New Bike Shop
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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on
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Fastlane and Shining Bikes and Things both.
Stolenbike Dot Org said:
Which shops have "proven sketchy?"
Bailey Gene Newbrey said:
Anyone know if they have a second hand dealers license? I'm always a bit weary of folks posing as a bike shop without the proper legal papers, especially when many have proven quite sketchy. Anybody have the pleasure of dealing with "Fastlane Cyclery"?
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based on looking at their site they are not doing very good work, misrepresenting the bikes they have and selling less than great bikes. On their site I spotted a brakeless conversion and a single speed done with a multi-speed free wheel.
Holy shit, I just noticed they have a bike for sale, that is not a fixed gear, that uses an old shift lever as a brake handle... no bullshit!
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Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on
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But no regular mid-week hours as of now.
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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on
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Be sure to check for rusty lentels, and make sure they have contracted for commercial trash pickup.
S.Presley said:
website clearly states:
Saturday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 9am - 6pmI'm still going to scout the location today and check all zoning laws. ;)
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Permalink Reply by S.Presley☠ on
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I see a "chainLink" connection on window sign...The Plot thickens
Exibit A: picture taken today 10am
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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on
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They will have hit the big-time when Apple sues them for some generic patent-infringement.
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Permalink Reply by Bailey Gene Newbrey on
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To BlackHeron, whatever Howard calls himself now, & others:
I was legitimately curious. Bad bike shops (not saying they are, but see Dug's comment about their site) are bad for the bike community. I don't get it. I worked at a shop who had to pick up the pieces from a short lived chop shop & it ain't pretty. Why so many Chainlinkers need to tease/attack people with real comments makes no sense to me. Keep your semi-anonymous shitty comments, I'm done.
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As one of those "fly-by-night" hobby-shops you speak so highly of I'm feeling the love too there Bailey Gene. It goes both ways.
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"rusty" lentils...
Oh, you meant over the doors and windows ;)
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Permalink Reply by Jin Kim on
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Wow, this is surreal.
That sign is how I first heard about thechainlink.org.
That sign has been up for a over a year. I would see it on my commute home and wonder to myself, "What's chainlink?"
S.Presley said:
I see a "chainLink" connection on window sign...The Plot thickens
Exibit A: picture taken today 10am
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You are not what Bailey refers to. I have also had to clean up after shops like this and it is in no way the kind of work you do. No bullshit, they have a bike on their site that uses an old shift lever as a brake lever; there is no way you can defend a shop selling that to the general public as OK.
Shops like this do nothing to further cycling, in fact they set it back a step because the people who buy bikes there and do business with them are, almost for sure, going to end up unhappy with cycling.
I think that it is also worth mentioning that not only do they list chainlink as a way to contact them but they have a profile here and have yet to use it; even to defend themselves...
James BlackHeron said:
As one of those "fly-by-night" hobby-shops you speak so highly of I'm feeling the love too there Bailey Gene. It goes both ways.
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