Unless their LBS is like mine...<http://cyclotourist.blogspot.com/2009/12/ok-whats-up-with-incompetent-people-i.html>
:-/ On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > Surely there are shops much closer to home for small parts? Sorry if > that's a glib answer, but I often talk to local-to-me folks who order > odds and ends online when I have the same items on-hand at a > competitive price within easy bike-range. They are often surprised to > learn that whatever items they want are available locally. > > On Jan 5, 7:12 pm, William Henderson <william.c.hender...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I like to go to Riv now and then, but it's an expensive BART ticket > > from SF and quite a bit of time if I'm just getting an odd part or > > two. On the other hand, I don't want to pay shipping for a cheap part > > nor do I like the idea of packaging and trucking a part that I can > > carry in my pocket home. > > > > Propposed solution: I order my parts, they wait at Riv for a couple > > days, and then on the weekend we take turns doing a mass pick up for > > SF folks. Informally, one pickup gets you one free "shipment". The > > courier can meet the rest of us back in the city at a central location > > (coffee shop), where there will be much rejoicing, perhaps a quick > > ride, etc. > > > > Anyone interested? > > -- > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy--
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