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01-05-2005, 05:24 PM

Ron Hardin has more miles on his Huffys. I also know many roadies who
reguarly spend 100's a year just on maintenance of their $2,000 bikes.
In fact, if these expensive bikes were so unbreakable, LBS'es would be
out of business by the droves as repairs fuel the LBS, not bike sales.

I know the LBS in my area has a week long wait to repair bicycles and
nearly all of them are non-department store bikes. Sure seems to be a
lot of high ends bikes that need fixing doesn't it?

I am so glad you are an exception to the rule about high end bicycles.

:-)

01-05-2005, 05:24 PM	#14 (permalink)
PSB Posts: n/a	Re: Sad Story: was Schwinn Sidewinder from Walmart Ron Hardin has more miles on his Huffys. I also know many roadies who reguarly spend 100's a year just on maintenance of their $2,000 bikes. In fact, if these expensive bikes were so unbreakable, LBS'es would be out of business by the droves as repairs fuel the LBS, not bike sales. I know the LBS in my area has a week long wait to repair bicycles and nearly all of them are non-department store bikes. Sure seems to be a lot of high ends bikes that need fixing doesn't it? I am so glad you are an exception to the rule about high end bicycles. :-)