Originally Posted by
genec
Actually some shops offer fitting as a service that you can purchase... why would they care what you do with the info if you paid them for the service.
I don't buy glasses from the Dr that does my eye exam... same thing.
I think there are two issues raised here though. One is that unless he told the bike shop that he wanted to get fitted to a bike in the shop so he could buy online, he was just going in and getting a free fitting under the pretext that he wanted to buy a bike.
Shame on him.
The other issue, which I didn't pick up the first time I read it, was that some of the bike shops were pushing bikes in whatever size they had in stock, rather than fitting him to the size he needed. Now, we all know that we can ride a range of sizes, and they may have been pushing bikes in his size range (or not), but they should have fit him to the right size bike.
Shame on them.
Originally Posted by
bartturner
I went to two LBS to try to get an idea on sizing and I could not get either store to really engage me on what size I needed. They said that would happen after I purchased the bike.
That's because they're on to guys like you.