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Old 03-20-08, 05:25 PM
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ratrod
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Look for a shop that sponsors local races for your style of riding. I just moved to a small town with a small LBS, that will order whatever you need at a fair price. However the shop is not used to the need of competitive cyclists (limited hours of operations, unexpected closures with no explanation, limited set of tools for modern components and little to no tools for frame prep (the few ones I don't own)). During cross season, the shop closed for 2 weeks(without notice or sign on the window) after I had ordered parts for a race in 2 1/2 weeks. I didn't enjoy sweating bullets, wondering when the shop would reopen so l could get my parts to race with. So now I use a different shop that sponsors races and is more in tune to my needs as a racer.
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