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  1. #16
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    Julie, welcome to TE and all us wonderful Mid-Atlantic chics!

    I know I'm going to beat a dead horse here but I highly recommend Proteus too. I bought my first bike last year, a hybrid, from Performance here in VA and sold it to Zen (another Mid-Atlantic TE'er) when I discovered it was too small for me. I then went back to Proteus (that's where I found out my bike was too small for me) and got my new bike which I feel is so perfect for me. I'd probably check Capitol Hill and City Bikes. I had a hard time finding like THE shop for me and Proteus is kinda far for me and I make the haul there because I feel it is worth it.
    "She who succeeds in gaining the master of the bicycle will gain the mastery of life." -Frances E. Willard
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  2. #17
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    Thanks F8th637! I live right around the corner from Capitol Hill Bikes, and I actually did have a good experience there. I'm going to check out Proteus...it's really not that far from me.
    Honestly, the Performance experience was just as bad as shopping at Best Buy.

  3. #18
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    Jun 2005
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    Quote Originally Posted by juliemcd View Post
    Wow...you obviously have had a much better experience than I have had...Bicycle Pro Shop in Georgetown was a shop I went in to yesterday and didn't have any luck.
    Get on over to PG COunty (attempting to squelch my parochialism here )

  4. #19
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    Some of my friends race for Capitol Hill's team. They have some nice stuff. And demo wheels! Not at all convenient for me, but I'm thinking of hitting them up soon for stuff BPS won't give me much discount on.

  5. #20
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    I had a great experience buying my Specialized Sequoia at City Bikes in Chevy Chase. I also had a great experience buying my Jamis Coda at Proteus. Performance should definitely be avoided for buying bikes unless you absolutely know what you want and need no help/advice from the sales people.
    I'd rather be swimming...biking...running...and eating cheesecake...
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    2011 Trek Mamba 29er

  6. #21
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    Performance is pretty much a self-serve buyer-beware kind of thing. I rescued a woman who was being poorly advised about bike fit at Performance. The clerk wasn't happy with me, but the woman was. I'm probably on a Naughty List somewhere at Performance headquarters. "Banned In All 50 States."
    "If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson

  7. #22
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    oh, so that's your photo on the wall
    2008 Trek FX 7.2/Terry Cite X
    2009 Jamis Aurora/Brooks B-68
    2010 Trek FX 7.6 WSD/stock bontrager

  8. #23
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    Apr 2007
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    LOL, I think I saw it too there, Zen.

    I've learned my lesson buying a bike from Performance the hard way. I will now only go there for cheap gear.
    "She who succeeds in gaining the master of the bicycle will gain the mastery of life." -Frances E. Willard
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