Shop leeches?

Phil Lee,

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I'd like to see this guy ride. Not that I'm expecting him to be dead slow, but I wonder if he does
the "fat person bike stance." That stance is riding with your knees turned at 90 degrees to each
other, spread-eagle while riding because your legs are so fat they can't rotate normally. I'll
have to have someone take a picture of what I'm talking about sometime.

Does anyone here know of a similar situation at their LBS or anywhere else?

Well if he's fat, do you blame him? Maybe he's fat AND he can ride?

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Phil Lee,

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I'd like to see this guy ride. Not that I'm expecting him to be dead

slow,

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but I wonder if he does the "fat person bike stance." That stance is

riding

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with your knees turned at 90 degrees to each other, spread-eagle while riding because your legs
are so fat they can't rotate normally. I'll

have

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to have someone take a picture of what I'm talking about sometime.

Does anyone here know of a similar situation at their LBS or anywhere

else?

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Well if he's fat, do you blame him? Maybe he's fat AND he can ride?

Honestly, I felt that I could tell this guy just hung around. But I could be wrong.

BTW, the fat man bike stance is a joke w/my friends... not intended to insult.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

"Phil Lee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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"VP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Phil Lee,

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I'd like to see this guy ride. Not that I'm expecting him to be dead

slow,

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but I wonder if he does the "fat person bike stance." That stance is

riding

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with your knees turned at 90 degrees to each other, spread-eagle while riding because your
legs are so fat they can't rotate normally. I'll

have

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to have someone take a picture of what I'm talking about sometime.

Does anyone here know of a similar situation at their LBS or anywhere

else?

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Well if he's fat, do you blame him? Maybe he's fat AND he can ride?

Honestly, I felt that I could tell this guy just hung around. But I could be wrong.

BTW, the fat man bike stance is a joke w/my friends... not intended to insult.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

Well... I'm insulted nonetheless... If I wasn't holding two quarter pounders value meals, (with a
diet coke), I'd throw something at you...

Danny

"Phil Lee" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Does anyone here know of a similar situation at their LBS or anywhere

else?

Ask him for some good trail suggestions. Offer to meet him there so he can show you.

Post lots of pictures...🙂

Pete

"Phil Lee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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So there's this guy at one of my LBSs. He's got quite a bit of extra baggage and he just sorta
hangs around the shop. Almost every time I've gone there he's just there standing around chatting
with the employees. I can't really tell if it's a parasite/host relationship or if it's

symbiotic.

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He knows quite a bit about bikes, but he tries to take me under his wing

as

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his protegé or something, but I don't want to get too close to his lard. Besides, the only thing
he's tried to teach me is that "blah blah blah you need to get top of the line blah blah blah,"
and we all know that's not true.

I'd like to see this guy ride. Not that I'm expecting him to be dead

slow,

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but I wonder if he does the "fat person bike stance." That stance is

riding

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with your knees turned at 90 degrees to each other, spread-eagle while riding because your legs
are so fat they can't rotate normally. I'll have to have someone take a picture of what I'm
talking about sometime.

Does anyone here know of a similar situation at their LBS or anywhere

else?

Sounds like me in Wheelies in Swansea. Please bear in mind that some of us like pies and bikes in
equal measure.OTOH, the LBS bicycle bulshitter is a well documented phenomenon.

Andy Chequer, whipping them skinny ass MTBers only last night.

On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:17:08 +0100, Andy Chequer did issue forth:

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Sounds like me in Wheelies in Swansea. Please bear in mind that some of us like pies and bikes in
equal measure.OTOH, the LBS bicycle bulshitter is a well documented phenomenon.

Yup. Sounds pretty much like me now. Every time I go in for something as simple as an inner tube
they usually try and sell me something I don't want, such as a Fox badge holder for my door swipe in
work, a plastic disc brake cover or an air cooled VW.

Mind you, if they're not busy just shooting the breeze with them and watching the lovely ladies
walking past the shop front is good too.

Huw "I may be a leech, but I'm not sticky" Pritchard

in article [email hidden], Huw Pritchard at [email hidden]
wrote on 12/6/03 8:41 am:

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Yup. Sounds pretty much like me now. Every time I go in for something as simple as an inner tube
they usually try and sell me something I don't want, such as a Fox badge holder for my door swipe
in work, a plastic disc brake cover or an air cooled VW.

