Hey Jim just to be clear I'm not slamming bike stores. And regarding where they make their dough yes just like automotive outfits its the parts and labor where they make their money. I've never run a bike store and can only imagine the number of idiotic questions plus resistance to spending money by some customers. In the case of my LBS I think it's a case of just being busy. I'm happy their busy and doing business. I also agree that doing a resurectio project can and probably is more expensive than buying a bike off the rack but for me the end result will be far more satisfying.
Hugh Sunland, Ca On Thursday, February 21, 2013 5:53:40 AM UTC-8, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > I can certainly envision several reasons why your LBS told you that. > > It could be that the shop employee was inexperienced and doesn't know much > about older bikes. > > Or it could be that the shop doesn't want the liability associated with > installing parts that are, technically speaking, incompatible with the > frame. > > Or maybe, they've gone down the rabbit hole of modernizing old bikes in > the past, and feel that it isn't worth the trouble. I know that I've had > experience with that kind of thing, where some unforeseen and seemingly > trivial incompatibility issue causes the project to take 5x longer than > quoted and in the end, the solution was a kludge that isn't 100% > satisfactory. > > Or maybe you're the fifth guy this week who wanted to put a modern parts > group on an old bike, and they figured that, like the previous four, you'd > balk at the high price, and it would be just easier for everybody if they > cut to the chase and say "no". After all, buying a parts group and wheelset > and the labor to install it all can often cost as much as or more than a > new bike that has the same parts and wheelset. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
