Veloo
06-09-2014, 06:48 AM
This is something that happened a while back. I think it was early 2000's and it happened to a friend.
His girlfriend wanted to get him something bike related but they didn't know what cuz he thought he had everything he needed. I suggested a carbon fork to upgrade from his aluminum Kinesis on his Litespeed road bike. They liked the idea and went back to the shop where they originally got the bike.
This is back in the days of 1" threaded steerers. I can't recall the brand of carbon fork they ended up buying but it was a well known name brand from that era.
So I get a call from him in a bit of a panic the night after the sale. He said the fork had no decals when he went to pick up the bike and when he asked about it, the guy just went to the back and handed my friend the decals. When he challenged them a bit more on it, the shop guy said it's all legit as there was a serial number on the fork.
So what do you guys think about a sale of an early era carbon with separate decals?
Why do I bring this up after over a decade? Cuz I'm meeting new friends these days that really support this bike shop. And this old experience has been replaying in my head over and over recently. The shop is still under the same management/ owners. I still have my own opinions about this shop from a number of other experiences and stories from reliable sources.
His girlfriend wanted to get him something bike related but they didn't know what cuz he thought he had everything he needed. I suggested a carbon fork to upgrade from his aluminum Kinesis on his Litespeed road bike. They liked the idea and went back to the shop where they originally got the bike.
This is back in the days of 1" threaded steerers. I can't recall the brand of carbon fork they ended up buying but it was a well known name brand from that era.
So I get a call from him in a bit of a panic the night after the sale. He said the fork had no decals when he went to pick up the bike and when he asked about it, the guy just went to the back and handed my friend the decals. When he challenged them a bit more on it, the shop guy said it's all legit as there was a serial number on the fork.
So what do you guys think about a sale of an early era carbon with separate decals?
Why do I bring this up after over a decade? Cuz I'm meeting new friends these days that really support this bike shop. And this old experience has been replaying in my head over and over recently. The shop is still under the same management/ owners. I still have my own opinions about this shop from a number of other experiences and stories from reliable sources.