Daborn Meister Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Well basically thought it would be interesting to start a topic about annoying bike shops who never really do what you want!This is mine:I walked in to the bike shop about one week a go asking them to give me a quote for how much it would cost to fix my rear brake ( only a quote because i was looking around my area to look at different prices)well its been a week now and i have just recently phoned them up.Heres what they said:"Oh yes, we have fixed your bike, we're waiting for the manager to price it up now"Well they fixed it (Kind of good) but no quote (what i asked for).Turns out i got to pay £50 just for rear hydraulic brake and they have also decided to tighten the chain (didn't ask for that!) Oh well it's done now.Now lets hear your bad experiences with the bike shop!Daborn MeisterJoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Grips....They're a main hope distributor, i needed an adaptor to run big rotors.Matt: "hey, bit of a long shot but do you have any +40 adaptors in stock?"Man: "err, i think so, one minute..."5 minutes later..Man: "there you go, £15 please."Matt: "Thats a +20......" Man: "ahhh well you've got to get this, then get another half a caliper, pull yours apart put the new one on and then re bleed the brake, we can do it all for you if you like?"Matt: "i do actually know what i'm on about and what I want, don't try to rip me off." *Walks out with the warm feeling that grips have done their usual*They annoy me greatly. Charge £40 to fit a set of maggies too.. gypsies. (not from my own experience as i can do my own " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koxxlevel Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 (edited) Took my wheel to be build up, as i didnt have time to do it myself. I gave him my wheel ( koxx rim with king ) and a new rim. I asked if he could change my rim as mine was egg shaped. He gave me a ring day after to say it was done. I went down to pick it up with the rest of my bike, got the wheel, went to fit it to my bike and noticed that my axle was in two pieces, b*****d had broke it. The funniest parts is that i went to him and said that he had broken it. He said that he hadnt even though i had only gone 3 step before i noticed it. I ended up arguing with guy and got a cheap hd axle in the end. Thats my little rant over feel better for that.Jon Edited March 17, 2008 by koxxlevel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 I had twin hope disks on my pashley (8 years ago!) and I ripped the hose out in a crash. I took it to my lbs (cycle grear in halifax at the time) and they bled both brakes for me (rear brake was fine though:() they bled them so that the levers only moved 5mm before biting......I couldnt use them properly and did badly in my comp I had the next day. Ohwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Was told this by someone so its not me but anywaysA lad phones trialsuk and wants a black neon frame, trials uk dont have them in stock so dan sprays a blue frame black and stickers it up. Packages it before dry and when the guy unraps it the black paint comes off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Was told this by someone so its not me but anywaysA lad phones trialsuk and wants a black neon frame, trials uk dont have them in stock so dan sprays a blue frame black and stickers it up. Packages it before dry and when the guy unraps it the black paint comes off.Joke maybe? We would have heard before now if that was the case surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 (edited) Joke maybe? We would have heard before now if that was the case surely? wasnt a joke, i thought that aswell, but the person said dan got topic removed, or may be he wasnt a tf user.i would say who told me but ill keep it to meself for various reasons. Edited March 17, 2008 by basher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe' Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Ive never paid a bike shop to do anywork to any of the bikes ive owned cause its simply not needed.buy some tools and some common sense.No sympathy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tall_Rob Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 wasnt a joke, i thought that aswell, but the person said dan got topic removed, or may be he wasnt a tf user.i would say who told me but ill keep it to meself for various reasons.Could be true... Dan does offer a custom paint job service but thats silly because if you want it done properly, you would want it powder coated and that means heating up the frame in a big oven, and that would surely remove the warranty before you even get the bike!Anyones views on that topic starer lol..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Ive never paid a bike shop to do anywork to any of the bikes ive owned cause its simply not needed.buy some tools and some common sense.No sympathy.I agree with that...Also, on the topic of the Dan painting a frame thing... if a car manufacturer didn't offer a car in a certain colour you wouldn't ring them up and be like "I want this car in this colour, do it for me"If you want a frame painted in a colour that it doesn't come in, then buy it and do it yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDeathMonkey Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 (edited) Evans went to remove a magura bolt and snapped the bolt in the frame and just told me to take it to a car mechanics to get it fixed. i then had to pay like £15 getting it helicoiled. Edited March 17, 2008 by coolest monkey around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 sounds about right.