts strewn around.....:D
obie
02-19-08, 08:30 PM
I always stop by this place when in the neighborhood. It's what it is - kid making fixies in a town (Costa Mesa) that's swarming in them these days. He's out in front of the low budget thing around here but, 2Wheels, Jax and others are also pushing low-priced new Trek 'flip' fixies.
Hot bikes? Wow, who ever thunk a used-anything place around OC EVER had something stolen for sale? Pawn shop about 10 blocks from here is the one of first places you go if your surfboard gets ripped off the back of your truck.
Hot bikes? Wow, who ever thunk a used-anything place around OC EVER had something stolen for sale? Pawn shop about 10 blocks from here is the one of first places you go if your surfboard gets ripped off the back of your truck.
Allez Oops
02-19-08, 09:14 PM
I'm withholding judgment on this guy and the alleged thefts because I don't have enough information.
However:
It doesn't sound like he is dealing in low-budget bikes. As others with more knowledge of the fixed-gear market have stated, his prices aren't in line with the quality of merchandise he is offering.
Also: A pawn shop is very different from a used bike shop, especially a bike shop that purports to trade in refurbished / reconfigured bikes.
However:
It doesn't sound like he is dealing in low-budget bikes. As others with more knowledge of the fixed-gear market have stated, his prices aren't in line with the quality of merchandise he is offering.
Also: A pawn shop is very different from a used bike shop, especially a bike shop that purports to trade in refurbished / reconfigured bikes.
obie
02-19-08, 10:25 PM
I'm withholding judgment on this guy and the alleged thefts because I don't have enough information.
If it's a chop shop - I'd be surprised. Better than that, so would the cops - who have a sub-station about 100' from the shop. Haha.
This camera shop has been there forever. The whole operation is about the 1/2 the size of a one-car garage.
If it's a chop shop - I'd be surprised. Better than that, so would the cops - who have a sub-station about 100' from the shop. Haha.
This camera shop has been there forever. The whole operation is about the 1/2 the size of a one-car garage.
dddave
02-19-08, 10:26 PM
I'm withholding judgment on this guy and the alleged thefts because I don't have enough information.
However:
It doesn't sound like he is dealing in low-budget bikes. As others with more knowledge of the fixed-gear market have stated, his prices aren't in line with the quality of merchandise he is offering.
is this enough information? mike do got his black IRO stolen. the dude sprayed one coat over it and tried to sell the frameset on craigslist.
here's a pic of his bike last night, he left the price tag on for lulz.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2034/2275998465_fa8dc313aa.jpg?v=0
here it is before that, with the stuff he had reclaimed. you can see the paint over his brc carbon fork.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t237/ricebutt157/IMG_0440.jpg?t=1203358069
and, yes, he is dealing in very low-end bikes, selling shtty old road frames converted to fixed with a suicide hub, plastic platform pedals, and no brakes, selling them for $300-500.. dude is a total ******bag. i feel sorry for anyone who buys a bike from this fcker.
However:
It doesn't sound like he is dealing in low-budget bikes. As others with more knowledge of the fixed-gear market have stated, his prices aren't in line with the quality of merchandise he is offering.
is this enough information? mike do got his black IRO stolen. the dude sprayed one coat over it and tried to sell the frameset on craigslist.
here's a pic of his bike last night, he left the price tag on for lulz.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2034/2275998465_fa8dc313aa.jpg?v=0
here it is before that, with the stuff he had reclaimed. you can see the paint over his brc carbon fork.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t237/ricebutt157/IMG_0440.jpg?t=1203358069
and, yes, he is dealing in very low-end bikes, selling shtty old road frames converted to fixed with a suicide hub, plastic platform pedals, and no brakes, selling them for $300-500.. dude is a total ******bag. i feel sorry for anyone who buys a bike from this fcker.
Allez Oops
02-19-08, 10:35 PM
Do we know for sure that the bikeshop owner spraypainted the stolen frame, or was it perhaps delivered to him that way?
I'm not trying to eliminate the possibility that this bikeshop guy is a bad egg, but I'm also not willing to discard other possibilities. e.g., maaaybe he received the stolen frame, rattle-canned, not knowing it was hot.
I'm not trying to eliminate the possibility that this bikeshop guy is a bad egg, but I'm also not willing to discard other possibilities. e.g., maaaybe he received the stolen frame, rattle-canned, not knowing it was hot.
axelfox
02-19-08, 10:35 PM
He's big on CL
Allez Oops
02-19-08, 10:36 PM
The craptacular conversions, on the other hand, speak for themselves.
roadfix
02-19-08, 10:44 PM
Either way, it's a bad reflection on the business...
roadfix
02-19-08, 10:57 PM
BTW, discussion on this very subject can be read over in the fixed gear subforum here. Totally different over there on this matter.
dddave
02-20-08, 12:06 AM
maaaybe he received the stolen frame, rattle-canned, not knowing it was hot.
you really think that's a possibility? that this guy didn't know that a single-coat primered iro mark v with a brc carbon fork and sugino 75 bb was hot? who the fck would do that to such a nice bike?
you really think that's a possibility? that this guy didn't know that a single-coat primered iro mark v with a brc carbon fork and sugino 75 bb was hot? who the fck would do that to such a nice bike?
Allez Oops
02-20-08, 12:24 AM
Dunno, dave. That's what I'm trying to figure out.
Is it possible this guy is innocent/ignorant? Maybe? Maybe not?
I'd like to leave that possibility open until proven otherwise.
To paraphrase a popular saying: Never assign to malice what can be better ascribed to ignorance.
Is it possible this guy is innocent/ignorant? Maybe? Maybe not?
I'd like to leave that possibility open until proven otherwise.
To paraphrase a popular saying: Never assign to malice what can be better ascribed to ignorance.
dddave
02-20-08, 12:25 AM
i just can't imagine this dude didn't know it was hot.
Allez Oops
02-20-08, 12:36 AM
BTW, discussion on this very subject can be read over in the fixed gear subforum here. Totally different over there on this matter.
I didn't find the discussion to be much different there; unless I missed something (always possible!) I didn't read anything that shed new light.
What is your take, roadfix?
I didn't find the discussion to be much different there; unless I missed something (always possible!) I didn't read anything that shed new light.
What is your take, roadfix?
Grumpy Pig
02-20-08, 09:47 AM
He's big on CLI wonder if he's the same guy that's on the SD CL. Nothing nice, just junk.
dddave
02-20-08, 01:02 PM
all of his CL titles have his name in capital letters in them .. "bikes by DUSTIN"
Grumpy Pig
02-20-08, 01:49 PM
all of his CL titles have his name in capital letters in them .. "bikes by DUSTIN"Not him.
I agree with you that he should have known the IRO was stolen. If he honestly didn't, he's dumb enough that I would have serious doubts about him working on things that people will be riding in traffic with.
I agree with you that he should have known the IRO was stolen. If he honestly didn't, he's dumb enough that I would have serious doubts about him working on things that people will be riding in traffic with.
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