Tough to say if it was gender-bias, or just retail sales lameness. I'm guessing a bit of both from an uneducated salesperson. Like most aspects of our society, salespeople are looking for short-term gain over long-term relationships. Blame the management as much as the salesperson for that.
+1 on the Straggler, looks like a great bike. Female friend of mine locally just bought a Kona Rove. Beautiful bike, and except for TCO in the smaller sizes, quite versatile. She's coming over some time to check out 650B conversion options on it. On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Tim Gavin <[email protected]> wrote: > The Surly Straggler <http://surlybikes.com/bikes/straggler> is also a > nice bike. It's essentially a Cross Check with disc brakes (not > retrogrouch-approved). But, it also comes in a 650b wheel size, which > makes it a great fit for many ladies and shorter men, since 700c x 41 mm > (Cross Check and 700c Straggler) makes for a pretty tall wheel. > > The Straggler is available in a nice mint color this year, which isn't bad > but isn't nearly as good as last year's sparkle fuschia > <https://bicyclesportshop.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/surly4.jpg>. > > Tim Gavin > > > ****************************** >> >> (this is Anne again:) Several people here disrecommended Richardson-- >> now I see why!-- and recommended she look at something like a Surly >> Cross-Check at Oak Cliff Bikes. So that will be her next step. I don't >> know if she wasn't taken seriously because she is a woman, or if the >> sales people don't understand anything but racing bikes and low-end >> shopping bikes because that's all their shop carries, but it's so >> frustrating that bike shops can't sell people sensible bikes even when >> the people ask for sensible bikes and are willing to pay for them. >> >> -- >> -- Anne Paulson >> >> > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Cheers, David Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
