My Bike Buying Experience: NOT GOOD!
01-24-12, 04:44 PM
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I'm spoiled by having a few really good bike shops in my area. Well, my area is within a 60 mile radius. My town shop is small but very good and would find the right bike for any customer.
01-24-12, 05:03 PM
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The process is just started. I think she is convinced (with alittle urging) to spend some more money and go test ride a Specialized Ruby triple. I gave her a list of about 30 bikes, the shops and websites, what to do and ask and now its up to her.
It's almost as tough as buying a car (well not quite).
It's almost as tough as buying a car (well not quite).
As far as Tripple verses Double and compact double many of us have been at this long enough to remember when tripples were the new guys on the block. For many roadies the 52-53 x 39 is the standard. Now that Shimano, Campy and SRAM have 10 and even 11 gear cassettes the tripple has lost some of its shine. More than likely they will continue to offer tripples for a very long time. After all they still offer down tube shifters and bar ends. But for now they are still an option so you should be able to get one if you want. Some people are still dedicated to 8 speeds and even IGH bikes and some of us see than as old school. That is just what makes for different cyclists.
Will you be doing TDPS this year?
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01-24-12, 05:09 PM
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OK have racked my brain... TDPS??? Palm Springs? Been there done that. But maybe if we can get my friend on a road bike - the 50... she did that ride 4 years ago and did not like it at all.
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01-24-12, 06:23 PM
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I have done it every year for the last 5 I guess. I look at it as a big bike party with 9500 people. Yes the Tour De Palm Springs is one of the ways I start my year for centuries. 10 to 15 of my friends go and we have dinner afterwards to tell stories. They changed the course a bit this year but I am still looking forward to it.
01-24-12, 06:46 PM
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No. I wasn't kidding. I am not saying that whatever the kid at the shop sold her would the the right bike for her. I am saying that by refusing to take responsibility for her purchase, she puts herself at the mercy of others.
"She has some difficult parameters: 1) she knows nothing about bikes and doesn’t want to know. If it’s any bother, she is not interested. She knows nothing about fit, or components etc. and doesn’t want to know "
With an attitude like that, I hope she at least appreciates the burden you are taking on in being responsible for her. She is very lucky to have you around.
"She has some difficult parameters: 1) she knows nothing about bikes and doesn’t want to know. If it’s any bother, she is not interested. She knows nothing about fit, or components etc. and doesn’t want to know "
With an attitude like that, I hope she at least appreciates the burden you are taking on in being responsible for her. She is very lucky to have you around.
01-24-12, 07:22 PM
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Garfield:
I can honestly say I don't know this shop. Thanks for the advice. Although I have a good mechanic at home it's nice to know someplace I can recommend to others! Plus I love giving business to smaller/non-concept shops. I will definitely check them out (especially since I like to mountain bike)
Actually I think one Sunday we drove past but it was closed. Is it in an industrial park? Sortof on the end of a roll of small offices? I would never know it was there if the SO had not heard of it somewhere...
I can honestly say I don't know this shop. Thanks for the advice. Although I have a good mechanic at home it's nice to know someplace I can recommend to others! Plus I love giving business to smaller/non-concept shops. I will definitely check them out (especially since I like to mountain bike)
Actually I think one Sunday we drove past but it was closed. Is it in an industrial park? Sortof on the end of a roll of small offices? I would never know it was there if the SO had not heard of it somewhere...
01-24-12, 07:35 PM
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Look this is the way people buy cars... so why should it be any harder to buy a bike. People walk on to car lots with nothing more in their heads than I want stereo and red... and they are paying many times more for an auto. The consumer should not have to have the education of the "bike specialist" to get a bike.
01-24-12, 07:44 PM
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