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_addison Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Askews in kendal i asked them to fit a new mech and got a whole new drivetrian. So i made them take it all of and had a fat arguement about there customer care and didnt end up paying for the xt mech or fitting ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt rushton Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Was told this by someone so its not me but anywaysA lad phones trialsuk and wants a black neon frame, trials uk dont have them in stock so dan sprays a blue frame black and stickers it up. Packages it before dry and when the guy unraps it the black paint comes off.Heard that to, but heard it was a gold frame he sprayed blue. When getting it out of packaging, he could smell paint, and when he got it out of the bubble wrap there was a bubble wrap print on the frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve@banbury-trials Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 (edited) years ago i went to my local hellfraud with a broken mech hanger and got them to order me a new one in,after 5months or so and after several wrong hangers i finally got the correct one.also at the same store i order a new headset and they said they're give me a call when it arrives ,luckly i didnt pay for it when i ordered it as im still waiting 2 and a half years on happy days ,i do all my own maintenance now so its ok steve Edited March 17, 2008 by banbury trials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum-Luvs-Trials Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Took my bike to halfords to get my brake bleed.Gave them like a half filled big bottle of mineral oil to do it with.Went to pick it up next day.they said it was done, I pulled the brake in and the pistons didnt even start to move until it got like 5mm away from the bars.Also got oil all over my front disk and oil all over my rim which then involed grinding my rim and gettin new disk pads,Which I robed from Halfords anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 wasnt a joke, i thought that aswell, but the person said dan got topic removed, or may be he wasnt a tf user.i would say who told me but ill keep it to meself for various reasons.A lot of trials uk topics get removed from tf. It's probably true. If not it'd sound like something he'd do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamWood! Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Trials Uk is sounding very un professional!Liam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty221pr Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 (edited) Went in, i knew what was broken so i told the guy to change it for me Came back few days later to hear how he had changed loads of bits n wanted full payment, Fat Old C*nt!Do all work myself now, be honest its not exactly complicated to fix a trials bike Sam. Edited March 17, 2008 by monty221pr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor the basher. Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Due to trials being such a small sport most bike shops dont have a clue how to fix a trials bike ( retarded i now ) so to be honest i wouldent really excpect to hear anything less...........and Lmfao danko spraying frames hahaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 My LBS said an asc freewheel wouldn't fit onto my cranks. They fit fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Gardner Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Took my bike in to be built as i didn't want to screw it up, they rung me up later that day and said you dont have a freewheel (i was running ff) i said i was and it was on the front behind the bashring, so can you put a fixed cog on it? they said ok. Went to pick it up and they had put a 16tooth dicta freewheel on the back which cancelled out the engagement of my tryall freewheel on the front. I only realised when i got home, so after that im never going there again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 hahaha 2 freewheels thats rich!!My fav bike shop is super, the guys their both ride or rode trials and are super smart.Some other ones though are just crazy.Me and my friend walk in to pick up the bike he left there 2 weeks ago for a tune up. They said the bike wasnt quite ready so we waited 20 mins then they brought it out and it was clear they had done nothing but wipe the dirt off and oil the chain(but not clean it!). But w/e it was like a 10 buck tune. So my friend hops on his bike and wheels it to the door. But he grabs his rear disc as we left and it made a bad squeak so he went back and said yo why is it squeaking. I clearly saw that the pads were adjusted wrong but didnt say nothing. The tech looks and says one sec, he comes back 2 mins later with a bottle of dw40 and soaks the brake and pad!!!.WTF are u retarted?? Lube on a rotor damn i nearly dropped him lol!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMatt Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 he comes back 2 mins later with a bottle of dw40 and soaks the brake and pad!!!.HAHA quality bike shop that, that bloke sounds similar to a guy that told me to oil my hs33 because it was too noisey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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