arogal
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I made a previous post in regards to my frayed clutch lever last week. All is good now, but the ride back from where my bike was worked on was pretty sketchy and nerve-wracking. I won't mention where I took my bike because it's a pretty well known place and I don't want to point fingers, but let me say, I will NEVER be taking my bike back there to get worked on (was my 1st time taking it there).
On my ride back to work I from the shop, I went to grab my clutch lever to down shift, but I couldn't find it! I was like wtf, where the hell is my clutch lever! I pulled over to the side of the road and noticed that the 2 bolts that hold the clutch lever mechanism to the clip on's were extremely loose, and my clutch lever was pointing downwards. I needed to move it back into place and hand tighten the the bolts so I could "somewhat safely" make it back to work. I can't explain how upset I was at the moment....the first thing that went through my mind was "what if I needed to make an emergency stop and I couldn't find my clutch lever....it would have added to the stress and probably wouldn't have ended nicely". The fact that this place builds and tunes track bikes and can't even remember to tighten 2 bolts leaves me speechless. This is a very simple job for any bike tech, its not like they were re-building a motor or anything. I contacted the owner and he was extremely apologetic and said he'd have a word with the tech that worked on my bike (hope he ripped him a new @$S). I was planning on purchasing a 1 piece suit from them in the near feature and said he'd give me a "deal on a suit for the inconvenience"....should I take him up on this offer, and if so what discount should I ask for?
I am just glad that I made it back safely, as that ride back to work could have ended completely different.
This is a very serious issue IMO, and for all riders safety, I would not recommend this shop to any of my friends if their bike need to be worked on.
Should I have handled this different with the owner of the shop? I don't like to be too much of a pr!ck because that never resolves issues properly, I just wanted him to know that I really could have hurt myself due to your airhead of a mechanics sloppy work.
On my ride back to work I from the shop, I went to grab my clutch lever to down shift, but I couldn't find it! I was like wtf, where the hell is my clutch lever! I pulled over to the side of the road and noticed that the 2 bolts that hold the clutch lever mechanism to the clip on's were extremely loose, and my clutch lever was pointing downwards. I needed to move it back into place and hand tighten the the bolts so I could "somewhat safely" make it back to work. I can't explain how upset I was at the moment....the first thing that went through my mind was "what if I needed to make an emergency stop and I couldn't find my clutch lever....it would have added to the stress and probably wouldn't have ended nicely". The fact that this place builds and tunes track bikes and can't even remember to tighten 2 bolts leaves me speechless. This is a very simple job for any bike tech, its not like they were re-building a motor or anything. I contacted the owner and he was extremely apologetic and said he'd have a word with the tech that worked on my bike (hope he ripped him a new @$S). I was planning on purchasing a 1 piece suit from them in the near feature and said he'd give me a "deal on a suit for the inconvenience"....should I take him up on this offer, and if so what discount should I ask for?
I am just glad that I made it back safely, as that ride back to work could have ended completely different.
This is a very serious issue IMO, and for all riders safety, I would not recommend this shop to any of my friends if their bike need to be worked on.
Should I have handled this different with the owner of the shop? I don't like to be too much of a pr!ck because that never resolves issues properly, I just wanted him to know that I really could have hurt myself due to your airhead of a mechanics sloppy work.
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