snoogly
Maximum Pace
- Oct 14, 2007
- 695
- 48
I am totally gutted, as when I took my bike for its annual check-up at the LBS last week I walked in to find a cool atmosphere, and some strange faces. The great guy I have been dealing with for years, and who built up three bikes for me, was no longer there I had a great relationship (you know what I mean ...) with him, and he really knew his onions.
I didn't like the atmosphere in the shop, and I am not inclined to risk my bikes at the hands of those guys. So, ...
I am looking for a friendly shop with an English-speaking member of staff, mainly for servicing, and tweaking bits and bobs from time to time. Though of course next time I take the plunge to get a new bike built-up I will order a bunch of components, etc ...
It needs to be somewhere that doesn't focus entirely on road bikes, as my bikes are an MTB and a Rohloff/custom frame/(for want of a better word) 'hybrid'.
I live in Machida (my old LBS was/is in Sagami-Ono), and basically a shop located anywhere between here and Tokyo, or between here and Yokohama, would be OK - though obviously the closer the better.
No matter how hard I try, stuff like wheel-tuning, maintaining EBB/BB, installing brakes and derailleurs, curing mysterious crank noises, etc, befuddles me ~ and I know I should go to others for those tasks ...
Sorry for the rambling post ...
I didn't like the atmosphere in the shop, and I am not inclined to risk my bikes at the hands of those guys. So, ...
I am looking for a friendly shop with an English-speaking member of staff, mainly for servicing, and tweaking bits and bobs from time to time. Though of course next time I take the plunge to get a new bike built-up I will order a bunch of components, etc ...
It needs to be somewhere that doesn't focus entirely on road bikes, as my bikes are an MTB and a Rohloff/custom frame/(for want of a better word) 'hybrid'.
I live in Machida (my old LBS was/is in Sagami-Ono), and basically a shop located anywhere between here and Tokyo, or between here and Yokohama, would be OK - though obviously the closer the better.
No matter how hard I try, stuff like wheel-tuning, maintaining EBB/BB, installing brakes and derailleurs, curing mysterious crank noises, etc, befuddles me ~ and I know I should go to others for those tasks ...
Sorry for the rambling post ...