I think God blew out Florida's pilot light! It got so bloody cold yesterday I could play my Sinatra LP's on my chest! (think about it).
Today coming in was not so bad though. I only needed two jackets. Weird thing about this area of the country is it was 42 degrees yesterday and today it's suppose to get up to 74. All these years and I am still not use to that kind of shift.
ANYWHO!
I'd like to thank all the folks who came down yesterday and made our collective heads swell! We always love to hear that the person standing in front of us was referred by someone else that thought highly enough of us to tell their friends they "have" to come here and nowhere else for their repairs or purchases. Makes an old bike curmudgeon blush! One such lady was ecstatic that we had just the right road bike for her diminutive size in the form of the Nishiki. Alas, she was unprepared to take her home on that day but is aiming for Sunday. I hope, for her sake, it's still here, as we have already had three calls about it this morning. Also, another "shouldn't have waited" tale. Gent came in to looky loo and noticed the red Hybrid we had, road tested it and liked it, but as we were the first place he had looked, he was going to do a little more shopping (any of this starting to sound familiar?). Again, less then ten minuets later another gent and his wife came in looking for a hybrid, road tested her and after a couple of tweaks (adjust seat and a slipped shifter cable) and he happily adopted her. As he was getting ready to leave he was nice enough to inform us that last year when he was down he had gone to another of the local shops and picked out a seasonal bike for four times what he paid for ours, and ours was WAY better! Thank YOU sir! Sure enough, right before closing the first gent came back to pick up the hybrid and was rather annoyed it wasn't waiting for him.
We also managed to put out five new rides yesterday! Yes, try not to gag, I actually worked yesterday! Two cute looking kiddo 20's (yes, this time of year I start getting ALLOT of kids bikes) as well as a 2013 Haro 100-1 BMX and a GORGEOUS 24" Redline BMX. Seems the Dad was always trying to get the son into biking but it just wasn't working. Another poor child felled by the allure of computers (and yes, I do recognize the irony of making that statement...on a computer). And from another father son team, a 2007 Gary Fisher Wahoo! Seems Dad won it in Las Vegas and gave it to his veloist son. The son, however, didn't have the heart to inform Dad that he only rode road bikes, and kept this gem garaged for it's whole existence. So come on down and check out all these and more!
Alright, I have blathered on enough, gotta get at it!
See ya soon!
2007 GARY FISHER WAHOO ONLY $280.00!! |
24" REDLINE BMX ONLY $225.00!! |
2013 HARO 100-1 ONLY $190.00!!! |
Keep that Sinatra LP handy, my friend. Tuesday and Wednesday mornings are supposed to be wicked cold here. (And thank you so VERY much for THAT mental image.)
ReplyDeleteAnd now, for those of you reading this north if I-10: It'll be back up in the 80's here by Saturday.
Neener, neener, neener.