[shifty S]

aiight so big wheel in bethesda has had my rim and hub for almost two weeks, but havent been able to get my wheel built since they dont have enough of the right size spokes to build my 24" rhynolite on xt disk hub (OMGFLANGESMAYBETHESPOKESWILLSTAYINTHEHUBNOW!)


theyve got 16/32 and cant seem to get their hands on any more than that...anyone happen to got some that will fit lyin around?

(lookin at you guys workin at shops.... )

yup...


























hey look a monkey ------> :dancing:

 

[hardtailer88]

it would help if you mentioned what length spoke you need...

 

[Matt D]

The shop is incompetent if they can't get you the spokes you need in less than a week. Period. It's a simple order they need to do from any one of multiple distributors.

 

[hardtailer88]

oh yea big wheel bikes sucks and a majority of those who still work there are douchebags

 

[SKYWAYBUZZ]

Good shop can cut and thread any lenght spoke!

 

[rideLIKEjehu]

oh yea big wheel bikes sucks and a majority of those who still work there are douchebags

cas often smells fresh and clean, but i don't believe he is a douchebag...

 

[scofflaw23]

Yeah, maybe you need a new bike shop, dude.

 

[shifty S]

this sucks ass. me need wheel.

 

[Matt D]

Then tell them to freakin order the spokes or you're taking your business elsewhere. What's the problem?

 

[shifty S]

done and done

 

[Stiff]

City Bikes in Adams Morgan has a spoke cutting tool. I no longer work there, and I'm now in San Francisco, otherwise I'd help you out. Give 'em a call.

done and done

 

[PGKelly]

City Bikes in Adams Morgan has a spoke cutting tool. I no longer work there, and I'm now in San Francisco, otherwise I'd help you out. Give 'em a call.

Have you ever used one of those things? man, we had one at revo, it was a PITA to use. i had to use it to cut spokes to fit a wheel i was building. it took a long-ass time. don't forget that after you cut the spokes, you need to thread them too. PITA.

And the amount of time in which a shop can get parts you need is by no means a measure of their competence. Their suppliers aren't always in stock, they don't always immediately ship orders, sometimes they have minimum orders shops need to meet, etc etc.

that being said, you are shopping at Big Wheel. so it's probably because they are incompetent.

 

[Matt D]

What spoke cutting tool did you use? The Phil Wood is a thing of beauty; it cuts and threads in one turn of a crank. You can cut spoke for a wheel in about 5 minutes. Genious.

 

[Paris]

if a shop can't build a wheel for you in less than a week either means your spoke size is out of stock (unlikely), or some lazy f(*k can't pick up the phone and place the order (very likely).

maybe they're closed...hahaha

wait, is there an incesent smell of weed in their shop?

maybe they ordered in the spokes and can't find them...

 

[PGKelly]

most phil wood products are things of beauty, however i was impatient, didn't have time to order, and had to cut 36 spokes. the one we had was not a phil wood thought.....it had seperate tools for cutting and threading.