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Hi all,
So ill try keep a long story short but have had three very negative issues with local cycling shops in Grimsby.
My father has aspergers and other issues. His release is cross country mountain biking, he does 26 miles per morning from his home in Grimsby to either donna nook or north thoresby.
Anyway, he wanted to spend 1k on two bikes, so 2k sale.
I went with him to our local cycle shop, velo sport. The owner had no interest in helping my dad and told him to leave. My dad got very nervous and i explained to the owner his condition and he said "well he should be in a special home not in my shop". What a knob!
Next shop JC COOKES, my dad took his current specilized rockhopper bike with him as he wanted to compare what he had to what he was buying. All was well and he was looking at a selection of bikes. The problem arose when the shop assistant thought my dad was stealing the bike he brought with him, i asked them to check cctv as he came in with it and its his bike, we was confronted with we dont allow bikes in here so its clearly stock. Not having much luck!
Lastly the shop my dad uses to get his bikes serviced and upgraded his forks etc. took advantage of how my dad is. He wanted puncture proof tyres even though "no one serious has them or uses them". But its what he wanted and asked for so they fitted what he thought was puncture proof types, i cant remember the brand he wanted. Anyway when we picked the bike up my dad asked if they was the puncture proof ones, he was told "no they are not, like i said no one uses them so i fitted these with slime, but its more expensive". I said i was not happy with that and they either fit what he asked for or we just pay what we was quoted. My dad got upset with this, paid in full and left as he just wanted to get out, when he got home he took the wheels off and threw the lot in the garage and had a bit of a... moment.
Now i know im biased and protective of my father, but is there a decent cycle shop anywhere in the lincolnshire vicinity where i can take him to look at mountain bikes, he wants a hardtail he tells me, claud butler or spesilized but he wants to see the bikes before he buys them and not order blind over the internet.
surely there is a shop somewhere that values service as i dont believe any of these places deserve my dads money anymore!
So ill try keep a long story short but have had three very negative issues with local cycling shops in Grimsby.
My father has aspergers and other issues. His release is cross country mountain biking, he does 26 miles per morning from his home in Grimsby to either donna nook or north thoresby.
Anyway, he wanted to spend 1k on two bikes, so 2k sale.
I went with him to our local cycle shop, velo sport. The owner had no interest in helping my dad and told him to leave. My dad got very nervous and i explained to the owner his condition and he said "well he should be in a special home not in my shop". What a knob!
Next shop JC COOKES, my dad took his current specilized rockhopper bike with him as he wanted to compare what he had to what he was buying. All was well and he was looking at a selection of bikes. The problem arose when the shop assistant thought my dad was stealing the bike he brought with him, i asked them to check cctv as he came in with it and its his bike, we was confronted with we dont allow bikes in here so its clearly stock. Not having much luck!
Lastly the shop my dad uses to get his bikes serviced and upgraded his forks etc. took advantage of how my dad is. He wanted puncture proof tyres even though "no one serious has them or uses them". But its what he wanted and asked for so they fitted what he thought was puncture proof types, i cant remember the brand he wanted. Anyway when we picked the bike up my dad asked if they was the puncture proof ones, he was told "no they are not, like i said no one uses them so i fitted these with slime, but its more expensive". I said i was not happy with that and they either fit what he asked for or we just pay what we was quoted. My dad got upset with this, paid in full and left as he just wanted to get out, when he got home he took the wheels off and threw the lot in the garage and had a bit of a... moment.
Now i know im biased and protective of my father, but is there a decent cycle shop anywhere in the lincolnshire vicinity where i can take him to look at mountain bikes, he wants a hardtail he tells me, claud butler or spesilized but he wants to see the bikes before he buys them and not order blind over the internet.
surely there is a shop somewhere that values service as i dont believe any of these places deserve my dads money anymore!
