I want to support my LBS...but dang$$$

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06-28-12, 08:06 PM

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Paul Barnard

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Originally Posted by manutd

bike fitting is over rated for most people.

Thank you!

06-29-12, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by gabba

Well said ... jmio from OK (!) needs to read this before he starts ranting at the govt (not surprised to hear this tirade).

Right here

06-29-12, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by halfspeed

You're confusing yourself with majority of the bicycle buying public who have no clue WTF you're asking about. It costs money to stock parts and to stock oddball parts on the off chance that the only guy in town who likes this stuff will come in to buy them makes no economic sense. The only way you'll have an LBS that stocks "new vintage" components is if you live in reasonably large city with a large cycling community. It only makes sense to fill a niche if there's a customer base.

Oh, I did expect to ORDER the parts list from having haunted all the bike shops in town looking for just the right parts for my other bikes I knew they probably would not have it all on their shelves. Single Speeds and Fixies are very popular around here with such a huge college presence and with this being a fairly highly rated bicycle town that has year round riding, I am a little disappointed the bike shops are not prepared better to handle customers like me. This is the first SS conversion I have ever done, and while it has been interesting, I had almost no appropriate parts collected nor had ever developed good sources for them in the past. And I started with an old French bike!

Since I have been ranting on this forum, I have located a shop in Tempe, a hundred miles away, that probably has what I need in stock. I think I will run up there before ordering on the Internet.

Last edited by Tuc; 06-29-12 at 09:56 AM.