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REI is a great outdoors category drygoods store. Member over 30 years and shopped in over a dozen.
Above Dicks and academy.
Their individual store bike shop is TOTALLY contingent on their mechanic. I was raised on a farm with 3 shops. One of our farm mechanics was a great teacher.
I am a tight wad with bike purchases and like to Buy garmin stuff there because nobody wants to discount and REI does pay a dividend.
I think serious bikers should set up their own shop and be able to build a bike. Getting special tools you use once every other year for cheap from China helps setting up shop.
Above Dicks and academy.
Their individual store bike shop is TOTALLY contingent on their mechanic. I was raised on a farm with 3 shops. One of our farm mechanics was a great teacher.
I am a tight wad with bike purchases and like to Buy garmin stuff there because nobody wants to discount and REI does pay a dividend.
I think serious bikers should set up their own shop and be able to build a bike. Getting special tools you use once every other year for cheap from China helps setting up shop.
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A fair amount of bicycling merchandise is sold at a universal, Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) and REI.com is my go-to site for all such products. Local REI stores pretty much never have what I want in stock but I order online and get free, one-year returns at the local store (which I don't abuse). For products where discounted prices ARE available, I try Amazon.com first and make sure the item comes with both free shipping AND free 30-day returns.
But back the original poster's premise - yeah, it's negligent to deliver a new bike with loose and misaligned parts. Things can happen, so let the store know and go forward. Such an error is a reflection on one store, not on the entire company and all it's employees.
But back the original poster's premise - yeah, it's negligent to deliver a new bike with loose and misaligned parts. Things can happen, so let the store know and go forward. Such an error is a reflection on one store, not on the entire company and all it's employees.
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I'm pretty sure the photo REI is using is actually provided by Cannondale themselves as it seems to be identical to the photo from Cannondale's site.
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There aren't too many brands that ship bikes with a spacer on top of the stem. I wonder if Trek does it, aren't they the ones that started urging people to have a spacer on top because they had trouble with people breaking forks?
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Well, you're lucky the fork is on right way around then.
There aren't too many brands that ship bikes with a spacer on top of the stem. I wonder if Trek does it, aren't they the ones that started urging people to have a spacer on top because they had trouble with people breaking forks?
There aren't too many brands that ship bikes with a spacer on top of the stem. I wonder if Trek does it, aren't they the ones that started urging people to have a spacer on top because they had trouble with people breaking forks?
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When I bought a new bike at REI in 2016, the mechanic spent a fair amount of time on it before I could ride it home. And I had already tested the same bike so I knew that it was in good condition to begin with. I've been very happy with it since then.
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I wonder if most new bikes purchased during the pandemic bike craze have been compromised to some degree. Quality naturally suffers when every step of the production process is stressed.
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I went to REI’s bike shop just this morning because my pre-covid LBS is currently working on a 3-week backlog for repairs … I love my LBS, sport their sticker on my van and wear their T-shirt around town, but dang, I can't be without my ride for 3 weeks! My derailleur took a hard knock and needed some professional CPR.
I walked into REI at opening time, no appointment: walked out with the problem perfectly fixed in 20 minutes for $20. I also got some great insight from the mechanic about some future upgrades I’ve been dreaming about … Needless to say, I got me a new sticker, too.
I walked into REI at opening time, no appointment: walked out with the problem perfectly fixed in 20 minutes for $20. I also got some great insight from the mechanic about some future upgrades I’ve been dreaming about … Needless to say, I got me a new sticker, too.
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That's the level of quality of the Ford Model T, according to Deming. At its peak of production, the cars were untested when they were loaded onto trains and shipped to dealers. The dealers were the final step of the assembly process, having to get the car working, often having to perform repairs and adjustments before it could be sold.
When I bought a new bike at REI in 2016, the mechanic spent a fair amount of time on it before I could ride it home. And I had already tested the same bike so I knew that it was in good condition to begin with. I've been very happy with it since then.
When I bought a new bike at REI in 2016, the mechanic spent a fair amount of time on it before I could ride it home. And I had already tested the same bike so I knew that it was in good condition to begin with. I've been very happy with it since then.
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According to Park Tools, for non-carbon steerer tubes, one doesn't need a spacer. For carbon steerer tubes, one needs a spacer.
https://www.parktool.com/blog/repair...ion-threadless
https://www.parktool.com/blog/repair...ion-threadless
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For carbon steerer tubes, they say there needs to be a spacer.
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