Sara Hammer: Silly little comment/topic

[maillotpois]

Nice! and I bet they really appreciated the pie...

[Starfish]

Nice! and I bet they really appreciated the pie...

They're very nice, and I'm a talker, so I felt like I wanted to give them a little thank-you gesture. I didn't eat any, for the record!

They candidly showed me the pricing sheets of MSRP vs. what they can charge and so forth. I want to support them, so we were talking also about what they might be able to do for me if I test bikes in the big city where I might find an 07 sale bike, but come home and have the LBS order something.

Chances are good I will need some kind of modification, because I have mannish proportions (no long legs here) but tiny hands...so maybe R700 shifters, or different bar/stem. And, depending on the bike, maybe something on wheels. I don't know.

Anyhow, I think they know I am trying to support them. We're a small community, and I'm a business owner, too, so I try hard (although judiciously) to support local businesses if I can.

Anyhow, they deserve pie because I tend to talk their ears off.

[rij73]

Are you trying out new bikes? You sound like you have my build. Short legs here too, and small hands. Like I said in the thread about component groups, I went with all 105 (2007) and R700 shifters (short reach with included shims) and a compact crankset. The bike itself is not a WSD, just a small unisex bike with a sloping top tube that enables me to stand over it. Traditional geometry was not going to work for me no way. Had to be men's geometry with a sloping top tube... nothing else would fit.

[Starfish]

Are you trying out new bikes?

I haven't test ridden yet. But, I just did get this fit, and we decided on some probable frame sizes in a variety of bike models that would likely get me close to test riding the right frame sizes. I don't know how really close I am to a purchase. Probably not until fall, at least.

But, I have to travel to test bikes. And, for instance, one of the biggest shops in the metro area I would go to does not stock a size 49 Tarmac, one of the bikes I want to test. So, the testing process could take awhile.

Sounds like we might have the same challenges with fit.

[KnottedYet]

I bring my LBS guys beer. It's amazing how quickly they all learned my name, and my bikes, and remember the friends I bring in to try bikes. (they still ask about you, Kit!)

I like the pie and milk idea. Probably better for them....

[Susan126]

Hey there Starfish, it sounds like your have a pretty nice LBS! But then again you are pretty nice to them too!

[Zen]

I brought my lbs guy donut holes the last time I went in. And a case of seasonal brews at christmas.
i stopped into a new (to me) bike shop in a neighboring town the other day. when the guy asked if he could help me i told him I was just looking around and had stopped in because I had never been to that bike shop before
We chatted for quite a while and I gave him extra points because they had a shop dog.

[Starfish]

I like the pie and milk idea. Probably better for them....

Well, I don't know these guys socially, so I don't know if they are alcohol drinkers or not...I figure, an unexpected piece of pie with some ice cold 1% milk...I know I would like to get that!

Is Sara Hammer a name they made up or something I should know?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...55834226120650 Doesn't she have a GREAT name?

Really?

Don't worry, if you guys end up at Shasta this year, I'll either be gasping up the hills, or in an exhaustion-and-wine induced stupor, Jobob promised.

[maillotpois]

and I'm a talker... [snip]

Really?