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  1. #1
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    Aug 2008
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    NoVa
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    Where do you find your bike accessories?

    Just curious because I've seen quite a few nicely accessorized/customized bikes here. Where does everyone get their fun extras?
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    2008 Ruby Elite
    2012 Tricross Elite

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Location
    West MI
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    I check my LBS, but if I have something specific in mind that they don't carry I google.
    Kirsten
    run/bike log
    zoomylicious


    '11 Cannondale SuperSix 4 Rival
    '12 Salsa Mukluk 3
    '14 Seven Mudhoney S Ti/disc/Di2

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Sep 2006
    Location
    Central Indiana
    Posts
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    We get some things at brick and mortar shops, but we end up getting a lot online, too. When you have twelve bikes, you buy a lot if stuff. Speedgoat, Jenson USA, AE Bike, GVH (for groupsets and components), Competitive Cyclist, Colorado Cyclist, Velo-Orange, just to name a few. Of course, there's Performance and Nashbar. Wallingford Bicycle Parts is a good source for Brooks saddles and other touring accessories.
    Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.

    --Mary Anne Radmacher

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Location
    Concord, MA
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    Parts, accessories, etc., we get 99% on line, as DH does all the work. Lately, we've been getting a lot of stuff from the UK, as they have great deals, free shipping to the US, and it doesn't take that long. Once in a great while, I buy something like blinkie ankle/wrist bands at the LBS near me, but not the one I bought my bike from.
    Clothing/accessories I buy exclusively from Terry or TE. Sometimes DH will buy me something from one of those places that sends incessant emails, i.e. The Clymb, Back Country, etc. But I mostly order from those places for x country ski/hiking gear.
    2015 Trek Silque SSL
    Specialized Oura

    2011 Guru Praemio
    Specialized Oura
    2017 Specialized Ariel Sport

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    somewhere between the Red & Rio Grande
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    For my bike it was mostly LBS. I have a different seat collar in purple they ordered for me after I saw it on the internet. My wheels were custom built with purple hubs and some purple spokes by Industry Nine but I had the shop order them. My grips also coordinate with my bike and I did order those off the internet.

    FWIW I am sponsored by a shop so I get a modest discount on parts, anything in the shop, anything they order for me and labor. Once you factor that I do not have to pay shipping my LBS is cheaper than ordering online and I am keeping my friends there employed! I mostly wear shop clothes I was sponsored but before I was sponsored I bought much of my clothes online. I do have a choice of countless shops in Austin but other than REI I am loyal the one that sponsors me unless I win a giftcard which happens at races and local events.
    Amanda

    2011 Specialized Epic Comp 29er | Specialized Phenom | "Marie Laveau"
    2007 Cannondale Synapse Carbon Road | Selle Italia Lady Gel Flow | "Miranda"


    You don't have to be great to get started, but you do have to get started to be great. -Lee J. Colan

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Location
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    All over the place. The latest was from Sky King here on the forum. She helped me match (as closely as possible) a Zimbale bag, Brooks Pre-aged saddle and Velo Orange chain stay protector for my SOMA Buena Vista.

    Very personalized service!
    Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.

 

 

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