U know U R a bike shop groupie

[Geonz]

... 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

[missymaya]

they don't only know YOU by name, but your sister, brother, boyfriend, his brother, etc and all of their hobbies

[OakLeaf]

the phone rings at the LBS, and it's for YOU.

[Melalvai]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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)

[Mr. SR500]

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.