Seth: There actually is some logic behind the no tandem rent in the city. While I am sure you and your partner are experienced tandem riders, novices can be quite a hazard on tandems, especially in urban areas. A rental out fit in Chicago added tandems to its mix a few years bike. After a high accident rate it was forced by its insurer to drop them.
Obviously the fellow should have been more polite about it. On Sep 13, 9:21 am, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > A while back I posted that I was going to madison, wi and asked for > suggestions of bike shops. I stopped in one of them yesterday to see > if we could rent a tandem. The shop was yellow jersey and I do not > think I could have been treated more rudely than there. > > I asked about renting a tandem, they said they had a tandem for rent > but that we could not ride the tandem in the city. > when I asked why I was told that tandems were not safe for urban > biking that you cannot turn or brake quickly enough. > > Considering that I ride a tandem with my stoker probably 3-4 days a > week in a city almost the identical size and density of madison I > found this claim... surprising. But if that was their policy I figured > I'd just move along. > > so I asked - do you know of any other shops that rent tandems? > > the response was: "I don't shop at any other bike shops" this was said > in the most derisive manner I have ever heard. > > So, just in case anyone was curious - I do not think anyone not > wanting to be treated badly should go to that bike shop. > > Curiously enough the experience I had there could not have been any > more opposite of the experience I've had at all of the rivendell > dealers and the people at rbwhq. > > The folks at Mountain Sports Ltd in Bristol, VA could not have been > more helpful and friendly. > Jim Thill at Hiawatha was willing to put up with my silly-ass > questions via email and put together a set of cranks and salsa > crossing guard for me that I do so love. > Everyone I've ever spoken to at rbwhq has been helpful to the point of > making me think maybe I need to be a better person. > > I like that. > Thanks to the rivendell folks and the dealers I've dealt with. > > -sv -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
