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Bikeshops that laugh at your bike
Man with no pigs. wrote in message
... It's old, worn and unfashionable, but it is mine. When I take it to a bike shop for service or parts, those shops whose employees s****** at it are put on my boycott list. Does anyone else have these feelings to bike shops? As someone that works with a lot of crusty old bikes, I do sometimes chuckle at peoples old favourites. Part of it is that I admire when someone has ridden their beast into the ground over many years. Means that it is being used at least. When it all comes down to it though, you can buy a pretty decent second hand bike for only a couple hundred bucks, so the cost of maintaining an old beast becomes prohibitive, especially when you start replacing clusters and chains etc. And there is no substitute for something with gears and brakes that work properly. I have nothing but scorn for these dickhead yuppies that buy a new $1000+ bike and leave it out to die in the rain while they drive everywhere. --- DFM |
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Suzy Jackson wrote in message ... "Man with no pigs." wrote in message ... It's old, worn and unfashionable, but it is mine. When I take it to a bike shop for service or parts, those shops whose employees s****** at it are put on my boycott list. Does anyone else have these feelings to bike shops? I am sorry that you have no pigs. That is surely cause for great concern. As far as bikeshops go, my pet peeve is when people at a bike shop (or car dealer, or mechanics generally for that matter) treat you as an idiot simply because you're female. I race road bikes, and am fairly knowledgeable about my bikes. I do my own maintenance because I don't trust anyone else to do it. I find it extremely frustrating when I go into a bike shop to buy bits for my bikes, having carefully researched (usually via the net) what I need, only to be treated like an idiot because I want a such and such, and to have to explain to some pimply teenager why I want it. That's the same with anything though. Whenever you walk into a shop, you should give some clues that you know what you're talking about, otherwise they will assume you don't. Seeings as the field of bike maintenance is vastly male dominated (like anything in the engineering vein), it is a fair assumption that women are by default not mechanically minded. You are obviously an exception to the rule, but this is the reason why you get some condescending attitude. --- DFM |
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Suzy Jackson wrote in message ... "Man with no pigs." wrote in message ... It's old, worn and unfashionable, but it is mine. When I take it to a bike shop for service or parts, those shops whose employees s****** at it are put on my boycott list. Does anyone else have these feelings to bike shops? I am sorry that you have no pigs. That is surely cause for great concern. As far as bikeshops go, my pet peeve is when people at a bike shop (or car dealer, or mechanics generally for that matter) treat you as an idiot simply because you're female. I race road bikes, and am fairly knowledgeable about my bikes. I do my own maintenance because I don't trust anyone else to do it. I find it extremely frustrating when I go into a bike shop to buy bits for my bikes, having carefully researched (usually via the net) what I need, only to be treated like an idiot because I want a such and such, and to have to explain to some pimply teenager why I want it. That's the same with anything though. Whenever you walk into a shop, you should give some clues that you know what you're talking about, otherwise they will assume you don't. Seeings as the field of bike maintenance is vastly male dominated (like anything in the engineering vein), it is a fair assumption that women are by default not mechanically minded. You are obviously an exception to the rule, but this is the reason why you get some condescending attitude. --- DFM |
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Bikeshops that laugh at your bike
"Deep Flayed Mares" wrote in
message news:7nX_a.951 That's the same with anything though. Whenever you walk into a shop, you should give some clues that you know what you're talking about, otherwise they will assume you don't. Seeings as the field of bike maintenance is vastly male dominated (like anything in the engineering vein), it is a fair assumption that women are by default not mechanically minded. You are obviously an exception to the rule, but this is the reason why you get some condescending attitude. I actually find it useful to go into shops and NOT make it look like I know anything (not that I'm claiming to know much!). This way, you can get a feeling for whether or not they are serving you or themselves. If they give you some big speil which you know is total ********, then you can avoid the shop. This applies to all shops, not just bikes shops. hippy (male, last time i checked) |
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Bikeshops that laugh at your bike
"Deep Flayed Mares" wrote in
