
Originally Posted by
pooks
Indy, that's just scary! Did your friend buy a bike from this jerk?
Which reminds me, the LBS where they appreciated my Brooks is very small, but they sell Lemonds.
She did buy the Lemond from them. In fact, she just bought an MTB there too. She knows I can't stand the guy, but she's apparently satisfied with the level of service she's gotten. However, I have my doubts as to whether her Lemond really fits her. I think it might be too small, but she seems to be happy with it.
It's funny because she brought me with her specifically because I know more about bike fit than she does, but once we got there, I didn't feel like she really wanted to press the issue. I would have liked to see him put her and the bike on a trainer to look at her posture on the bike, take a few measurements, etc. Nope. It was more, here's the bike, now go ride it. Maybe it fits her, maybe it doesn't, but for $1800, I'd want to approach it a little more scientifically than he did.
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