I do all my own work so far, so rarely need a shop. Every now and then I special-order parts, but try not to. I used to go out of my way to order through the LBS, but have pretty much given up on that. Invariably the part that arrived would be different from the one that arrived, even if I provided an up to date catalog part # (QBP or J&B). That's if they arrived at all. Nice employees at both of them, but I think my weird part requests are a pretty low priority for them. I understand minimum orders and all that, so don't begrudge them too much.
Jenson USA is a pretty big internet retailer, and about 4 miles from my work, so I use their will-call for most parts now. Good people as well, very into the local MTB community. On 6/29/13, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> wrote: > The bike rides like it did pre spoke breakage, so that's a grand sign! I'd > love to do more of my own work (I did 90% of my own work before my > bludgeoned brain), but the price I pay in brain energy (far too limited for > > me) to do fine motor skills is simply not worth it. I'd rather spend time > with my wife and kids than spend a few hours working on my bike and then > needing a day or two to recover. So anything beyond a tire/tube change or > patch or brake adjustment and I need a quality shop to work on it. Time > will tell which shop I frequent. None of the local shops are at the level > I'd like, so I'll ferret out which is the best option available. and then > stick with them. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Friday, June 28, 2013 3:02:15 PM UTC-6, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> Broke a spoke (no idea how, but a loud "sproing-crack" troubadoured it's >> presence on a fast descent (I may have hit something, but have no idea). >> Rode the ten miles down to the LBS after cutting off the spoke at the >> nipple. >> >> It was fascinating. This was the first time I'd had the Hunqapillar in my >> >> LBS since receiving it last April, a little over a year ago. Every single >> >> person, customers and employees, on the walk back to the work area >> commented on how great and classic the bike is. One employee, after >> working >> on it, lamented as I paid that "They don't make them like that any more." >> >> "They do, actually. You just have to go to Rivendell to get it. This is >> just over a year old." Stunned silence. Still not sure if that's where I >> should go in the future, but at least this was the fairly simple job of >> spoke and brake replacement. >> >> How do you all figure out where to take your Riv. for servicing? I've >> already ruled out several shops that are closer or equidistant. There is >> one I'm pretty sure would do a great job for another mile or so. >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org* >> *www.OurHolyConception.org* >> >> > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Cheers, David -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
