Originally Posted by
treadtread
So I'm taking my Sirrus in to the LBS to get its first tune-up - cable stretch, and possibly an untrue wheel as well. I may get it back Friday/Saturday. This means I have to drive in to work tomorrow, which bums me out a bit. What is your LBS's average turnaround time for something like this? Just wondering - this is my first LBS experience.
Ha Ha. It depends on the weather and the time of year. On a nice Friday before the May long weekend, expect to wait 2 weeks. The staff will be curt and surly and expect to pay premium prices.
If you take it in on a rainy weekday in November, expect the bike to be up on the stand within seconds of you arriving, and the shop mechanics will be willing to share pizza and beers to alleviate their boredom.
It is just like downhill skiing. On the weekends the staff call in sick, and those remainding are grumpy, hung over and pissed off, there are lineups for everything, prices skyrocket and the slopes are a battlezone of incompetent fools hurting themselves on icy runs.
One the weekdays, it is a relaxed party for the locals who don't even get out of bed unless there is 6 inches of fresh snow and sunny skys.