Also, there is a certain attitude one often encounters in some shops. My sister and her husband lived downtown in a big city when her husband was going through law school. He used a bicycle to get around, and one day, it needed some repair work. Heather took the bike in to the shop, and will never forget being made to feel so small. The employee looked down his nose at that silver Target Schwinn, and said, "We can fix it, but you know there's only so much you can do to a bike like that. It won't ever ride as well as....." and then droned on about the nicer bikes for sale in his shop. She was so upset because at that time, that was the best they could afford, and they weren't there to be told how crappy their bike was; they were there for a simple repair.
When my boys were ready for upgrades on their little bikes, I started out back at the Trek store. (I asked Riv if they had a kids' bike to recommend, and they really didn't.) I wheeled the little 16 in Trek Jet to the counter and waited. There was one other customer in the whole store and 3-4 employees working. I stood at that counter for almost 20 minutes. They joked with each other, and paid attention to the lycra-clad male customer in the store, but they ignored me, my 4 year old Lincoln and our little bike. I could have called someone over, but since I was standing in plain sight and knew they had seen me, I didn't. Finally, I slowly wheeled the little bike back and left the store. No one said a word to me. I drove straight to the Specialized store, where they greeted us warmly, and purchased the Lincoln's Hotrock for more money. On Thursday, August 1, 2013 10:39:08 AM UTC-7, Ron Mc wrote: > > comfortable, useful, efficient, fast - I'm sorry, you'll have to pick one > - we don't have a pigeonhole for that. > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