LOL! My blissfully ignorant mate went into Cycle World Sunderland for a brake cable and came out
with a full LX drivetrain. Hilariously, there was nothing wrong with his old one - he hadn't even
worn one chain out.

Phil Lee said:

So there's this guy at one of my LBSs. He's got quite a bit of extra baggage and he just sorta
hangs around the shop. Almost every time I've gone there he's just there standing around chatting
with the employees. I can't really tell if it's a parasite/host relationship or if it's symbiotic.

He knows quite a bit about bikes, but he tries to take me under his wing as his protegé or
something, but I don't want to get too close to his lard. Besides, the only thing he's tried to
teach me is that "blah blah blah you need to get top of the line blah blah blah," and we all know
that's not true.

I'd like to see this guy ride. Not that I'm expecting him to be dead slow, but I wonder if he does
the "fat person bike stance." That stance is riding with your knees turned at 90 degrees to each
other, spread-eagle while riding because your legs are so fat they can't rotate normally. I'll
have to have someone take a picture of what I'm talking about sometime.

Does anyone here know of a similar situation at their LBS or anywhere else?

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

You seen me in Goodale's!?!?!?!?

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LOL! My blissfully ignorant mate went into Cycle World Sunderland for a brake cable and came out
with a full LX drivetrain. Hilariously, there was nothing wrong with his old one - he hadn't even
worn one chain out.

Remind me to stick to shopping for my bike parts in Newcastle or on the Net. Thats a big spend for a
break cable :-) Philthy

in article [email hidden], Philthy at [email hidden] wrote on
12/6/03 1:43 pm:

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LOL! My blissfully ignorant mate went into Cycle World Sunderland for a brake cable and came out
with a full LX drivetrain. Hilariously, there was nothing wrong with his old one - he hadn't even
worn one chain out.

Remind me to stick to shopping for my bike parts in Newcastle or on the Net. Thats a big spend for
a break cable :-) Philthy

Just be wary of Hardisty's (Sorry, now Edinburgh Bicycle). The same clueless mate bought a Klein
there and they helpfully left the brakes in US configuration, ensuring everyone who 'had a shot' of
his new bike ended up over the bars:-)

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LOL! My blissfully ignorant mate went into Cycle World Sunderland for a brake cable and came
out with a full LX drivetrain. Hilariously, there

was

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nothing wrong with his old one - he hadn't even worn one chain out.

Remind me to stick to shopping for my bike parts in Newcastle or on the

Net.

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Thats a big spend for a break cable :-) Philthy

Just be wary of Hardisty's (Sorry, now Edinburgh Bicycle). The same

clueless

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mate bought a Klein there and they helpfully left the brakes in US configuration, ensuring
everyone who 'had a shot' of his new bike ended up over the bars:-)

I tend to (try to) stick to M Steel/Denton/or Cyclecentre in that order all decent shops with decent
people. Cya Philthy

Phil Lee said:

So there's this guy at one of my LBSs. He's got quite a bit of extra baggage and he just sorta
hangs around the shop. Almost every time I've gone there he's just there standing around chatting
with the employees. I can't really tell if it's a parasite/host relationship or if it's symbiotic.

He knows quite a bit about bikes, but he tries to take me under his wing as his protegé or
something, but I don't want to get too close to his lard. Besides, the only thing he's tried to
teach me is that "blah blah blah you need to get top of the line blah blah blah," and we all know
that's not true.

I'd like to see this guy ride. Not that I'm expecting him to be dead slow, but I wonder if he does
the "fat person bike stance." That stance is riding with your knees turned at 90 degrees to each
other, spread-eagle while riding because your legs are so fat they can't rotate normally. I'll have
to have someone take a picture of what I'm talking about sometime.

Does anyone here know of a similar situation at their LBS or anywhere else?

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

I know this may sound odd, especially here on a cycling newsgroup, but some people just really
like bikes.

If he wants to take you on as a protoge, go along with it and go for a ride. He could be fast, or
quite slow, just don't think that it means anything.

