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11-18-08, 10:47 AM
please. please do not listen to these other "RA-RA-RA!!" reviews - bryan - Today
bicycle heresy: so i came in to buy a cyclocross bike... turns out they had what i wanted, a 2008 lemond poprad disc.
it was on sale, also! 1499 from 1699...
they tried to fit me in a 57cm (i am 6'2) and it was waaayyy too small. they told me they could move the seat on the rails, swap out a new stem (at my cost), since they didnt have a 59cm... i asked them to call the company (they did not offer)....
so get this: the salesman walked around the corner... returned in 30 sec, and said the company was out of frames in that size...when i told them i had my heart set on that bike... they turned on their heels and ignored me...
the kicker:
i called my bikeshop in my hometown... and asked them to call to find a frame for me... the lemond companysaid ther were FOUR left in that size......
1) LIED to me. pure and simple.probably never called
2) tried to fit me on an obviously too small frame a
3) ignored me
please, please avoid at all costs
why do they do this? why? (fist shaking at sky)
bicycle heresy: so i came in to buy a cyclocross bike... turns out they had what i wanted, a 2008 lemond poprad disc.
it was on sale, also! 1499 from 1699...
they tried to fit me in a 57cm (i am 6'2) and it was waaayyy too small. they told me they could move the seat on the rails, swap out a new stem (at my cost), since they didnt have a 59cm... i asked them to call the company (they did not offer)....
so get this: the salesman walked around the corner... returned in 30 sec, and said the company was out of frames in that size...when i told them i had my heart set on that bike... they turned on their heels and ignored me...
the kicker:
i called my bikeshop in my hometown... and asked them to call to find a frame for me... the lemond companysaid ther were FOUR left in that size......
1) LIED to me. pure and simple.probably never called
2) tried to fit me on an obviously too small frame a
3) ignored me
please, please avoid at all costs
why do they do this? why? (fist shaking at sky)