message news:7nX_a.951 That's the same with anything though. Whenever you walk into a shop, you should give some clues that you know what you're talking about, otherwise they will assume you don't. Seeings as the field of bike maintenance is vastly male dominated (like anything in the engineering vein), it is a fair assumption that women are by default not mechanically minded. You are obviously an exception to the rule, but this is the reason why you get some condescending attitude. I actually find it useful to go into shops and NOT make it look like I know anything (not that I'm claiming to know much!). This way, you can get a feeling for whether or not they are serving you or themselves. If they give you some big speil which you know is total ********, then you can avoid the shop. This applies to all shops, not just bikes shops. hippy (male, last time i checked) |
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Bikeshops that laugh at your bike
Yes, I'm being over-sensitive. At least parts get replaced when they're worn out
and not rusted out or supeceded. Some places get touchy when my bike soils the floor of their uber-yuppie cycle emporium and I only spend $7 on brake rubbers. I can name many great shops in Melbourne though. On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 06:30:35 GMT, "hippy" wrote: "Man with no pigs." wrote in message ... It's old, worn and unfashionable, but it is mine. When I take it to a bike shop for service or parts, those shops whose employees s****** at it are put on my boycott list. Does anyone else have these feelings to bike shops? I have total sh*tters and if anyone laughs at them, more often than not it's me! Maybe you should not take it so personally and be happy with the knowledge that your old, unfashionable bike is still going strong and you are still happy with it. You get the last laugh anyway when those evil "upgraders" have to rush out and buy 10 speed Dura-Ace or something... bye bye cash!! ;-) hippy |
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Yes, I'm being over-sensitive. At least parts get replaced when they're worn out
and not rusted out or supeceded. Some places get touchy when my bike soils the floor of their uber-yuppie cycle emporium and I only spend $7 on brake rubbers. I can name many great shops in Melbourne though. On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 06:30:35 GMT, "hippy" wrote: "Man with no pigs." wrote in message ... It's old, worn and unfashionable, but it is mine. When I take it to a bike shop for service or parts, those shops whose employees s****** at it are put on my boycott list. Does anyone else have these feelings to bike shops? I have total sh*tters and if anyone laughs at them, more often than not it's me! Maybe you should not take it so personally and be happy with the knowledge that your old, unfashionable bike is still going strong and you are still happy with it. You get the last laugh anyway when those evil "upgraders" have to rush out and buy 10 speed Dura-Ace or something... bye bye cash!! ;-) hippy |
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Bikeshops that laugh at your bike
Suzy Jackson wrote:
As far as bikeshops go, my pet peeve is when people at a bike shop (or car dealer, or mechanics generally for that matter) treat you as an idiot simply because you're female. I race road bikes, and am fairly knowledgeable about my bikes. I do my own maintenance because I don't trust anyone else to do it. I find it extremely frustrating when I go into a bike shop to buy bits for my bikes, having carefully researched (usually via the net) what I need, only to be treated like an idiot because I want a such and such, and to have to explain to some pimply teenager why I want it. Like most people, I've found a couple of local shops (or more accurately a couple of individual people in local shops) that know me and my bikes, and actually offer useful advice when I ask for it, rather than patronising crap. As a result of this, these shops get pretty much all my money, which is not negligible, as I have a fairly serious biking addiction. Regards, Suzy That's a good post for a little girl - did your Daddy help you with the big words? :-) &roo "Patronising - that's when you talk down to someone." |
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Suzy Jackson wrote:
As far as bikeshops go, my pet peeve is when people at a bike shop (or car dealer, or mechanics generally for that matter) treat you as an idiot simply because you're female. I race road bikes, and am fairly knowledgeable about my bikes. I do my own maintenance because I don't trust anyone else to do it. I find it extremely frustrating when I go into a bike shop to buy bits for my bikes, having carefully researched (usually via the net) what I need, only to be treated like an idiot because I want a such and such, and to have to explain to some pimply teenager why I want it. Like most people, I've found a couple of local shops (or more accurately a couple of individual people in local shops) that know me and my bikes, and actually offer useful advice when I ask for it, rather than patronising crap. As a result of this, these shops get pretty much all my money, which is not negligible, as I have a fairly serious biking addiction. Regards, Suzy That's a good post for a little girl - did your Daddy help you with the big words? :-) &roo "Patronising - that's when you talk down to someone." |
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Bikeshops that laugh at your bike
Deep Flayed Mares wrote:
I have nothing but scorn for these dickhead yuppies that buy a new $1000+ bike and leave it out to die in the rain while they drive everywhere. --- DFM Why do you care? Did you mean scorn or envy? :-) &roo |
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