Originally Posted by iherald (Post 8800334)

So I went to Sweet Pete's today to help my roommate pick a bike. She liked the Kona Lisa, and they were a distributor so we went there. I can't remember the guy who was working but I've never been treated so badly. We walked in and said we were interested in the Lisa RD, and did they have one? No, but we were told that Kona makes crappy road bikes. So we were shown a Giant which we were told was much better (same price). The Lisa has Ultegra/105 this bike had Tiagra/Sora components. So I bring this up, and the guy says "well this bike has a better geometry".

Obviously, geometry is based upon each riders body. So I don't know how one bike necessarily has a 'better geometry". So I say "can you order in the Lisa? What's the lead time?" and was told "they don't make that bike anymore". I handed over the print out showing the 2009 Lisa RD, and he walked away (not to go check stock, just walked away).

I am not saying Sweet Petes is a bad store, but holy crap I was shocked at that. I've worked retail and sometimes it sucks. But when a customer comes in with a specific request, and you sell that bike, it's hard to imagine an easier sale. Needless to say, she decided she won't be buying anything at that store.

Originally Posted by tdot-miele (Post 8800651)

so i was late for CM last night and ended up riding past everyone in the opposite direction at yonge and dundas ha ha ha... then some crack head pointed out "all my bike friends are going the other way"

Originally Posted by jet sanchEz (Post 8802479)

I had a weird bike-thing happen as well....

It was a little odd and if I thought they were going to damage the bike, I would have stopped them but yeah, I think my bike was sexually assaulted last night.

Originally Posted by jet sanchEz (Post 8802479)

I had a weird bike-thing happen as well....

Last night I rode my Fuji down to meet some friends for drinks in the club-district (don't ask me why but my friends love people-watching and, as cheesy as club-land can be, it is crazy-good for people-watching) and I locked it up within eyeshot and we sat on a patio and had some pints. At about 1am, a whole bunch of very hoochy'd-out girls were taking photos of themselves in all sorts of "sexy" poses just near the bike rack and one of them had the awesome idea to pose next to my bike. And then she had to take it to the next level and straddle the bike and then all her friends thought it was a great idea too so at least 3 girls wearing next-to-nothing were rubbing themselves all over the seat, top-tube and, believe it or not, even the front wheel (:twitchy:).

It was a little odd and if I thought they were going to damage the bike, I would have stopped them but yeah, I think my bike was sexually assaulted last night.

Originally Posted by iherald (Post 8800334)

So I went to Sweet Pete's today to help my roommate pick a bike. She liked the Kona Lisa, and they were a distributor so we went there. I can't remember the guy who was working but I've never been treated so badly. We walked in and said we were interested in the Lisa RD, and did they have one? No, but we were told that Kona makes crappy road bikes. So we were shown a Giant which we were told was much better (same price). The Lisa has Ultegra/105 this bike had Tiagra/Sora components. So I bring this up, and the guy says "well this bike has a better geometry".

Obviously, geometry is based upon each riders body. So I don't know how one bike necessarily has a 'better geometry". So I say "can you order in the Lisa? What's the lead time?" and was told "they don't make that bike anymore". I handed over the print out showing the 2009 Lisa RD, and he walked away (not to go check stock, just walked away).

I am not saying Sweet Petes is a bad store, but holy crap I was shocked at that. I've worked retail and sometimes it sucks. But when a customer comes in with a specific request, and you sell that bike, it's hard to imagine an easier sale. Needless to say, she decided she won't be buying anything at that store.

Originally Posted by jet sanchez (Post 8802479)

girls were

Originally Posted by shapelike (Post 8808583)

So ... does anyone have a:

- MTB rear shifter
- MTB rear derailleur
- MTB cassette (11-32 or 11-34)

... that I could make use of for a couple of weeks? I'm toying around with the idea of keeping my singlespeed as my "fun" bike but also building up a geared bike for races. I can 1x9 my current bike and I'd like to do so for the race at Albion in two weeks. If it goes well, I'll start putting things in motion to get a geared bike but for now I just need a few parts so I can experiment and see if I like riding geared and end up any faster.

Originally Posted by shapelike (Post 8808583)

So ... does anyone have a:

- MTB rear shifter
- MTB rear derailleur
- MTB cassette (11-32 or 11-34)

... that I could make use of for a couple of weeks? I'm toying around with the idea of keeping my singlespeed as my "fun" bike but also building up a geared bike for races. I can 1x9 my current bike and I'd like to do so for the race at Albion in two weeks. If it goes well, I'll start putting things in motion to get a geared bike but for now I just need a few parts so I can experiment and see if I like riding geared and end up any faster.