Bicycles on the brain!

As a former retail shop owner I keep thinking BIKE TRASHBAR, BIKE TRASHBAR ect..

I still have memories of customers coming up to the display area with their Trashbar
mags in their hot little hands. Asking me if I can meet their price. At the time my
suppliers were at about the same price. I know that I did not get into cycling to make a
fortune but I had to keep the doors open.

Now if a customer comes in with a part he got someplace else he will pay me a little
extra to install it.

Regards Mike Frye A.K.A. Frye bikes

"Ride to Arrive Alive."😉

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As a former retail shop owner I keep thinking BIKE TRASHBAR, BIKE TRASHBAR ect..

I still have memories of customers coming up to the display area with their Trashbar mags in
their hot little hands. Asking me if I can meet their price. At the time my suppliers were at
about the same price. I know that I did not get into cycling to make a fortune but I had to keep
the doors open.

I've found that by the time I pay shipping, there's little difference between the shop cost and the
mail order cost of many items, especially the smaller ones. Usually the only time I buy from the
catalog is when I can't find what I'm looking for at the LBS's. One example was an inexpensive (<
$30) bright-colored jersey with no advertising on it. I tried 3 different shops, and none had
anything close, so I ended up mail- ordering it.

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"Where was the ka-boom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering ka- boom!"
- Marvin The Martian

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I've found that by the time I pay shipping, there's little difference between the shop cost and the
mail order cost of many items, ...

The catalogs are handy for finding out what's new and different. If something catches my eye, I make
the rounds of the LBS's to find it.

This is even more true for books. I've never bought a book from Amazon -- I want to actually
see it first.

<disclaimer>I used to work on a service that let websites direct you to a local
retailer</disclaimer>
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mac the naïf

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I've found that by the time I pay shipping, there's little difference between the shop cost and
the mail order cost of many items, ...

The catalogs are handy for finding out what's new and different. If something catches my eye, I
make the rounds of the LBS's to find it.

Yep; me, too. And then if I can't find it locally, I might order it (or I might just do without...)

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"Where was the ka-boom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering ka- boom!"
- Marvin The Martian

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I've found that by the time I pay shipping, there's little difference between the shop cost and
the mail order cost of many items, ...

The catalogs are handy for finding out what's new and different. If something catches my eye, I
make the rounds of the LBS's to find it.

Yep; me, too. And then if I can't find it locally, I might order it (or I might just do
without...)

I'm an internet junkie. Ok, I don't spend a lot of time just surfing the web, but whenever I want
to know something, or buy something or just look at something the internet is the first stop. I
work nights, so It's tough for me to get up early eanough to go out and browse around stores before
I go to work. It's mch easier to just grab a beer and sit down at the computer at night and searchy
for what I want, do some searches on the quality and reliability of the product and then just have
to make sure I hear the door when the Fed Ex guy arrives. I have learned my lesson on forks, or any
other real expensive parts that could be defective. Buy tehm locally! I've been waiting for my
forks to come back from Manitou for near 3 weeks and they were broken when I got them. The worst
part is the local supergo has the exact same forks for $150 less than what I had paid for the
defective ones. If supergo still has these when I get my next paycheck I may just go by there and
pick them up. Nothing sucks more than having a brand new kick ass bike sitting around that you have
not been able to ride because of the defective forks you bought! Well, I guess having your legs
ripped of in a freak railroad crossing accident could be worse.... falling off of a ladder and
having a drill jab you through the eye to come out the back of your head would be pretty bad too.
Ok, I guess there are a lot of things that suck more than having a brand new bike you can't ride,
but it still suck quite a bit.

Ok, I'm going to bed now.