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I’ve said it before - my loyalty in bicycle shopping lies at Outspokin’ Bikes in Woodstock.  Those guys are amazing.  Unfortunately, they’re also a long drive from my house.  Last weekend I broke a spoke when I was out riding with some friends, and I wanted to get it fixed before I take my daughter riding this weekend.

Yesterday I stopped to see the guys at Bicycle Jones here in Dallas.  I’ve been in there before, never really impressed with the people, but they do sell bikes, and I like bikes.  It seems only natural that I’d check them out.  I had almost given up hope for these guys, but then my friend Steph recently got a good deal on a road bike from them, so I figured I’d give them another chance.

It turns out that this bicycle sales and service shop doesn’t do service on the weekends.  They’ll gladly sell you anything with 2 wheels, but they can’t fix it unless it’s a week day.  That’s a problem, since most of my riding (and my time to get repairs done) is on the weekends.  So I left Bicycle Jones today (most likely for the last time) very frustrated.  Maybe one day when I’m rich and retired, I’ll have time to deal with a weekday-only schedule, but for now, this doesn’t work for me.

Of course, when I’m rich and retired, I’ll take my mountain of cash to Outspokin’ Bikes and be happy to deal with people who really understand what they do for a living.