A friend took his broken Brooks saddle to a local shop in early December, and they still don't have the replacement bolt that wallbike.com could have delivered in a few days.
― Eric Norris
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www.wheelsnorth.comOn Jan 7, 2010, at 10:10 AM, cyclotourist <[email protected]> wrote:
--Unless their LBS is like mine... :-/On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <[email protected] > wrote:Surely there are shops much closer to home for small parts? Sorry if that's a glib answer, but I often talk to local-to-me folks who order odds and ends online when I have the same items on-hand at a competitive price within easy bike-range. They are often surprised to learn that whatever items they want are available locally. On Jan 5, 7:12 pm, William Henderson <[email protected]> wrote: > I like to go to Riv now and then, but it's an expensive BART ticket > from SF and quite a bit of time if I'm just getting an odd part or> two. On the other hand, I don't want to pay shipping for a cheap part> nor do I like the idea of packaging and trucking a part that I can > carry in my pocket home. > > Propposed solution: I order my parts, they wait at Riv for a couple > days, and then on the weekend we take turns doing a mass pick up for > SF folks. Informally, one pickup gets you one free "shipment". The> courier can meet the rest of us back in the city at a central location> (coffee shop), where there will be much rejoicing, perhaps a quick > ride, etc. > > Anyone interested? --You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners- [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en .-- Cheers, David Redlands, CA"Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy--You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners- [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en .
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