View Full Version : U know U R a bike shop groupie
Geonz
01-10-2008, 11:30 AM
... when you drop the bike off for service, and the owner fills out the paperwork and says "what's a good phone number?" and you give him one and then say "and my cell phone..." and you hesitate... and he pulls his phone out of his pocket to look it up :rolleyes::rolleyes:
missymaya
01-10-2008, 05:07 PM
they don't only know YOU by name, but your sister, brother, boyfriend, his brother, etc and all of their hobbies
OakLeaf
01-10-2008, 05:59 PM
the phone rings at the LBS, and it's for YOU.
Melalvai
01-11-2008, 06:16 AM
You get so much free help & spare parts from the guys at the bike shop that your male biking friends accuse you of "trading" for bike parts. (I swear I don't trade.)
Geonz
01-11-2008, 01:24 PM
I got a real kick out of the answers over at bikejournal... lots of groupies there! (When they call you before they bring new inventory in... when they call you if they forget their keys...)
knapplaura
01-12-2008, 06:50 PM
When you get ready to move out of town, the LBS owners come to your going away party. On the day of the drive out of town, you stop by the LBS to say good-bye and start bawling b/c you really love these guys and their bike shop....and you call them from the new town and say the shop here sux!
(this is hypothetical of course...NOT!) I miss those guys!
silver
01-14-2008, 11:33 AM
conversation relayed to me by cycling buddy, D:
D stops by shop and chats with manager and says, "I'll bet this is the bike that Elaine is drooling over."
Bike shop manager: "yep!"
The yellow Madone 5.5 pro, and he was right.
mimitabby
01-14-2008, 12:04 PM
When the accountant who works in the back comes out and pulls out an accessory and says; "look, this will match your bike" (and you don't have the bike with you)
Bruno28
01-14-2008, 12:26 PM
...when you arrange to meet mimi at the bike shop and think you are late and when you ask the assistant he says -'No, mimi's not been in yet' :D:D:D
Geonz
01-15-2008, 09:30 AM
Yea, there was the time I came in for something and Fritz asked "can I see your helmet?" and returned it with a pig snout and ears, saying "we found this in the warehouse and everybody agreed, you would wear it." Last week I found the staff had been debating which of my bicycles had the most mileage... I went to the spreadsheet and was surprised (the Xtra had >6000, the Trek <3000, the Gazelle 950!!!! ... and then those 22 sweeet miles on the LBS owner's 'old' carbon fiber bike :) )
Technotart
02-12-2008, 11:45 PM
Your husband accuses the LBS manager of lubing your bottom bracket too frequently...
Geonz
02-13-2008, 06:55 AM
SNORK!!! Now that sounds like something they'd say here ;) :D
ehirsch83
02-13-2008, 09:47 AM
When they give you the set of keys to figure out which one unlocks the cabinet that what you are looking for might be in.
Mr. SR500
02-13-2008, 11:16 AM
conversation relayed to me by cycling buddy, D:
D stops by shop and chats with manager and says, "I'll bet this is the bike that Elaine is drooling over."
Bike shop manager: "yep!"
The yellow Madone 5.5 pro, and he was right.
The yellow 5.5 is all you!
I walk in, drop the kid on the couch, change the channel to cartoons and start talking about gear, rides, the tour or whatever. Having a LBS with a big screen and couple chairs makes it easy to stop by with the kids.
Mr. Bloom
02-14-2008, 02:07 AM
The yellow 5.5 is all you!
:eek::eek:No. NO. NOOO! It's NOT!:rolleyes::rolleyes:
When I bought her the Silver Madone while she was in the hospital, I walked in to the LBS - introduced myself - and asked which bike my wife was drooling over? He showed it to me. I said: "are you sure" - he said, "oh yeah, I'm sure".
silver
02-15-2008, 04:17 PM
:eek::eek:No. NO. NOOO! It's NOT!:rolleyes::rolleyes:
When I bought her the Silver Madone while she was in the hospital, I walked in to the LBS - introduced myself - and asked which bike my wife was drooling over? He showed it to me. I said: "are you sure" - he said, "oh yeah, I'm sure".
Shhh!!! What Mr. doesn't realize is that this conversation was about the current year's bike, the '08. Not the prior year's bike.
LBS guy did have the correct bike, the one which I was lusting over, that he sold to Mr. last october 30.
And i don't really want or need to upgrade at the moment, but the yellow one was the current one that is my favorite one in the shop. And the Sram realy intrigues me. However, if i had the money and had to choose, I think that I would get the Madone 6.5. It's color scheme is similar to the one that I have and is my favorite. If money was no object, of course, I'd get the 6.9 pro. I don't know why I don't ever really consider the project one as an option.
But i can be very happy on the 07 madone that I have. I am thinking about a few little upgrades though. maybe some more ceramic bearings......
With 6,000 miles on it, I will have to be thinking about a few replacements too. Due to user error, I've dropped the chain a few times and scratched up the chainrings a good bit. I'mthinking that any thing that I replace, I'll replace with eight Ultegra SL or Dura Ace.
what was this thread about?
Mr. Bloom
02-15-2008, 05:12 PM
Note to self:
Refer Silver to post #38 in this thread:
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=21381
silver
02-16-2008, 06:12 PM
Note to self:
Refer Silver to post #38 in this thread:
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=21381
Don't worry! I said..."thinking about" not buying.....besides, some of that I referred to will be like scheduled maintenance on a car. My bike does need to be in tip top condition. :D
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