I took my bike in to get some help switching out my handlebars...(another thread)...I can't put any more spacers on, so I opted to get some neato nittos from Rivendell (Albatross)...swept back, upright posture bars. I want to sit more upright. And my cables aren't long enough. And I don't feel ready to do that job myself.

Anyway.....I called the closest BS...been around since the 30's and I've never seen any other customers in there, so I figured I could maybe get it back sooner. They are not as hip as other other LBS in PDX for sure. The guy who owns it is an old racer.

I called yesterday and talked to the mechanic ( he was pleasant). when I brought it in, the owner was a little gruff and was giving me a hard time about wanting it back ASAP...which I was NOT demanding about...I just said I would miss my bike...which I do.
"What do you think every one ahead of you wants?" he says.
"They want their bikes back ASAP of course," I says. "They miss them when they're gone."

I left it and can get it back at 3. But I am not happy....I'm hoping that the job they do is not necessarily proportionate to how nice they are....if they've been around since 1938...they have to do something right!!!

But I just feel dissed. I will not go back there. I could easily "have a talk" with him, but don't want to. I just want my bike to be ok....