Pointing out the OP is actually a massive sweary asshat is priceless.

Two thumbs up.

Funny how that small nuance was missing from the initial onslaught.

Could do with changing the title now maybe?

Something along the lines of “losing it and swearing for minor issues is not the best approach”

I’ve found Keith who owns and runs Mugdock cycles to be super helpful and friendly. I’ve had him replace my chain for price of parts plus a coffee and a chat. He also stripped the seatpost on on my then new road bike (not bought from him) and carbon pasted the bizarre infinite angle adjust mechanism so it wouldn’t drift every time I hit a bump, at no charge. Never had issues with them, and they always have a massive queue of bikes waiting for a service, so I can’t see them being too in-competitive. When I frayed the gear cable on my roadbike a few months back, he gave me a couple of new cables for free.

As to the trails, I love Mugdock. It’s my regular haunt, granted I’m no jump/drop hunter. The best trail, as far as I’m concerned, starts just outside Mugdock in Milngavie, runs past the Kyber Pass and along the West Highland Way out to Dumgoyne and the distillery, along some lovely single track, then up behind the distillery, through the forrest to Strathblane, and then a short road trip into Blainfield, from there up into Mugdock via the stables, then to the visitor centre for coffee before heading down Rosie’s Road via Mugdock and back along the WHW to Milngavie. It’s a great loop – known as the Dumgoyne Loop. Worth a look if you ever visit Mugdock for a cycle.

27 quid for a brake cable? Highway robbery

(IGMC)

This thread always had potential. Today, that potential was met.

Just a thought, for posterity’s sake. How sure are we that Mcc01 is actually Keith @ Mugdock?

If I were a more cynical man I might suggest someone has registered an account and offered a reply designed to entice the customer back in to Mugdock Country Cycles, expecting a partial refund that will never happen, just for giggles.

I really hope I’m wrong and that MCC01 is genuinely the business owner, but this is the internet after all…

You for or against Man Walking on the Moon in the 60s ?

Given the OP immediately jumped on a forum and started flaming away, it’s not a great stretch to imagine he’s a somewhat unreasonable and perhaps aggressive fellow.

As I say, I hope (and I’m sure i am) wrong. It was just a thought…

For, but even if I wasn’t, I certainly wouldn’t be the most paranoid person on this thread.

I’m an engineer, and work in an office full of other engineers.

All the other engineers in the office know I used to be a bike mechanic (of sorts) and bring their bikes to me if they need fixed, because they can’t fix them themselves.

Despite being an engineer *and* an ex- bike mechanic, I usually end up making a mess of it anyway 8)

Don’t see many bike shop assistants in an engineering office. the ‘Gods gift attitude’ makes them too hard to work with. 😀 😀

I got biscuits in specially

Well that was a most excellent twist to end the thread. No winners here – OP feels silly for being a gobshit and the shop gets to feel silly for overcharging.

Best of all the posters defending the price get to look like mugs and those saying he should have grown a pair and said something in the shop instead of bitching on a forum get to learn it’s possible to do both (and then some by the sounds of it).

Nice work all around!

One of my mates is a proper PhD’ed civil engineer, earns a lot more than me helping to design bridges.

I wouldn’t trust him to put up a shelf never mind fix my bike

good mate of mine has a Masters degree in engineering and works for a living designing suspension kinematics and physical packaging for a bike “brand”, his bikes are well regarded.

very smart guy, but would not trust him to put a boxed bike together…and he is the first to admit that.

bike mechanics have been told since time began that a customer who is a “an engineer” knows better

I’m an engineer, and I pay £160 a year for some more letters after my name to prove it.

I can also hang wallpaper, put shelves up level, work on my car and fix a bike. None of which are in any way engineering, those job titles would be ‘painter and decorator’, ‘handyman’, ‘mechanic’ or possibly ‘technician’.

Still unemployable though 😥

I can also hang wallpaper, put shelves up level, work on my car and fix a bike. None of which are in any way engineering, those job titles would be ‘painter and decorator’, ‘handyman’, ‘mechanic’ or possibly ‘technician’.

Still unemployable though

Too good an opportunity too miss posting this video .

Glad there was some sort of resolution to this.

Time to let the thread go nu-nights I think.

I’m off to read about bike stuff instead.

Poor form STW, poor form indeed..

Nope, STW has been busy willy waving and engaging in “I am considerably more” … “than you” , as is usual as soon as it gets away from actual questions about bikes and gets dangerously close to ‘is it time for tea, yet?’ and ‘what’s for pudding?’

I just felt that the R.Turpin gag would hold up the thread humour.

Kids only need one brake anyway

Best of all the posters defending the price get to look like mugs and those saying he should have grown a pair and said something in the shop instead of bitching on a forum get to learn it’s possible to do both (and then some by the sounds of it).

Nice work all around!

Exceptional summary