My local bike store: Gone
03-10-08, 01:01 PM
#1
Erect member since 1953
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Antioch, CA (SF Bay Area)
Posts: 7,000
Bikes: Trek 520 Grando, Roubaix Expert, Motobecane Ti Century Elite turned commuter, Some old French thing gone fixie
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 121 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 38 Times
in
21 Posts
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.
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.
03-10-08, 01:15 PM
#2
It's MY mountain
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Mt.Diablo
Posts: 10,002
Bikes: Klein, Merckx, Trek
Mentioned: 70 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4337 Post(s)
Liked 2,979 Times
in
1,616 Posts
Yet another victim of the evil B¡kes D¡rect Dot Com and casualty of teh internets in general.
03-10-08, 02:58 PM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: NorCal
Posts: 1,695
Bikes: Kestrel Talon
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
03-10-08, 04:04 PM
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Posts: 1,953
Bikes: '84 Centurion Accordo RS, '06 Gary Fisher Marlin, '06 Schwinn Fastback 27, '06 Litespeed Teramo
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
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.
Or maybe this is a trend most Specialized stores are going through.
03-10-08, 06:07 PM
#5
Come on, it'll be fun
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Doing Hard Time in Stocktontucky
Posts: 718
Bikes: I have a few
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
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
FSA no less.
