[motomike]

So this guy walks into the shop I work at and says: "yo, my gorilla is messed up." I'm like "what?" And he's like "yo essay, my gorilla is messed up!" and points at the derailleur. I laughed for about two hours after that, but not at him, with him.

 

[mack]

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! awesome.


I believe its spelled "esse", holmes.

 

[ioscope]

there's only one s

 

[=[Stinky]=]

LOL... Ahh I have heard a few good ones.. "my jumper thingy is all twisted up". "My figure 8 is brokeD"

heh.

 

[caputo1989]

One lady asked me if we serviced volvos.

 

[chicodude]

One lady asked me if we serviced volvos.

Heh


Did you beat her?

 

[JRB]

My monkey shifts funny. hahahahahaha

 

[caputo1989]

Heh


Did you beat her?

Naw, I killed her and ate her kids.

LOL.


Actually(sp?) I told her to get rid of the 1970 pos and buy a bike.

 

[-dustin]

So this guy walks into the shop I work at and says: "yo, my gorilla is messed up." I'm like "what?" And he's like "yo essay, my gorilla is messed up!" and points at the derailleur. I laughed for about two hours after that, but not at him, with him.

was he wearing a blue bandana? or was his name written in gothic letters on the back of his car/truck?

 

[BSEVEER]

What's so funny about that? My gorilla is messed up too.

 

[Pau11y]

Hum, for some reason the picture I get when I use the term "my gorilla" isn't of a bike part.

 

[KleinMp99]

You can buy a shock pump for about 30 bucks if you ever want to change the air pressure in you're rear shock. "So it's $30 every time for you to put air in it"?

 

[motomike]

coaster brake= "kickback"..."yo, you got a kickback on that thing?"

 

[BigMike]

I wasn't there, but one day some guy popped the curb out side our shop and rode his Harley in the sliding glass doors of our shop. Looked around for a second, backed out and left!

 

[dh girlie]

What length is your 'gooseneck'? HAHAHAA!

 

[riderx]

What length is your 'gooseneck'? HAHAHAA!

Old schoolers know what a gooseneck is...

 

[narlus]

how about moose bars, or was it bull horns?

 

[Westy]

I wasn't there, but one day some guy popped the curb out side our shop and rode his Harley in the sliding glass doors of our shop. Looked around for a second, backed out and left!

That is great, did he huck the curb on the way out.

 

[peter6061]

My gorilla works fine.

 

[dh girlie]

Old schoolers know what a gooseneck is...

sure...but its never an old schooler who calls it a gooseneck. When I worked for Bell/Mongoo I got some bikes for my sister and her husband and she was complaining that they had to go get longer 'goosenecks'...they are so far from old schoolers it ain't funny. Its kinda like the term gooseneck made its pass...then became a word for stem for people not in the know...anyway...I still think it's funny when people refer to a stem as a gooseneck.

 

[riderx]

sure...but its never an old schooler who calls it a gooseneck. When I worked for Bell/Mongoo I got some bikes for my sister and her husband and she was complaining that they had to go get longer 'goosenecks'...they are so far from old schoolers it ain't funny. Its kinda like the term gooseneck made its pass...then became a word for stem for people not in the know...anyway...I still think it's funny when people refer to a stem as a gooseneck.

That's weird, I would have thought only old schoolers would know the term. Somebody had to tell them that was what it was called. They couldn't have come up with that on their own, could they?

 

[urbaindk]

Gooseneck = deja vu. I don't think I've heard that since I was 10 years old (22 years) ago. That's what we called the stem / bar mount on our BMX bikes if I remember correctly. The damn things always slipped when we bunny hopped over curbs. You could never get the bolts tight enough to take the torque from those 6" high BMX riser bars.

 

[hans2]

Gorilla Salad

 

[JerseyDave]

AS shop employees, you should have nothing but repect for all customers, no matter how stupid they may act. Just ask Jozz.

 

[dh girlie]

AS shop employees, you should have nothing but repect for all customers, no matter how stupid they may act. Just ask Jozz.

I agree...those are the kinda people that shop in shops...not online...even though I know this was really supposed to be a dig at Jozz and friends...

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Gooseneck = deja vu. I don't think I've heard that since I was 10 years old (22 years) ago. That's what we called the stem / bar mount on our BMX bikes if I remember correctly. The damn things always slipped when we bunny hopped over curbs. You could never get the bolts tight enough to take the torque from those 6" high BMX riser bars.

I'm old school, it was "gooseneck" for me back in 1978-1983.

 

[sanjuro]

In a shop I worked at in New Orleans, it was a quiet day and a co-worker, who is black, was bouncing a tennis ball. An old guy comes in, sees my friend, and says, "Control your monkey".

We were all shocked in disbelief, so the manager just says, "Hello, can we help you". And the old guy says again, "Can you control your monkey?".

Our shop was probably not the best place to say something like that. The manager pulls his knife and starts after the guy. The old man quickly ran out the shop and my friend throws the tennis ball at his head. Then everyone grabbed their bikes and chased after the guy.

My co-workers never caught him (which I was glad because I thought they would kill him), but he was the stupidest customer I have seen.

 

[Highlander]

I know this was really supposed to be a dig at Jozz and friends...

No, Actually just a friendly dig at Jozz, when he copped an attitude in Stowe looking to ride in the mud he acted alone. His Friends just did what good friends do...defend him.
We're all stoked to hook up and ride next month...bygones.
Great trails up here for all to enjoy.

 

[TheInedibleHulk]

I
Our shop was probably not the best place to say something like that. The manager pulls his knife and starts after the guy. The old man quickly ran out the shop and my friend throws the tennis ball at his head. Then everyone grabbed their bikes and chased after the guy.

WTF kinda shop did you work at??? The best thing that ever happened at the shop I worked at was myself and this kid Morgan who was like 14 at the time chasing after a couple kids that grabbed bikes and took off. Morgan took a thompson seatpost bag full of change with him and hit the kid in the back... I'm really glad the kid didn't turn around and kill him because i was kind of in charge and then I wouldnt have anyone to go to DH races with this summer. We got the bike back from that kid but his buddy got away, only to be escorted back in with the bike by his mother the next day, it was hilarious.

 

[=[Stinky]=]

AS shop employees, you should have nothing but repect for all customers, no matter how stupid they may act. Just ask Jozz.

Well, This is the internet, not the bike shop. I always make a point to correct them and tell them the proper terminology tho. These are the stories that live on in shops too.

 

[Zman]

"my dangly thing is caught up in the wheel strings"