Hey All:

I dont think I've ever posted to the whole list before but I just have to share this:

I obviously will never begrudge someone for getting a good deal, but a LBS is the best deal you can get.  Last week I was doing a hard sprints workout on angle road when I popped a link on my chain.  It was still holding but the chain would slip gears everytime it reached the rear cog.  I was able to put it in a low gear and take it easy and make it to Chain Reaction at about 6:20 - 20 minutes after they close.  I knocked and thankfully someone was there.  James stayed there with me and fixed my chain right then and there.  He was at work over an hour after close to help out one rider.  I doubt the chain even covered the overhead, but i'm a frequent shopper so he did it anyway.

If you can find an online shop that will do that then sign me up.

Tyler

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Beth Knizer <bknizer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I order on-line too for many items. However we all should try and
support our various local bike shops as they may go the way of many
newspaper dailies, out of business or on-line only. And if our LBS's
go out of business then there's less of them to support our events
like the GCC festival, Gone Riding, Tour de Felasco and the like.


Best,
Beth Knizer

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Peter Noris <pnoris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I use both (and am completely happy with Gator Cycle, where I make a trip at
> least once or twice a month...)
>
> but sometimes what I want needs to be ordered, or they don't deal with a
> certain vendor and I need it NOW.
>
> I deal with two other bike stores online - peterwhitecycles.com for items
> more specific to long distance or night cycling (and the best wheels I've
> ever used) or
>
> Performance Bike Shop - I bought a pair of Sidi shoes (Mega, in a large size
> two years ago) when I was having trouble resolving a problem with some
> custom shoes. As it turned out, I got the custom shoes a few weeks after the
> Sidi shoes arrived, and forgot to return them.
>
> Three weeks ago, I called Performance and they took the shoes back, without
> the box and gave me full credit. If you need to deal online, I love these
> people. This is not the first time I've received outstanding customer
> service from them.
> --
> Peter
> "Seeing the U.S.A. one brevet at a time"
> 13 regions and Canada - more to come!
>
> Burning Man 2009 - longer than a 1200, less training required.
>
> Sent from my mobile  device - my Airstream
>
>
>
>
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