Re: I try hard to support my LBS


Qui si parla Campagnolo aka Peter Chisholm wrote:
> Someone wrote:
>
> >
> > I think Peter avoids these types by refusing to sell overpriced
> > "boutique wheels", overpriced foo foo components that unnecessarily
> > using titanium and carbon fiber, and "stupid light" components that are
> > unsafe unless regularly replaced to avoid fatigue failure.
>
> We outright 'refuse' to sell very little. We list the goods and others
> of wheels outta a boz, along with the price. We then tell the customer
> what we can do for them in terms of a well designed and andbuilt
> wheel....If they GOTTA have the boutique, they get it. Sold one
> Ksyrium(front) and a pair of mavic Carbones...rest, about 390 othr
> wheels, we made.

Peter,

Do you sell square taper bottom brackets and pedals with titanium alloy
spindles?

> We sell nor work on 'bents...

Geez Peter, recumbents are not that hard to work on! ;)

--
Tom Sherman - Fox River Valley

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