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Fastening rear bike packs/racks?
dgk wrote:
He came down a bit and I bought the rack and pack. I took me about 20 minutes to get it installed and so far I love it. The pack just slips right on, and is very sturdy. Most shops are willing to negotiate a bit on accessories and clothing since the margins are so high, but not so much on bicycles themselves. My rule of thumb is that I'll gladly pay an extra 20% to buy locally, but most of the stuff I buy is esoteric enough that buying locally usually isn't an option. |
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Fastening rear bike packs/racks?
On Apr 30, 9:03*pm, SMS wrote:
dgk wrote: He came down a bit and I bought the rack and pack. I took me about 20 minutes to get it installed and so far I love it. The pack just slips right on, and is very sturdy. Most shops are willing to negotiate a bit on accessories and clothing since the margins are so high, but not so much on bicycles themselves. My rule of thumb is that I'll gladly pay an extra 20% to buy locally, but most of the stuff I buy is esoteric enough that buying locally usually isn't an option. That's wierd. I've paid retail for every accessory I've purchased, save for the water bottle and cage I got them to throw in with a new bike purchase. However, I paid WAY under what was on the sticker for the bike. |
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Fastening rear bike packs/racks?
DanKMTB wrote:
On Apr 30, 9:03 pm, SMS wrote: dgk wrote: He came down a bit and I bought the rack and pack. I took me about 20 minutes to get it installed and so far I love it. The pack just slips right on, and is very sturdy. Most shops are willing to negotiate a bit on accessories and clothing since the margins are so high, but not so much on bicycles themselves. My rule of thumb is that I'll gladly pay an extra 20% to buy locally, but most of the stuff I buy is esoteric enough that buying locally usually isn't an option. That's wierd. I've paid retail for every accessory I've purchased, save for the water bottle and cage I got them to throw in with a new bike purchase. However, I paid WAY under what was on the sticker for the bike. I've purchased nearly all my bicycles on sale or direct from the manufacturer, so the "MSRP" was not what I paid, but the price didn't require negotiation. I tried to negotiate on one purchase, just down to the price another shop was charging, and I got a long lecture about how much worse the other shop's assembly was (this was after the same owner was complaining to me that his employee had messed up the assembly of the bicycle I was test riding). That shop is now gone! |
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