Originally Posted by
HardyWeinberg
I brought my wife's 1989 schwinn into a shop for a tuneup/rehab when we moved to town 11 yrs ago and they refused, said we should just buy another bike and they were having a sale in another 2 weeks. I haven't bought anything there since.
I had the same experience with my old classic mountain bike at an LBS. I wanted to rebuild the old warhorse, so I asked them to replace shifters, drivetrain, brakes etc. The owner refused to work on it. He looked at me like I was an idiot and said I should buy a new bike instead. I never went back there and for many years have told everyone to avoid that place.
I rebuilt the bike myself with parts sourced from friendly online retailers.
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Friends don't let friends use brifters.
Last edited by bkrownd; 06-09-15 at 06:43 PM.