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Conference 7.286::mtb

Title:Mountain Biking
Moderator:LJSRV2::JC
Created:Fri Sep 01 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:96
Total number of notes:931

62.0. "Shops" by ENQUE::MCGOWAN () Wed Apr 03 1996 17:12

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62.1RecommendedENQUE::MCGOWANWed Apr 03 1996 17:2915
62.2O'Neil's - Leominster, MACONSLT::MCBRIDEIdleness, the holiday of foolsFri Apr 05 1996 14:348
62.3O'Neils WorcesterFABSIX::JO_BARTERSun Apr 07 1996 03:0913
62.4O'NeilsFABSIX::S_ARCHAMBEAUSun Apr 07 1996 10:349
62.5Finding FritzENQUE::MCGOWANMon Apr 08 1996 17:1010
62.6Another vote for FritzENQUE::MCGOWANWed Apr 10 1996 16:5815
62.7Fritz'sFABSIX::S_ARCHAMBEAUThu Apr 11 1996 08:304
62.8GearWorks, Rt12 & Rt. 2, Leominster MACONSLT::MCBRIDEIdleness, the holiday of foolsTue May 07 1996 17:2515
62.9WMOIS::GIROUARD_CWed May 08 1996 10:162
62.10CONSLT::MCBRIDEIdleness, the holiday of foolsWed May 08 1996 14:024
62.11WMOIS::GIROUARD_CWed May 08 1996 15:202
62.12Wheel WorksGOLLY::JRICHARDSTue May 28 1996 21:5242
62.13boughtRAGE::JCTime to put a new face on lifeThu Jun 06 1996 03:3222
62.14Bike Stuff!SALEM::DACUNHAFri Jun 21 1996 19:306
62.15Flyin WheelsSALEM::DACUNHAFri Jun 21 1996 19:314
62.16Tale of woeLINGO::FOWLERMWed Mar 19 1997 14:4134
    This is a warning for those of you in Reading, England.
    
    A couple of weeks ago, the headset on my Kona broke and I took it to
    Berksire Cycles on Wokingham Road to get it sorted out. I know nothing
    about maintenance so I had no idea what kind of job it was.
    
    I mentioned to the mechanic bloke that I had just bought a pair of
    Marzocchi DH3 forks, and I wondered whether I should replace the
    headset or switch to an A-head. He told me that I should just replace
    the headset because that would work fine with the forks.
    
    So anyway, I handed over 35 quid for a Kona control centre headset
    (which came loose two days later). Yesterday I took my bike to my
    regular store (mountain high in Pangbourne) and asked them to service
    it and fit the forks. Lo and behold, the headset was no good and I've
    had to shell out another 40 quid for an A-head. Doh!
    
    This is not the first time they've stiffed me. A couple of years back I
    switched to gripshift on an old GT Timberline. They (Berkshire Cycles)
    cunningly fixed an 8 speed shifter to a 7 speed cassette and didn't
    bother to test it so the first time I tried to shift I was greeted by a
    hideous clunking noise and no actual gear changing. It would have been
    okay, but there were people watching. 8-)
    
    Plus, in fixing the gripshift the bloke in the shop snapped my light
    bracket in half. Instead of telling me, he tried to glue it back
    together and I only found out when it collapsed the first time I fixed
    the light on. I kid ye not.
    
    Now I know that this all reflects very poorly on my maintenance skills,
    and I am trying to do something about that, but please, fellow bikers
    of Reading, do not go into this shop. 8-)
    
    Mike