ok, people have said that veloce is a good shop. my experiences have not been as good. the guy seems mainly to notice only those *look* like they have money.

not the biggest fan of veloce. my take is that they're very overpriced too.

i'm sick of veloshop and their hipster mechs. they can't get their ish straight on my custom zipp build. when you drop 20 bills on a wheelset you expect to be treated like a star customer and i've seen nothing but iffy followthrough. i don't trust anybody with my bikes.

veloshop installed my cranks w/o washers. The bolts just ate into the aluminum and they creaked a lot before i pulled them off and installed them properly. I went back to veloshop to see if I could get some free washers (I had given them all the hardware, where it went I don't know) and maybe a "sorry we fucked up" but instead I was told that they never use washers on crank bolts! Fuckin' idiots.

Yeah but Dean doesn't know everything even if he thinks he does, he once told me to get a miche bb for my dura ace ex cranks. He thought that since sugino 75s are iso and superbe pro are there own taper (but iso can be used in a pinch) that the dura ace would be iso. He lectured me about "destroying history" so i held off to until i found out for sure. I finally went to American in SF (probably the worst customer service ever, worse than dean even) but they have two Dura Ace AX bikes hanging in the shop and a ten pinch group so it was my only hope as far as looking at the right bb taper. We looked at the dura ace bb's of that era were definitely JIS.

He also has some vintage hubs I want but keeps raising the price each time I come in, first it was $200 (not a bad deal but i didn't have the $$ at the time), then $300 and now its $400 and he wont de-lace them from the old rims so its going to be upwards of $550 for the wheels.

crossett,

nobody's perfect, but dean's damn good. he also doesn't sometimes remember how much some things are. i've observed that on several occasions.

stumptown:

MIN:

i'm sick of veloshop and their hipster mechs. they can't get their ish straight on my custom zipp build. when you drop 20 bills on a wheelset you expect to be treated like a star customer and i've seen nothing but iffy followthrough. i don't trust anybody with my bikes.

shoulda taken it to bike central.

mmhmmm

I love Veloce for what it is. A high end store catering to road bikers.

Porter:

Cyclepath. The owners (Bill & Joshua) are always there, they know their shit and are some of the nicest guys I know.(Employess: Cody & Michael are also super nice & cool also). Plus, If you like bike porn, they have some of the most beautiful bikes I have ever seen on their floor. That being said, I guarantee that they will treat you with respect even if you are coming in to just buy a tube.

yes i love that place...and its closest to my house. My buddy cody works there and the whole crew are all super nice and excited about life in general. oh and they love special cookies and brownies if you ever get a chance....

good to hear about cyclepath, it's pretty close to my house but I've never been, I'll have to go check it.

MIN:

i'm sick of veloshop and their hipster mechs. they can't get their ish straight on my custom zipp build. when you drop 20 bills on a wheelset you expect to be treated like a star customer and i've seen nothing but iffy followthrough. i don't trust anybody with my bikes.

SUPERSTAR= GUISE WITH MONIEZ

yes i find it dangerous as well. so easy to drop a couple hundred on stuff that you didn't necessarily need but looks sick on your bike.

[quote][cite] crossett:[/cite]Yeah but Dean doesn't know everything even if he thinks he does, he once told me to get a miche bb for my dura ace ex cranks. He thought that since sugino 75s are iso and superbe pro are there own taper (but iso can be used in a pinch) that the dura ace would be iso. He lectured me about "destroying history" so i held off to until i found out for sure. I finally went to American in SF (probably the worst customer service ever, worse than dean even) but they have two Dura Ace AX bikes hanging in the shop and a ten pinch group so it was my only hope as far as looking at the right bb taper. We looked at the dura ace bb's of that era were definitely JIS.[/quote]

i never said that.

[quote][cite] crossett:[/cite]He also has some vintage hubs I want but keeps raising the price each time I come in, first it was $200 (not a bad deal but i didn't have the $$ at the time), then $300 and now its $400 and he wont de-lace them from the old rims so its going to be upwards of $550 for the wheels.[/quote]

when prices go up from the distributer they go up in the shop. it costs more to replace. sorry i didnt want to unlace wheels, waste spokes, time and money.

as far as local shops: city bikes because they have parts for internal hubs.

i will publicly challenge any other bike mechanics to a pony-tail-off, but i dont think i have time to be in a video. tire have to be glued. wheels have to be built. hipsters need lectures. ect...

Dean your my favorite
and you know that even
though i bug ya oh
arthur on aerospokes is
almost done

do you have a time machine?

mizake:

awkwaaaaard

hey dean

indeed.

i wish i had nothing better to do than try to prove a point that died 3 years ago. i would kill for that kind of free time. seriously...

anyway - i still have to say i love cyclepath. i went in there today to get my headset tightened, and everyone is SOOOO friendly there and helpful. From the owner to the mechanics. Never been charged for small labor and they have better prices on some random things than most shops. However they don't know a whole lot about track specific bikes, but for being right by my house its great for adjustments, tubes and bike porn.

Also Revolver has sexy mechanics and cheap krogs...which is great if you're like me and lose them in a drunken haze. even though they sent me home with a pake fork instead of the soma fork i ordered...but they of course let me swap it back no problem.

This board just got so much more awesome.

Max is NOW!:

This board just got so much more awesome.

Seriously. I'm stoked.

A little tardy to the party, but whatever.

Bike central is my home. They helped me build up an amazing bike around me and my budget (like I had one, ha!).

If you go in there modest and humble without being cocky or god's gift to bikes you should be fine.

Plus where else are you going to find a mint nagasawa in Portland?

I really want to know if this is actually Dean or some guy just posing as him...

zelah:

we been hanging out at citybikes lately

Yeah, we have, haven't we? Dig that place a lot. Both locations.

dang bike central why you ain't open at 9:30, sign all saying 8, me all sittin there.

I really like 21st ave bikes, i work a few blocks from them and see them all the time.

theyre nice to me and dont make me seem inferior cause i dont know everything.

[quote][cite] Jennx:[/cite]So the dean reed on
here is a fraud fuck him
i just got done talking
with the actual dean
people need to get a life[/quote]

some of it sounded like him, but i guess not.