Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 1,881
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From: Colorado
Bikes: '91 Mtn Tek Vertical, '74 Raleigh Sports, '72 Raleigh Twenty, '84 Univega Gran Turismo, '09 Surly Karate Monkey, '92 Burley Rock-n-Roll, '86 Miyata 310, '76 Raleigh Shopper
The LBS I frequent does sell a lot of the new fancy stuff...however, even the young mechanics know and love the old stuff (there was a lot of cooing over my Raleigh Sports frame), and they organize a yearly L'Eroica for all the cranks in the area.
I took my S-A 3-speed hub and a rim into a different shop to try and find the right length of spokes, and the quiet contempt was palpable. I haven't been back.