I know – order mail order 🙂 Today I needed a small circlip for a tektro brake – I know its the same size as the hope one. Into my LBS The Bike Chain and yes – they have them in stock in their box of hope spares in the workshop. Sorted.

I had asked another local shop who would have to order it in. this means i can get my mates bike fixed tomorrow to ride Saturday. Otherwise it would have been no ride for him.

My lbs wouldn’t know what a circlip was,

I would have nowhere to go to talk shop and drink tea! 😉

I’d have to get a real job 😐

We’d all be whingeing about delivery times from CRC.

Oh, wait…

Now you put it like that…seems ok to pay double price for parts so you can get a circlip last minute.

an LBS?

Local bike shop!

And without them you would spend ages waiting for CRC to deliver!