One other thing, be careful about judging a book by its cover. I've seen some pretty heavy looking
dudes drop major hammer and leave the skinny guys wafting about like leaves in their wake.

A

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One other thing, be careful about judging a book by its cover. I've seen some pretty heavy looking
dudes drop major hammer and leave the skinny guys wafting about like leaves in their wake.

A

That's my philosophy entirely. Now where's that second pasty...

"AndyC" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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"Anthony Sloan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]... [snip]

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One other thing, be careful about judging a book by its cover. I've seen some pretty heavy
looking dudes drop major hammer and leave the skinny guys wafting about like leaves in
their wake.

A

That's my philosophy entirely. Now where's that second pasty...

For the other breast?

Bill "or is that a 'pastie'?" S.

Phil Lee,

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Honestly, I felt that I could tell this guy just hung around. But I could be wrong.

BTW, the fat man bike stance is a joke w/my friends... not intended to insult.

Well I suppose he'd be bad for business. Tell him to go interview a telephone pole.

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Dave,

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Just be wary of Hardisty's (Sorry, now Edinburgh Bicycle). The same clueless mate bought a Klein
there and they helpfully left the brakes in US configuration, ensuring everyone who 'had a shot'
of his new bike ended up over the bars:-)

You guys are all Brits. I lived in Edinburgh for a year and cycled in the Pentlands over
Heriot-Watt where I did my postgrad. Hard to find mud anywhere in Edinburgh, I found. The dogshit
was everywhere though.

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So there's this guy at one of my LBSs. He's got quite a bit of extra baggage and he just sorta
hangs around the shop. Almost every time I've gone there he's just there standing around chatting
with the employees. I can't really tell if it's a parasite/host relationship or if it's symbiotic.

My money is on the parasitic relationship.

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He knows quite a bit about bikes, but he tries to take me under his wing as his protegé or
something, but I don't want to get too close to his lard. Besides, the only thing he's tried to
teach me is that "blah blah blah you need to get top of the line blah blah blah," and we all know
that's not true.

He sounds like a blowhard know-it-all. What's his name, Bullwinkle?

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I'd like to see this guy ride. Not that I'm expecting him to be dead slow, but I wonder if he does
the "fat person bike stance." That stance is riding with your knees turned at 90 degrees to each
other, spread-eagle while riding because your legs are so fat they can't rotate normally. I'll
have to have someone take a picture of what I'm talking about sometime.

Picture? We need to see video.

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Does anyone here know of a similar situation at their LBS or anywhere else?

I call them "shop vultures". If they knew so much about bikes, then why the hell aren't they out
riding? They seem to get most of their "knowledge" from the ragazines and really don't know what the
hell they are talking about, using buzzwords and brand names to fake their "kowledge". They are sad
creatures, indeed.

JD

ClydesdaleMTB <[email hidden]> spoke thusly...

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Phil Lee said:

So there's this guy at one of my LBSs. He's got quite a bit of extra baggage and he just sorta
hangs around the shop. Almost every time I've gone there he's just there standing around
chatting with the employees. I can't really tell if it's a parasite/host relationship or if it's
symbiotic.

He knows quite a bit about bikes, but he tries to take me under his wing as his protegé or
something, but I don't want to get too close to his lard. Besides, the only thing he's tried to
teach me is that "blah blah blah you need to get top of the line blah blah blah," and we all
know that's not true.

I'd like to see this guy ride. Not that I'm expecting him to be dead slow, but I wonder if he
does the "fat person bike stance." That stance is riding with your knees turned at 90 degrees to
each other, spread-eagle while riding because your legs are so fat they can't rotate normally.
I'll have to have someone take a picture of what I'm talking about sometime.

Does anyone here know of a similar situation at their LBS or anywhere else?

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

You seen me in Goodale's!?!?!?!?

Oh come now, you ain't fat. if i recall the last time you posted your weight, i now weigh about the
same (this here diet is going the wrong way), and i am just now getting the signs of dun-lap (only a
2" overhang).

Us folks are called "big-boned", not fat ;-)

--
~Travis (hand entering in sig cause my newsreader frigged up and lost it)

megalink.net~farmersOpen ↗

Technician,

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Us folks are called "big-boned", not fat ;-)

Please don't speak for my bone.

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