As soon as Lucky Duck Bicycle Cafe <https://www.luckyduckoakland.com> in Oakland Chinatown reopened for foot traffic during a COVID lull, I hustled in and bought three King cages for my Trek 720. I knew they'd need any sales they could get, having been closed for everything but repairs for over a year. I knew they stocked the cages at the same price King charges on their website (they went up from $18 to $20 during the pandemic, for the same reasons everything got more expensive), so it was a chance to buy a well-made product and throw a little money a local retailer's way.
Lucky Duck is also a retail outlet for Ruthworks Bags <https://www.ruthworkssf.com>; I met Eli Rodriguez there once, when he was running some kind of shop sale of a bunch of bags. LD also stocks Rene Herse tires at MSRP; if I'm paying retail instead of buying used tires, I buy from them. Again, the manufacturer gets their money, the retailer gets a sale, the retailer gets a chunk taken out of their minimum required order from the manufacturer, and it encourages the retailer to keep stocking the products I use. Peter "buy the change you want to see in the world" Adler excessively overthinking his consumer behavior in Berkeley, CA/USA On Friday, May 6, 2022 at 7:04:13 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > I ordered a lowering cage for my Saluki as I needed a bit more clearance > from the TT. For some reason it did not sit straight and the bottle hit my > leg. I called and Ron was very helpful explaining he had a few like this > and how I could fix it. 2 minutes or less in a vice and a large > screwdriver to move it to the other side and all is good. Nice products, > great made in USA. > > On Friday, May 6, 2022 at 5:54:04 AM UTC-4 Roberta wrote: > >> Thanks Marty. I had no idea these were all hand made. >> >> To the others-the link starts at the end so you’ll need to hit the replay >> button. >> >> On Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 10:34:34 AM UTC-4 Marty Gierke, Stewartstown >> PA wrote: >> >>> I enjoyed this little film. >>> >>> King Cage <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0HqApJDVI0&t=130s> >>> >>> I enjoy my King Cages too. >>> >>> Marty >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7f930582-78fc-44c3-9665-6541b314a5a1n%40googlegroups.com.
