I've had similar reactions to my bikes ... vehicles, including the Herse, the two customs, the tr*k*, and the Citroen Acadiane. And the Fargo. I think many bike shop employees, even in high-end, mostly carbon fiber shops are interested in well designed and executed bikes.
I've taken my Rivs; even Fargo; heck, even the 1958 Herse, to a high end roadie and mtb shop (High Desert in Rio Rancho, more Carbon, more of the time) where they have gone out of their way to find solutions to problems. I do spend quite a bit of money there, but I think, more than that, if you present yourself as an intelligent and well informed cyclist, they will go the extra mile. On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> 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. > > > -- http://resumespecialties.com/index.html patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Albuquerque, NM -- 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.
