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Permalink Reply by evanK on October 21, 2008 at 3:19pm

yeah, i read those reviews. still wondering...

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Permalink Reply by Eric Isaac on October 22, 2008 at 1:09pm

I actually live right down the street from there and I go into the shop quite frequently. Ron and his associates are great and they're fairly cheap. A couple of my friends have gotten bikes built from there and have had no problems. Hope this helps out!

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Permalink Reply by Big Red on October 22, 2008 at 6:10pm

Ron is awesome. He will customize your bike to your financial needs and what you want. he wont fuck you over. I have my bike from him and five of my friends have bikes from him.

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Permalink Reply by Dubi Kaufmann on October 23, 2008 at 2:54pm

here is a tutorial on how to do it cheaply.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Single-Speed-on-the-Cheap/

I think I am going to try this at home.

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Permalink Reply by Ron on October 24, 2008 at 3:14am

Or you could you just contact me personally on this board. If you know anything about us, it's that we are fanatics about wheels. We don't generally reuse the old 80's single wall alloy or steel wheels as most of these are unreliable for daily riding. In about eighty percent of our rebuilds we also replace bottom bracket, (sealed cartridge) fork tube bearings and your choice of many different new wheel combinations.
(factory and hand-built).

I don't really like doing the simple, cheap rebuilds. Notice the negative $60 comment on the bike shop forum, and she event got a new rear wheel. Never again.

You could also call me direct at 773-227-1400
Ron

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Permalink Reply by evanK on October 24, 2008 at 3:57am

cool, thanks! wish i could have gone to that wheel discussion last night. see you around.

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Permalink Reply by kathleen on October 24, 2008 at 9:59am

What I know of the place is that it may be better to buy a whole bike there and get it fixed up elsewhere. Ron seems swamped lately. I just posted a review over on that bike shop site. I like the place and I like Ron, but I can't give it an unqualified thumbs up.

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Permalink Reply by vxla on October 24, 2008 at 11:27am

Clearly experience in a bike shop has many dependencies. I always try and look at the shops I go into in perspective based on how busy they are, what time of year it is, and what the clientele is. Having to inflate tubes over and over in the spring for newbie riders has to be mind numbing....truly.

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