Originally Posted by
iamamtnabiker
when my dad, who has no clue about bikes was trying to buy a new mountain bike we were in the store, right. Theyre showing us a mountain bike pull brake mtb and I say, "do you have any with disc brakes" she says "no, but they don't do anything, you dont need them. just extra weight- unnecessary weight." We walked out.
Now hold on, I'd probably say the same thing to somebody with no clue about mountain bikes. For recreational riding they really don't offer any advantages other than bling factor, and cheap ones are terrible to keep adjusted.
Originally Posted by
iamamtnabiker
i went to a bike store for race packet pick up, no one knew that they had packet pickup, and called the manager, and called the other locations. disheartened, i went looking at the bikes, and walked into a guy at a plastic table. That was packet pickup. HOW OBLIVIOUS, the store is only 50' by 30'
Oblivious? You, my friend, missed the same table in the same shop.