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The LBS Breakdown

Old 07-30-08, 03:48 PM
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The LBS Breakdown

The Trek thread got me wondering, what do your LBS's carry? How does it breakdown?

I can't remember mountain bike brands, sorry.

LBS #1: Cannondale, Litespeed, Raleigh, Surly, Felt, Bianchi, Look
LBS #2: Specialized, a couple Bianchi's in the back, allegedly Gunnar/Waterford
LBS #3: Trek, Lemond, Orbea, Surly
LBS #4 Giant, Kona

I find it interesting that LBS #1 is the smallest building, operation, but carriess by far the most brands (they have LOTS of mountain bikes and BMX also).
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LBS #1: Cannondale, Specialized, Rocky Mountain
LBS #2: Pinarello, Ibis, Look, Time
LBS #3: Giant
REI: Novara, Cannondale, K2
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LBS # 1: Trek, Cannondale, Specialized, Bianchi
LBS # 2: Giant, Orbea, Electra

Plus, a custom builder.
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LBS #1: Trek, Felt, Lemond.
LBS #2: Bianchi, Trek, Kuota, Seven, Lemond.
LBS #3: Serotta, Specialized, Trek, Cannondale, Cervelo, Guru, Raleigh, Co-Motion, Redline.
LBS #4: Pinarello, Independent Fabrication, Masi, Terry, Surly.
LBS #5: Specialized, Giant, GT, Schwinn.
LBS #6: Specialized, Jamis.
LBS #7: Trek, Giant, Raleigh, Terry, Surly.
LBS #8: Same as #3, but in a different location.
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LBS #1(Great owner, the guy will do anything to please his customers)
Fuji
Gary Fisher
Giant
GT
Haro
Klein
Lemond
Mongoose
Raleigh
Trek

LBS #2(Mostly a BMX shop, place was nearly empty last time I went)
DK
Eastern Bikes
Gary Fisher
GT Bicycles
Lemond
Mongoose
Trek
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LBS#1: Trek, Mongoose, Giant
LBS#2: Trek, Specialized, Lemond, Giant
LBS#3: Masi, BMC, Salsa, Haro, Litespeed, Santa Cruz, Del Sol (far smaller than the other shops, in a rather isolated location, but the only place to find Campy)
LBS#4: Schwinn, Trek
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Trek, Giant, GT, Haro, Diamondback, Mosh. I live in western nebraska too, so my options are limited to this.
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I want to play, In order of how much they stock of each brand

LBS#1 Scott, Look, Cervelo, Kona
LBS#2 Specialized, Felt
LBS#3 Scott, Bianchi, Marioni, Litespeed, Cervelo, Colnago, Parlee
LBS#4 Orbea, Giant, Serotta
LBS#5 (the biggest shop) Specialized/Trek, Cervelo
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LBS #1 Trek, Lemond
LBS #2 Specialized, Scott, Bianchi
LBS #3 Specialized, Giant, Litespeed, Orbea
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LBS #1: Trek, Specialized, Cannondale, Orbea, Cervelo, Lemond, Colnago, Seven, Time, Look, Indy Fab, Serotta, Parlee, Time, Masi, Felt, Swobo, Surly, Redline, Gary Fisher
LBS #2-N: I don't bother going there
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out of curiosty does anyones specialized dealer charge 9.95 for innertubes
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LBS #1: Trek and leftover Lemonds
LBS #2: Trek, Schwinn, and leftover Lemonds
LBS #3: Giant
LBS #4: Raleigh, Orbea, Cervelo, Bianchi, Scott, Redline
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LBS #1, Scott, Look, Bianchi, Pinarello, Colnago, Waterford, Gunnar, Ridley, Masi
LBS #2, Specialized, Giant, Lynskey, Guru, Litespeed, dropped C'dale this year
LBS #3, Trek, Lemond, Cervelo, Orbea, Serotta, Kuota, Indy Fab, Titus, have C'dale although they no longer stock them?
LBS #4, Specialized, Felt, Raleigh

Of course these shops also carry some other brands of MTB and BMX but not sure of those...
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Originally Posted by c0urt
out of curiosty does anyones specialized dealer charge 9.95 for innertubes
Pre-talced Turbo's are $8.95 around here.
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Originally Posted by c0urt
out of curiosty does anyones specialized dealer charge 9.95 for innertubes
Back home on the east end of Long Island, they charge me $10. Here in Maine they are $4.50.
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My LBS is also where I work.

Specialized, Tommasini, Quattro Assi, Fuji, Redline, Batavus, Diamondback, Surly, Soma
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Giant, Specialized, Felt

Trek, Trek, Trek
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The internet is my LBS...I can't find a good store to cater to retro parts so I deal with mom and pop shops over the internet.

Screw my LBS. They don't know a hub cone from a pine cone.
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If you mean 'local' then Jamis Cruisers.

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#1 Trek, Cannondale, Jamis
#2 Cannondale, Something else, and shop specific custom (Kane)
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Would it surprise you to learn that I don't know to the minor brand level? Well, I know a bit.
LBS#1 Trek, Specialized
LBS#2 Scott, Orbea, Surly
LBS#3 Giant

I have no idea who carries Cannondale. Goofy, huh?
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The LBS - https://www.condorcycles.com/

They mostly stock Condor, Condor and Condor as well as some crappy stuff from people you've never heard of (marin, specialized, brompton, birdy, colnago, litespeed, paris, etc.)
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LBS 1.Trek
LBS 2.specialized


yeah not as many options as most you guys, haha.
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I can't imagine a store that carried Trek and Specialized. Where I live, the stores that carry those brands are driven by those brands, and evrything else is very minor and shived in the background. If one shop tried to carry both, I would imagine things getting ugly quick.

Example: I went to LBS#2, which lists several different brands and (at the time) was the only store to carry Cannondale. I knew that Cannondale and Trek made the two biggest production frames, so I went to test ride a big frame. They told me that they didn't have a Cannondale in my size, and when I asked when they would, they told me that they were phasing out Cannondale because it didn't have as many options for fit as Specialized. I see now that was a load of crap. Anyway, six months later LBS #1 was carrying Cannondale instead, but I already had bought a Trek off the 'bay. Never did get to test ride a Cannondale...
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