I live near a shop who claims to be the "Triathlon Specialist"...sure, and I am the "Ferrari Specialist" (cause I like to look at them). This jag moron will not only sell you the wrong size bike (you know what size you are? THIS one, oddly the one I have in stock!!)...but he will then equip you with the most idiotic bits that can be had.
So, say you were a first timer with a goal of finishing a Triathlon - Great! You know what you need? An aero drink system, a behind the seat bottle system with $1.99 CyclePro cages and an aero helmet. Put all of this on your ill-fit bike and you sure as a quarter is round will look like a Tri geek - to hell with the fact that the bike is the wrong size, you dont know how to shift, the aero bars freak you out and you have to stop every time you want a drink cause you just cant see your bottles. We then instruct the rider to pump their tires to 140 - yes, 1 freaking 40 psi as that also is faster!!! We give the rider some clipless pedals and toe out the cleats, as we are fitting this bike to a penguin - (possibly the owner of the LBS is on retainer with the local Ortho practice like a crooked lawyer?)...and then...just to be sure that the "fuck you for your money" scenario is solid...we sell as WOMAN a MENS wetsuit that is no less than two sizes too big...
Sorry for the rant - but after what I have seen this past weekend, and time and time again from this idiot LBS - I am going to write more coherant and to the point emails with structure to Felt as well as a few other brands this guy sells. Last year he sold a bike to a buddy of mine, he is easily 4 inches taller than me...sold a bike 2cm smaller than mine. Looks like a guy who stole a kids bike...only this bike was a Felt B2 with 404's. That is just criminal.
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What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?
So, say you were a first timer with a goal of finishing a Triathlon - Great! You know what you need? An aero drink system, a behind the seat bottle system with $1.99 CyclePro cages and an aero helmet. Put all of this on your ill-fit bike and you sure as a quarter is round will look like a Tri geek - to hell with the fact that the bike is the wrong size, you dont know how to shift, the aero bars freak you out and you have to stop every time you want a drink cause you just cant see your bottles. We then instruct the rider to pump their tires to 140 - yes, 1 freaking 40 psi as that also is faster!!! We give the rider some clipless pedals and toe out the cleats, as we are fitting this bike to a penguin - (possibly the owner of the LBS is on retainer with the local Ortho practice like a crooked lawyer?)...and then...just to be sure that the "fuck you for your money" scenario is solid...we sell as WOMAN a MENS wetsuit that is no less than two sizes too big...
Sorry for the rant - but after what I have seen this past weekend, and time and time again from this idiot LBS - I am going to write more coherant and to the point emails with structure to Felt as well as a few other brands this guy sells. Last year he sold a bike to a buddy of mine, he is easily 4 inches taller than me...sold a bike 2cm smaller than mine. Looks like a guy who stole a kids bike...only this bike was a Felt B2 with 404's. That is just criminal.
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What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?