Basically I haven't encountered much gruff from any shop in Portland, especially when dealing with their service/mechanical folks. It's like rolling into a shop with a Riv tells the mechanics it's okay to talk about unracy bikes.
The two closest shops to me are West End and Western Bike Works, and while they're definitely "mainstream" shops, they carry all the parts, tools, and fat tires you'd care to try. cc On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 8:49 AM, redsydude <thaus...@q.com> wrote: > The Universal Cycles store on Burnside has a showroom with Brooks, Nitto, > Tekro, Sugino, ... and (based on the guy who helped me) > excellent mechanic(s). > On Thursday, March 13, 2014 7:37:11 AM UTC-7, iamkeith wrote: >> >> My Rambouillet was originally sold at Coventry Cycles when they were a >> Rivendell Dealer, and I bought my All Rounder at Sellwood Cycles. Both >> great shops, both pre-date the current hipster culture, >> bike-as-fashion-statement movement that some people associate with Portland >> today. Also, don't forget Universal Cycles as a last-option if you can't >> find what you need in a "real" shop. They don't have mechanics or a >> showroom where you can browse, but you can order on their site for local >> pick-up. They have a pretty diverse inventory. >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 5:21:55 PM UTC-6, Skip Richmond wrote: >> >>> Where are the box dog bikes of multnomah county? >>> the american cyclerys of the river city? >>> the hand-made leather-bound bridge-city bag n racks? >>> >>> i ain't talkin this portland design works chump-swag >>> i'm talking the real deal, hand-hammered, nickel-plated good stuff. >>> >>> tired of relying on mail order from riv, let me know where i can pick up >>> an xd-2 and some brass ferrules. >>> >>> see you in the extra-wide bike lanes, >>> skip >>> >> -- > 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/d/optout. > -- "I want the kind of six pack you can't drink." -- Micah -- 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/d/optout.
