Originally Posted by
pdlamb
People post here all the time wanting to do something new. Some of us try to dissuade them first if it looks like they're trying to do something stupid. If you don't care enough to explain to a store clerk that you know it will work but you want to do it anyway, why do you care enough to post a whine on bf?
Please. Go back and re-read what I wrote. You will see where I stated that I explained to the LBS person what I wanted. We are talking about purchasing a silver stem and seat post to replace a black stem and seat post. I was not looking to put drum brakes on a surf board or carbon forks on a child's tricycle. In have been in that shop before. I have bought tubes, tires, cables, spokes, tools.... Enough for them to know that I know I am doing. Perhaps none that shows that I have the technical inclination obviously required to make a choice between black and silver. That must be it. How rude of me not to see that.