oh denise, please dont get upset over one cranky response. check out the complete thread, i for one relished the whole post. dont stop posting your "tales from the lbs."

as for the caveman mentality, i've been getting it all my life. when i used to ride motorcycles, my now-ex would love to act like a dolt and see how the sales/service people would respond. i found that quite fun. we kept a little tackle box full of various sizes carburetor jets. when he would go to the shop and ask for a jet, they'd say "what size" and he'd hold his thumb and forefinger about an inch apart and say "oh about this big."

now when i go to my lbs, depending on who's the salesman of the day, they like to direct questions to my DH who has nary a clue. for example: he loves his bianchi - the one DENISE at ESTRELLA MOUNTAIN CYCLERY gave him such an outstanding deal on!! he was quite concerned that the "campagnola" decal on one of the crank arms was scratched and peeling off and wanted to know how to save/restore it. turns out it was a piece of packing tape that covered the decal to protect it during shipping that was peeling off. and yet we'll go into a shop and ask about compact cranks or something and they'll want to direct all their questions to The Man.

hey, so what? choose contentment.

i've seen lots of different people on this forum get offended by a lot of different things. let it fall off your back.

keep on runnin'