[Closed] Slating on-one

[i] owner is full of BS[/i]

It's Local BS though, which is more expensive but delivered with a personal touch.

True about the no carbon though, the "carbon" material is in fact clippings of Ed Oxley's beard.

Oldest sales technique in the book: slagging off the competition. If they can't give you positive reasons why you should buy their products, and instead choost to give you negative reasons why you shouldn't buy their competitors', that's just a bad salesman.

Yes... I think that made sense?

I wonder what he thinks they [i]are[/i] made from? Baked beans? 😆

What is it with beards.

The respect garnered from the intellectual communities at large is not worth the grooming hours devoted.

I own a big fancy bling'd up FS bike.

I also have (for many years now) an original 29'er on-one Inbred SS, upon which I was grinning like an idiot while out riding this morning. Also had a lot of fun on the Summer Season slacker hardtail, and a rather amazing Pompino. On-one is all good in my book.

Instead of being so bitter they should learn to be more carbon-neutral.

"No carbon in then, it's some weirdly light, strong aluminium"

What is it with beards.

Well you never see Ed Oxley and God in the same room together..

Hmm...I wonder...

Maybe the C stands for celery!

You know when you take your old chipboard furniture to the recycling, and they turn it into something even lower quality than chipboard furniture- that's On One carbon (And also, gluten free bread)

True fact, it's on the internet. Well, it is now.

Celery bikes are ace, the more you ride them the lighter they get.

a guy in an lbs yesterday said my canyon aeroad frame was inferior to a 2 grand 105 equipped Trek, and it didn't have a warranty either. i assured him it did have a warranty, then asked him how many pro tour races the trek frame has won.

i can understand their desire to promote the brands they sell tbh, but some of the stuff they come out with is laughable.

Not the best way to endear yourself to your customer telling them their bike is crap 😆

'tis often the way though

It's like a skill they have of not saying anything - not even the slightest roll of the eyes - you just know they think it's crap

Edit: perhaps that's just my bikes 😳

The whole Canyon range looks immensely well put together. There R&D looks the business. Exceptional company.

If I were to buy a full build it would be a Canyon. Whilst they are no SantaCruz I'll bet they make some massive inroads within five years.

Canyon Tallboy in Carbon would be nice and perhaps the price could be slashed from 8 thousand to 3.

But LBSs are better aren't they.......

Bike shops aren't as bad as record shops. They sneer at you for buying the stock they carry. Count yourselves lucky!

But LBSs are better aren't they.......

Well you can't get a demo saddle from CRC*.

*haven't got it from my LBS either, but they have promised to let me know when they get them as they're due, but then they promised a spacer for my magura forks 3 years ago and it never turned up.

Demo a saddle...That someone else has rubbed their sweaty crotch on...repeatedly...

I joke about On one's bike looks but then its definitely function over form with their bikes isn't it? They 'work'. Whereas some boutique (and even main stream) bikes are all about bling bling but are shit to ride.

Demo a saddle...That someone else has rubbed their sweaty crotch on...repeatedly...

Ever caught the bus/train/taxi or used a public loo?

Better than buying £130 saddles and finding they don't fit.

"Bike shops aren't as bad as record shops. They sneer at you for buying the stock they carry. Count yourselves lucky!"

Some hounrable exceptions. Went into Spillers in Cardiff looking for a record by this guy ( father inlaw )

Couldn't have been more helpfull, no laughter nothing.

Better than buying £130 saddles and finding they don't fit.

One could always burst into the shop shouting

[b][i]'OI, My bell end is tingling and I can't hold an erection...LOOK'[/i][/b]

😈

Supporting an LBS is all very well but we need to be buying domestic in most facets of life. It goes beyond saying support your local bike shop. Some businesses just have penis patrol owners. Plain and simple.

Yes, there are many lovely record shop owners/staff. The three I was thinking of haven't seen me in many years.

The best ones look at your selections and say "Ah! Have you heard...?

Demo a saddle...That someone else has rubbed their sweaty crotch on...repeatedly...

Ever caught the bus/train/taxi or used a public loo?

I haven't used a taxi or a bus literally for years and I tend not to use a public bog for a dump unless it's out of pure desperation.

Saying that I wouldn't pay £130 for a bike-seat, rather i'd pay half that or less and take a punt on the basis I could sell if it didn't "fit" or get another one when it wears out.

thisisnotaspoon - Member

Ever caught the bus/train/taxi or used a public loo?

Better than buying £130 saddles and finding they don't fit.

I had a public loo on my Soul for a bit, it was rather heavy and unconfortable

hora - Member
[b]'OI, My bell end is tingling and I can't hold an erection...LOOK'[/b] 😈

You know, they normally do it with clothes on...

Do what?

I was in a bike shop a few years back and overheard another customer telling the shop owner that he was considering either an Ellsworth or a Turner. The shop owner replied "I wouldn't touch Turner with a barge pole, really badly built and terrible customer service". Bonus point for first person to guess the name of the shop!

If you don't support your local BS merchant, you have no right to complain when there's no local BS available any more.

You can support your LBS without swallowing every piece if crap they spit in your direction though.

One could always burst into the shop shouting

'OI, My bell end is tingling and I can't hold an erection...LOOK'

That was pretty much how the conversation went.

You can support your LBS without swallowing every piece if crap they spit in your direction.

Why would I want to?

ransos - Member

If you don't support your local BS merchant, you have no right to complain when there's no local BS available any more.

Bravo.

Though, I daresay Superstar will give you the same BS with different branding on it for less, AND you'll get free Haribo.

Funny I had the exact opposite experience. I was in my LBS looking at a genesis steel frame bike (just browsing, not buying), and the lad who worked there said 'Don't bother mate, go to the on one website, they're cheaper and better'. Bit odd I thought.

I've never owned any Brant designed frames, but been told that some designs have had "issues". Any troof in that?

The shop owner replied "I wouldn't touch Turner with a barge pole, really badly built and terrible customer service". Bonus point for first person to guess the name of the shop!

The shop that happened to import Ellsworth at the time, Freeborn* was it?

*Disclaimer I know nothing about them, just guessing from brands mentioned.

but been told that some designs have had "issues"

I think there were some paint and finish QC issues with early Ragleys, but thats all I know of.

[i]some designs have had "issues"[/i]

He got the wall thickness on the first ever batch of rigid forks they did wrong I think so they weighed about twice what they needed to?

That would be them. Also heard the owner praising one of the shop boys who had just got off the phone to a customer for "talking him up to the next level" when he had wanted one set of brakes but got chatted into ordering a more expensive set. Fair enough I suppose, running a business and all that but having that conversation when I was stood at the counter seemed a bit unprofessional. It was also clear that the reason for doing so wasn't in the customers best interest but down to profit margin, doubt they told him that somehow.

my lbs is so funny at times. its owned a run by a nice guy only bad thing he knows nothing. latest example is a broke the plastic brank arm/ bearing preload bolt on some cranks so i took it in to see if he had a replacement. He did not, i was not surprised but i was surprised when he said he had never even seen one before and pretty much said is was my own fault for buying specialist stuff!

Its no surprise he did not have ones in stock but never seen one WTF???