Thursday, September 11, 2008

road bikes = track bikes?

guy: "hi, i wanna buy a road bike."
me: "ok, let me show you what we've got." (show him some road bikes)"
guy: "what about these?" (points to track bikes)
me: "those are track bikes. . . fixed gears, and some are single speeds. i thought you said you wanted a road bike?"
guy: "why, is there a difference?" (spoken condescendingly)
me: "track bikes have 1 gear, whereas road bikes have up to 30. . ."

he test rode both, decided to buy a road bike (but only if we could install red tires and red bar tape ASAP so he could ride it home TODAY). then he tried to pay with a fake, non-activated credit card, and said he was "going to go to the bank." he never returned. what a douche.

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