This is what's wrong with The Industry™
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Different uniform. And fashion is intended to differentiate and exclude different groups.
oh please
tell me more
"what I would do is what you obviously do"
I ride in t shirts. Just like I did on mountainbikes
Youre the shitwack babbling about cycling and its deep boring totally important and also dumb and boring history. I just ride one. I don't give a fuck what spandexroadie#328 did when you were in high school.
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damn that's good
I've just been wearing trump maga shirts to keep away sanfranciscans but that's equally as useful
I do try to be inclusive in my extreme exclusivity
westy's been giving me some good tips on hasty backyard pits I've been wanting to try out
all attempts at personal interaction with me by any humans will be met with furious anger
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"It's the one that says bad muther fucker"
man you gotta send me to these when they're happening
"post your comments in the chat" has my name all over it
That's still your "uniform" . Just because you desperately try to look like you're not part of certain territorial cliques doesn't guarantee not fitting straight into another one. I wish you young hipsters well in your quest for individuality though.
Went to several shops today looking for a full face helmet, large shops that sell long travel and DH bikes. Only size smalls in stock. Of course I got the "we can order one for you". When I mentioned that ensuring a good fit was critical to picking a helmet was told I didn't have to pay if the ordered helmet didn't fit. When I asked if they could order a size medium and large for every model they offer I got a blank stare. Called around and it looks like a moto shop that sells e-bikes may have a good selection.
go to the bike park. Highland’s pro shop has an excellent selection and don’t have the worst prices. I’m sure other parks are like that.
Go online. Order $2k in helmets in different sizes. Try on, find the one that fits best, return the rest.
And that 
is exactly why most physical bike shops won't stock $50k of different FF helmets in every colour/combination/size.
Tons of riders try on helmets in shops knowing fine well if they find one they like they're going to leave without buying it and order it online for a lower price
#WhatswrongwithPunters
is exactly why most physical bike shops won't stock $50k of different FF helmets in every colour/combination/size.
Tons of riders try on helmets in shops knowing fine well if they find one they like they're going to leave without buying it and order it online for a lower price
#WhatswrongwithPunters
And that
is exactly why most physical bike shops won't stock $50k of different FF helmets in every colour/combination/size.
Tons of riders try on helmets in shops knowing fine well if they find one they like they're going to leave without buying it and order it online for a lower price
#WhatswrongwithPunters
Why it is so smart to have shelves full of $200 size small helmets.
Probably all that's left after they bought $50k worth of various helmets last year.
My rant - if you're going to sell goggles at least carry some spare fricken lenses for them. Geezus
A lot smarter than...
For ONE dude they have no idea if'll even buy any at all at the end of the charade.
You'd have been laughed out of the shop in a more civilized country
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hey, you're the one implying he lives in one
I'm just letting you know you need to ask your questions to him in slurring and rage
you can't just take that dude's word for it, I mean jeesh
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Yeah, or I don't get how at every shop or store, I can never find gloves in L and XL (usually XL is what I need). Jesus, it shouldn't be rocket science to ORDER MOAR XL GLOVES. I mean, you gotta give Texas credit, you can walk into any store and buy XXXL pants. They know their demographic.
The entire point of a shop is they have this stuff so you can try it on. Otherwise you just order from chainreaction or something and have it delivered.
I’m so glad that chain reaction and wiggle managed to ruin so many local bike shops by under cutting the market and are now recording such fine profits as (checks notes) negative $1 million.
after their issues with not being able to sell shimano In North America, brexit, and then the capitulation of the bike market post covid boom, no wonder they’re feeling the pinch.
I wonder how it may affect Nuke Proof going forward
Rant of the day for me: We have a sweet BMX track. But no shops sell anything BMX. I want to get my kid into it and for me to hop up my old school Bontrager, but I have to call Danscomp.com to figure anything out. No shop local does BMX. Actually, Danscomp said they had the same thing. One of the best tracks in the state near where he lives, but no one sells or works on BMX bikes.
We don't have a sweet bmx track but one of our shops refuses to stock or work on BMX bikes. They do this because it's easier than saying meth heads aren't allowed in the shop.
When I need new stuff that requires trying on, I swing by one of the HQs of big mailorders when travelling and try it on there. Luckily Hibike is close to my mom's place and they basically have everything they stock available for trying on in the shop if you let them know ahead of time.And that
is exactly why most physical bike shops won't stock $50k of different FF helmets in every colour/combination/size.
Tons of riders try on helmets in shops knowing fine well if they find one they like they're going to leave without buying it and order it online for a lower price
#WhatswrongwithPunters
You sound like a man with common sense!
I ride pretty much every day so have absolutely tons of biking clothing, for pretty much every cycle discipline and all conceivable (UK) conditions. despite having six I rarely ever wear a helmet so it's pretty rare I'll buy anything new at all clothing wise.
Id bet most folk on here are similarly well kitted out for the types of riding they do already too.
If Westy absolutely needed a helmet. ie. He'd obliterated his one and only helmet and needed to ride ASAP I'd bet he'd have found something suitable pretty quickly.