Dawes SST-AL Assembly... Is something broken?
07-28-10 | 08:10 PM
#26
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I think I will be taking my bike to my lbs to have it checked over. the thing with the lbs's around my area (santa cruz, ca) is that they are pretty much dicks if 1) you didn't purchase the bike from them and 2) look like a hipster with a fixie/ss both of which i fulfill entirely (i fulfill #2 because the dawes sst-al looks pretty ******y through the eyes of a true track cyclist and what not). it just makes approaching these people hard and even harder to even want to pay them money to do something for me when I know they're probably going to half ass it and not take it as seriously as they would a bike that they personally sold. with all of that in mind, how much should I be looking to pay a lbs to have them check over my bike?
08-02-10 | 01:50 AM
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From: NorCal
Bikes: Dawes SST-AL
screw yall for doubting me..
but i've put a damn good amount of miles on the dawes. i ended up purchasing a iro frame a few months back and built it up pretty nicely. but i still love the feel of the aluminum frame compared to the iro.
in terms of being a first singlespeed or fixed gear bike, I would recommend it hands down. the feel/geometry is very different from the other bikesdirect bikes such as the kilo tt and after riding my friends i would take my dawes 11 times out of 10. but thats probably because i just got really used to the feel of the dawes. Either way though, if you swap out the crappy alex wheel set and get yourself a nice used set of cranks, you can have a pretty quick and light feeling bike for on the cheap.
but i've put a damn good amount of miles on the dawes. i ended up purchasing a iro frame a few months back and built it up pretty nicely. but i still love the feel of the aluminum frame compared to the iro.
in terms of being a first singlespeed or fixed gear bike, I would recommend it hands down. the feel/geometry is very different from the other bikesdirect bikes such as the kilo tt and after riding my friends i would take my dawes 11 times out of 10. but thats probably because i just got really used to the feel of the dawes. Either way though, if you swap out the crappy alex wheel set and get yourself a nice used set of cranks, you can have a pretty quick and light feeling bike for on the cheap.
