Northern California - My local bike store: Gone

On Sunday Tricia and I road out to the Los Vaqueros Reservoir. On our way home we thought we'd stop by 2 Real bikes in Brentwood and check out the water bottles.
We went there, and it was GONE. I don't think it had been all that long since we were in. We bought something, even if it was small, every visit. I guess that wasn't enough

It's a shame to see a local business bite the dust. And selfishly, I didn't even get to hit a going out of business sale.

Yet another victim of the evil B¡kes D¡rect Dot Com and casualty of teh internets in general.

Yet another victim of the evil B¡kes D¡rect Dot Com and casualty of teh internets in general.

LOL - you know where Curtis buys his bikes, right?

JB

I feel guilty now. I've visited them at least 3 times and I did not purchase a thing from them.

Or maybe this is a trend most Specialized stores are going through.

Yet another victim of the evil B¡kes D¡rect Dot Com and casualty of teh internets in general.

Don't be so quick to judge. I thought their customer service was piss poor and I told them so! Last April I went in to order a compact crank. I had a 36 and wanted a 34. "No problem" was the response from the owner, "I'll order it up today and we'll have it by Friday"

Friday passed and I got a little buried w/ work. When I stopped by there on the Wednesday to inquire, the response was "Oh, I've never heard of a FSA 34t compact and besides I forgot to get a deposit from you..."

WTF?!! Why didn't you call me and get the deposit on the phone. I gave you my phone number, etc Thank you for wasting my time. And who has never heard of a 34t compact??!!

Sheese...no wonder people buy things from the interweb.

BR

And who has never heard of a 34t compact??!!

I own one. :rolleyes: FSA no less.