Originally Posted by
cc700
what you 'should' do is buy the all city crankset at the LBS and let them worry about whether or not it comes with chainring bolts. you make it sound like they owe you something, and if you're not a customer then they don't. if you go through with your plan all they owe you is the bb and install, i would maybe give you 70% trade in on the used ring(which could be bent in shipping for all you know) and then fell sad when you don't understand that is being very generous.
do you just not want to install your own BB? if that's the case, maybe bikeisland is not the best use of your money.
I guess I wasn't clear on that.
NOT trying to trade in a used ring. Going to buy a new in box All-City crankset from BikeIsland.
AFAIK, it ships with the 46T ring in its own sleeve/packaging (just as if you bought it new). So, I would ask them nicely if they wouldn't mind swapping a new in box 144bcd 46T All-City ring for the exact same thing but in 44T size. Then they can hang the 46T on their rack right where the 44T was and everyone is good. They lost nothing and since I spend a ton of dough with them already, I continue to do so.
Is that still unreasonable of me to ask? (ask, not expect, that's why I said "hell if I'm lucky...")
And why do I not buy the All-City from my LBS?
BikeIsland = $95 shipped
LBS = $125 + 10% sales tax = $137.50
Savings = $42.50
LMK if you need additional explanation.
I support LBS often. Spend money there weekly. But 30% is not something I am going to endure unless no other choice. Not saying they are dishonest, just saying I'm not made of money. I bought my All-City chain ring from them a couple months ago, it was $42 shipped online, I paid $52 ish. Fair enough. But 30% increase is... look, I don't give away money for free.
So far in the past month or two I paid the shop...
$80+ for brakes/pads/cables/labor for wife's bike
$175+ for crankset/bb/adapter/labor for wife's bike
$55 for my All-City chain ring
$36 for KMC 710SL chain
$40 for Surly 16T cog and lockring
$90 for Wellgo bmx pedals and HoldFast straps
have also bought a floor pump, tail light, lube, tubes, bar wrap, sent people there, etc etc etc
Still don't feel they owe me anything, but I feel like since I'm in there often and the guys treat me like a regular who lives a few doors down (because I do), that they may be willing to help me out once in awhile.