I Bought A Wabi
03-17-22, 02:20 PM
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I Bought A Wabi
Today, I bought a used Wabi from E-bay. I couldn't be more happier. Now it's official, I'm part of the Wabi Cult.
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03-17-22, 02:27 PM
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Congrats! I’m on the hunt for a Wabi special, myself, so if anyone knows someone…
03-17-22, 04:48 PM
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Pics or it didn't happen....jk....congrats!
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It wouldn't be here until the end of the month. The LBS has to disassemble it and pack it up. This all takes awhile. Shop are getting busy about now. My bike has to take a number. Dang, I wish I could have it now.
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Originally Posted by Colorado Kid
Yes, Zack is our High Priest of Wabi. Should we have a offering to God to thank him for my Wabi? 
03-19-22, 06:16 AM
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Hear that Zach?
He called you a spokesMODEL!
Hope your blushing;-)
He called you a spokesMODEL!
Hope your blushing;-)
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Ebay pics.
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Question # 12 & 15
When did Wabi first hit the market? Anyone know? Are the first models any different then current models? And when did Zack come into the picture?
03-21-22, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Colorado Kid
When did Wabi first hit the market? Anyone know? Are the first models any different then current models? And when did Zack come into the picture?
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03-27-22, 06:24 PM
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To dive back deeper into history....Richard Snook's brother Gary Snook founded a mail order bike parts shop back in the early 1980's and started it out of his garage. Richard helped his brother get his business off the ground. It went on to become a nation-wide chain (Performance). As I understand it, Richard forged the relationships with the suppliers and the brothers worked together for many years building Performance. When they parted ways Richard took that knowledge to form Wabi.
I worked with Richard back then in a local shop in Charlotte when his brother first started Performance in Chapel Hill. Aside from Wabi, Richard is the best master bike mechanic I ever worked with, I and worked with some really good ones. He was a wheel building wizard too and if you got a Wabi before he sold the business, there's a strong possibility that Richard himself either built or tensioned and trued the wheels. I think he tuned the wheels on my Special because it's now 6 years old and they only need very very minor truing every 6 months or so. Yeah, they are that good.
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I worked with Richard back then in a local shop in Charlotte when his brother first started Performance in Chapel Hill. Aside from Wabi, Richard is the best master bike mechanic I ever worked with, I and worked with some really good ones. He was a wheel building wizard too and if you got a Wabi before he sold the business, there's a strong possibility that Richard himself either built or tensioned and trued the wheels. I think he tuned the wheels on my Special because it's now 6 years old and they only need very very minor truing every 6 months or so. Yeah, they are that good.
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