First serious bike I bought from an LBS was a perfect fit & has been the basis for every bike since. Of course it was back in the day when my LBS was run Steve Hogg in Randwick10speedsemiracer wrote:An LBS fit is not the same as going to see Hogg or Kennedy and may not be objectively the best thing for an in-between sized customer.
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Anything you can do, I can do slower
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Re: Satisfied or Unsatisfied Online Bike Purchase
Postby 10speedsemiracer » Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:12 pm
Well there you go....just as a matter of interest, what was the bike?find_bruce wrote:First serious bike I bought from an LBS was a perfect fit & has been the basis for every bike since. Of course it was back in the day when my LBS was run Steve Hogg in Randwick10speedsemiracer wrote:An LBS fit is not the same as going to see Hogg or Kennedy and may not be objectively the best thing for an in-between sized customer.
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Re: Satisfied or Unsatisfied Online Bike Purchase
Postby find_bruce » Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:15 pm
1991 Avanti Kona10speedsemiracer wrote:Well there you go....just as a matter of interest, what was the bike?
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Re: Satisfied or Unsatisfied Online Bike Purchase
Postby 10speedsemiracer » Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:30 pm
Alloy roadie with that big-ass downtube ? I remember those.find_bruce wrote:1991 Avanti Kona10speedsemiracer wrote:Well there you go....just as a matter of interest, what was the bike?
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Re: Satisfied or Unsatisfied Online Bike Purchase
Postby find_bruce » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:10 pm
Yep & a badly designed seat tube & headtube which being thin aluminum under tension universally cracked - but the fit was fabulous for me & I have replicated it on subsequent bikes10speedsemiracer wrote:Alloy roadie with that big-ass downtube ? I remember those.find_bruce wrote:1991 Avanti Kona10speedsemiracer wrote:Well there you go....just as a matter of interest, what was the bike?
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