[quote=circuithero]“i need a bike for my 10 year old son that will last him until college”
everyday.[/quote]
my favorite:
“I need a bike that I can commute on, and like, do long rides.”
“okay…so we’re looki—”
“Oh, also, i like to go off road and stuff.”
“have you thought about a price range?”
“like…$300?”
facepalm inside.
omg i’d rage so hard on someones face if they tried to talk to me about siping on bicycle tires
[quote=radicole][quote=circuithero]“i need a bike for my 10 year old son that will last him until college”
everyday.[/quote]
my favorite:
“I need a bike that I can commute on, and like, do long rides.”
“okay…so we’re looki—”
“Oh, also, i like to go off road and stuff.”
“have you thought about a price range?”
“like…$300?”
facepalm inside.[/quote]
All of this.
Tc: I’ve never heard of siping before today.
[quote=stiffytruck]i’m perty sure that the most annoying/insane bike shop customer is jesus
and he is coming back to test bike shop employees
to see if you are worthy to get into heaven
better treat them nice[/quote]
There are going to be a lot of bike shop mechanics in Hell.
this.
its important that you realize siping is useless on bicycle tires. a bicycle will never go fast enough or have a big enough tire contact patch to hydroplane
more lulz comes from the air pumps on campus (probably only go up to about 75psi, but NEXT mountain bike tires are only meant for like 45)
so funny to watch them leave the pump chuck on their valve stem for like a minute, then hear the tube exploding
Such an entertaining thread, hah.
I work in a similar environment… A small guitar shop, so the daily interactions with customers are much the same. So much internal facepalming and raging are had every single day for me. I’ll try to come back with some stories…
[quote=littletinyfish][quote=stiffytruck]i’m perty sure that the most annoying/insane bike shop customer is jesus
and he is coming back to test bike shop employees
to see if you are worthy to get into heaven
better treat them nice[/quote]
There are going to be a lot of bike shop mechanics in Hell.[/quote]
i can think of one that a part of me wants to imagine being there.
I work at a non-profit Collective and it’s funny to see people pull up on halfway decent bikes and ask to trade them in for something else. First, we don’t do trades, and second, since most of our bikes are shitty department store donations their bikes are usually way better than what we have to offer, even if they’re currently riding a department store bike.
We have to convince them that they’d be better off bringing in their bikes to get them fixed. And “convince” is the right word. It’s never a simple “No, dude, our bikes suck.” You always gotta point out everything that’s wrong with the bike they want and how easy it would be to just adjust their derailleur.
[quote=radicole][quote=circuithero]“i need a bike for my 10 year old son that will last him until college”
everyday.[/quote]
my favorite:
“I need a bike that I can commute on, and like, do long rides.”
“okay…so we’re looki—”
“Oh, also, i like to go off road and stuff.”
“have you thought about a price range?”
“like…$300?”
facepalm inside.[/quote]
Wouldn’t a hybrid work fine for them? I almost bought a Trek hybrid my first year of school, it was only $300. I’m sure you could ride on a towpath without breaking the thing.
^seriously.
selling Kona Smokes was easy as having them in stock in the right size.
Jamis Coda dude. Best hybrid ever. Aside from my flat bar trek (RIP).
TC: I really like riding Jamis Codas and have seriously considered EPing one for a beater/lockup bike that I would secretly have fun on.
[quote=blickblocks][quote=radicole][quote=circuithero]“i need a bike for my 10 year old son that will last him until college”
everyday.[/quote]
my favorite:
“I need a bike that I can commute on, and like, do long rides.”
“okay…so we’re looki—”
“Oh, also, i like to go off road and stuff.”
“have you thought about a price range?”
“like…$300?”
facepalm inside.[/quote]
Wouldn’t a hybrid work fine for them? I almost bought a Trek hybrid my first year of school, it was only $300. I’m sure you could ride on a towpath without breaking the thing.[/quote]
but that’s too HEAVY. don’t you have something lighter? with more gears, maybe?
My point is that these people don’t know what they want, nor do they have an appreciation for importance of priority and functionality.
[quote=deadforkinglast]Jamis Coda dude. Best hybrid ever. Aside from my flat bar trek (RIP).
TC: I really like riding Jamis Codas and have seriously considered EPing one for a beater/lockup bike that I would secretly have fun on.[/quote]
yeah, that looks pretty good too. really gives you most of it, I’d imagine.
Needs ergon grips.
my cross is set up very similar to that. only difference is lack of gears. gives me all of it
TC: I love hybrids like that. I don’t own one, but I think they’re often the best, most practical bike for most bike buyers.