Agent Orange

[Frankie plekhand]

I have the worst bike shops around!! I swear, out of the only two bike shops in town, that everyone that works there worked at McDonalds before getting hired there. These people are idiots!!! I went in to get a new headset, I asked for a 1 inch headset and the guy said "are you sure it's a 1 inch and not a 1 1/8?" I said yes I'm 100% sure it is. After about 3 minutes of this guy trying to tell me I have no idea what I'm talking about he then tells me I need to bring in my forks to make sure I get the right ones. WHAT!! I said, just sell me the part I asked for, I'm not going home to get my forks just to prove that I'm right. This a-hole out right refused to sell me a 5 dollar part because he thinks I'm wrong. And I'm not!! Needless to say, I left without any new parts. After letting this doorknob know what I think of him and his stupid bike shop I left knowing now I'm screwed for ever buying any bike parts locally. It was only 5 bucks!! If I was wrong then you'll make another 5 bucks off of me buying the correct set. Shesh! And these minimum wage ...... bags think they are worth 15 bucks an hour?

Enough ranting, I gotta track down some parts and get back to building.

Hahaha sorry for laughing but, been there! So annoying!

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[SSG]

I know the feeling. Unfortunatly "You cant teach someone who already knows everything". I'm in the bike shop (only one), hardware store, or radio shack and they look at me like I'm crazy. "uh we don't have those", "we don't sell that", or "I've never heard of that". Sometimes I can track down the number and find it on the shelf myself.

 

[Jkrate1985]

I have the worst bike shops around!! I swear, out of the only two bike shops in town, that everyone that works there worked at McDonalds before getting hired there. These people are idiots!!! I went in to get a new headset, I asked for a 1 inch headset and the guy said "are you sure it's a 1 inch and not a 1 1/8?" I said yes I'm 100% sure it is. After about 3 minutes of this guy trying to tell me I have no idea what I'm talking about he then tells me I need to bring in my forks to make sure I get the right ones. WHAT!! I said, just sell me the part I asked for, I'm not going home to get my forks just to prove that I'm right. This a-hole out right refused to sell me a 5 dollar part because he thinks I'm wrong. And I'm not!! Needless to say, I left without any new parts. After letting this doorknob know what I think of him and his stupid bike shop I left knowing now I'm screwed for ever buying any bike parts locally. It was only 5 bucks!! If I was wrong then you'll make another 5 bucks off of me buying the correct set. Shesh! And these minimum wage ...... bags think they are worth 15 bucks an hour?

Enough ranting, I gotta track down some parts and get back to building.

Ironic. I walked out of a bike shop on Thursday with nothing but elevated blood pressure. I asked for 26x2.125 tubes, 26" rim strips (the rubber that protects the tube from the spoke heads) and #5 5/16 axle bearings. The punk kid insisted that wasn't the bearing size I needed... Those are only in old bikes. ... And that I don't want rim strips I want to use electrical tape. Also pointed ata set of new 26"x1 rims that i should buy because that's easier than replacing the bearings.
Do you think that most new bikes have 2.125 tires? And if I wanted to use electrical tape I would have. If I wanted new rims I would have asked for them... can I get the parts? Kid just stared at me. I walked out.

 

[Uncle Fide]

Cr*p service and brainless know-it-all staff seems to be affecting most retail business these days. It's the fat cat bosses hiring ever lower paid inexperienced staff to protect their profit margins. We have a name for them here but I doubt I can use it in print! W*nk*rs


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[dracothered]

@Bike Bum, sorry dude to hear about your crappy bike shop... sucks to be you, Now get back to bike building...

 

[Bike Bum]

Started converting the Caddi light over to a battery powered LED. It's amazing that one LED light bulb, a battery pack, batteries, wire, an on/off switch and a LED holder can cost more than the whole Caddi light. Oh well, it's going to look sweet!

 

[Bike Bum]

Started working on the seat. I'll be using this orange metal flake vinyl and you can see the matching hand grips too. I can't wait to see what this bike is going to look like once I paint it.

 

[Bike Bum]

Time to start fiberglassing the tank.

 

[Bike Bum]

First layer done!

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Wow! You are making some cool progress!

Luke.

 

[HuffDaddy]

lookin' cool!

 

[Bike Bum]

Found this sign and it just happens to fit the shape of the tank which will work perfectly for holding it while finishing up the fiberglass work.

 

[Bike Bum]

Wow! You are making some cool progress!

Luke.

Thanks Luke. I'm having fun too but i'm in the area of the build where it's a lot of crap to do and all the fun stuff won't be till later. Soon, very soon.

 

[Bike Bum]

lookin' cool!

Thanks, I just can't wait to get to the putting it together stage.

 

[Uncle Fide]

Caddy tail light, custom tank, bling seat.....Chicano lowrider, all you need now is some hard core hydraulics Lovin it


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[Bike Bum]

Caddy tail light, custom tank, bling seat.....Chicano lowrider, all you need now is some hard core hydraulics Lovin it


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Thanks. Just wait till you see the paint job.

 

[Bike Bum]

Here's more inspiration. But this is for the paint job.

 

[Bike Bum]

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[LukeTheJoker]

Fades, candies, ribboning, lacework! YEAH!

Luke.

 

[Olys45]

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I like this the best!

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