I know we should all support our local bike shop but the ones around me are a joke. This is more a bit of a rant.

I thought since I was going past them on the way to inners on sat I'd pop in and get some High Rollers and saint brake pads.

First I phoned Alpine bikes in Innerleithen. No high rollers and no saint pads. I thought as High Rollers were pretty popular tyres and with the DH track a stones throw away they would have some.

I then phoned Edinburgh Bike coop who said they could order me in High Rollers at £28 for 2.5's but it could take 3-5 days as it wasn't worth them keeping a stock. The brakes pads weren't popular enough to be held in stock either and could be ordered in at £15 a set. I would have been willing to pay the extra if they had had them but no way am I waiting longer and paying more.

So from now on the will only see me If the repair I need done to my bike is something I really can't do myself.

Rant over

Just needed to vent some anger.

Yeah they could order them in but it would cost more and take longer than if I ordered it myself online.

Yeah I am willing to pay more if I get them then and there. It's also not as if I'm looking for unusual things.

Also on the maxxis tyres, have you seen how many different variations of each tyre there is? If your LBS stocked 2 of every kind of high roller thats at least 16 downhill tyres not to mention the various cross country variations you do. So that shop then has £448 of maxxis high rollers (which is under RRP, they should be £29.99). Then think that some of them tyres wont sell because this week sam hill is'nt running his front tyre in 60A backwards and in a slightly trimed 2.5 and as "trail_rat" said, unless you buy reciulous amounts of tyres, the margins aernt that good.

The brake pads is pretty poor tho, they should at least have had the Xt pads in which if the guy you spoke to was worth his wage would have told you to run them.

I can back that up as Trail Rat will tell you. I was moaning about both companies last week I think when I was at work. Both are a pain to deal with. I needed a load of Royal clothing for stock and for customers and they had nothing.

Yeah, I agree, you should have phoned icycles! Stevie, who works there, is sorted, fixed my brake for me for free on the uplift day! Sound guy 

tom, you should know thats not their fault.

We need and want for stock alot of oddysey twisted pedals and pads but the distributor cant get any... thats not their fault, thats the guys at head office where they control how much they produce in the east.. Same with fishers, its not their fault.

nick  

And everyone doing that is really going to help the smaller bike shops make money and survive eh tim? Though yes, who doesnt