Road Cycling - I barely escaped Eddie Merkxx (sp?)

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trmcgeehan
03-23-04, 04:27 AM
I was in Encinitas, California last week, and stopped by the Nytro road bike store on highway 101. What a store! They sell nothing but high end road bikes (no mountain bikes), and it sure is a beautiful store. The store inventory is immense, and the bikes are so valuable, they actually have cables securing the bikes in the store. I talked with the owner, and he said their web site is 250 pages, and they sell more bikes off the web than in the store. I spent over an hour there, drooling. Check it out if you get a chance. They had an Eddie Merckx (spelling) road bike there, and the more I looked at it, the more my VISA card was quivering in my wallet. It was only $7,600! ;-) I finally wrenched myself away and walked out the door. If I had bought the bike, I would no longer be married.

J-McKech
03-23-04, 11:40 AM
who needs a wife when you got a good bike that will take care of ya ;)
cyclokiller
03-23-04, 11:42 AM
I got a new bike recently. I told my wife there was a new women in my life. (and she lets me jump on her any time I want!)

Diesel
03-23-04, 12:06 PM
I was in Encinitas, California last week, and stopped by the Nytro road bike store on highway 101. What a store! They sell nothing but high end road bikes (no mountain bikes), and it sure is a beautiful store. The store inventory is immense, and the bikes are so valuable, they actually have cables securing the bikes in the store. I talked with the owner, and he said their web site is 250 pages, and they sell more bikes off the web than in the store. I spent over an hour there, drooling. Check it out if you get a chance. They had an Eddie Merckx (spelling) road bike there, and the more I looked at it, the more my VISA card was quivering in my wallet. It was only $7,600! ;-) I finally wrenched myself away and walked out the door. If I had bought the bike, I would no longer be married.

Yes it is a great shop and knowledgable people work there. Many pro cyclists will go there when they are in Southern Cal. I too like to go in and lust over the Colnagos even tough I love my LeMond. Their prices are a little steep, but that's what you get in a high end roadbike shop. Heading South on the 101 check out B&L Bike shop. I held a Serrota Otrott frame the last time I was in. The Carbon was tinted blue with brushed Ti and the frame was about $4600.00. I kindly gave it back.