RSV_Ecosse
Senior Member
- Location
- Bonnybridge, Scotland
Just wondering something.
It's taken me months of gradual tweaking to get my seat height, bar height, position etc to the stage where I was happy with it. I don't think I could have got it any better than it was.
Now, I know I should have perhaps marked parts of the bike and even kept a record of changes made to it, but being a newbie I didn't. It was more of a case of just riding the thing and making changes there and then gradually, some for the better, some for the worst, so going back and making more subtle changes.
Anyway, cut to the chase.
I put my bike into an LBS near me. First time I had used them, but they looked a pro outfit. All I wanted done was the gears adjusted ( see my previous thread a few weeks ago, had a bit of hassle adjusting them ).
Anyway, there's another seperate story about this LBS and how long they took to actually do the work on the bike that I won't go into just yet, but I picked it up yesterday, put it in the car, drove home and went to work on nightshift ( in the car ).
Got home this morning and decided to go out for a run on the bike.
I'm standing there looking at it properly for the first time since I picked it up and thinking "something doesn't look right.....".
The seat height has been adjusted and set for someone at least 10ft tall.
The bars have been dropped in height and tilted.
I spent most of the afternoon riding the thing and stopping to make changes and still can't get anywhere near back to how it was before I dropped it off at the LBS.
Oh........and the gears still aren't shifting properly.
So - Is it normal for you to have to put tape all over yer bike to mark heights etc before it goes into an LBS for work?. I can understand them maybe wanting to ride it a short distance to check the gears were working fine, but surely they would not have needed to change any of my seat/bar heights to ride a few hundred yards to check?. And if they did, is it not normal practice to put it back to the customers spec before handing it back?. Not a peep out of them when I picked it up, not that if the above is correct, was I expecting an "Oh......by the way sir, we completely arsed up your bike".
I just don't understand it. It's either the case above, or some git has been riding my bike for over 2 weeks ( thats how long it took them to adjust the gears ) or at least as long as would warrant a complete change in geometry for a completely different rider.
Holding off for now as far as an "name and e-shame" them goes because I genuinely don't know if all this changing a customers adjustments is normal practice or not.
Ta.
It's taken me months of gradual tweaking to get my seat height, bar height, position etc to the stage where I was happy with it. I don't think I could have got it any better than it was.
Now, I know I should have perhaps marked parts of the bike and even kept a record of changes made to it, but being a newbie I didn't. It was more of a case of just riding the thing and making changes there and then gradually, some for the better, some for the worst, so going back and making more subtle changes.
Anyway, cut to the chase.
I put my bike into an LBS near me. First time I had used them, but they looked a pro outfit. All I wanted done was the gears adjusted ( see my previous thread a few weeks ago, had a bit of hassle adjusting them ).
Anyway, there's another seperate story about this LBS and how long they took to actually do the work on the bike that I won't go into just yet, but I picked it up yesterday, put it in the car, drove home and went to work on nightshift ( in the car ).
Got home this morning and decided to go out for a run on the bike.
I'm standing there looking at it properly for the first time since I picked it up and thinking "something doesn't look right.....".
The seat height has been adjusted and set for someone at least 10ft tall.
The bars have been dropped in height and tilted.
I spent most of the afternoon riding the thing and stopping to make changes and still can't get anywhere near back to how it was before I dropped it off at the LBS.
Oh........and the gears still aren't shifting properly.
So - Is it normal for you to have to put tape all over yer bike to mark heights etc before it goes into an LBS for work?. I can understand them maybe wanting to ride it a short distance to check the gears were working fine, but surely they would not have needed to change any of my seat/bar heights to ride a few hundred yards to check?. And if they did, is it not normal practice to put it back to the customers spec before handing it back?. Not a peep out of them when I picked it up, not that if the above is correct, was I expecting an "Oh......by the way sir, we completely arsed up your bike".
I just don't understand it. It's either the case above, or some git has been riding my bike for over 2 weeks ( thats how long it took them to adjust the gears ) or at least as long as would warrant a complete change in geometry for a completely different rider.
Holding off for now as far as an "name and e-shame" them goes because I genuinely don't know if all this changing a customers adjustments is normal practice or not.
Ta.
