Didya ever feel as if some was trying to hoodwink ya?

I was at the bike shop last Saturday for a ride. I arrived early but on the way, I noticed I needed some chain lube. I was already down the road aways when I came to this conclusion. Anyhow, I asked if they would throw some lube on my chain. The shop manager did and I thanked him. It was what happened next that caught me off guard.

While my bike was on the rack, and him going through the gears with the shifter, he decided to try to sell me on a shifter overhaul. I wasn't sure what prompted that question may answer was: Why? Oh the shifter's seem a little soft, "the Ergo rings sometomes crack" when So and So's shifters get like that, he has me rebuild them right away. First, these are Campy Record shifters that I know inside and out. Second, the bike is on a rack not on the ground. Bikes do tend to behave a little different on the road than what they behave like on the rack. Next, the Campy shifters aren't "one size fit's all" like the other brand. I can use cable tension as a tool for adjustment available for on the fly adjustment at any time. I tend to run mine a little softer than others may do but that is just me. I just don't like listening to the heavy "clunk" of the shift all the time.

I took off on the ride and had a great time. What was more impressive was just how crisp and clean the bike shifted, just as it generally does, unless both g-springs are broken.

I guess this was just an attempt to drum up business.

Anyhow, after the name drop of So and So, I ran into So and So at the park the next day and mentioned the conversation from the shop a day earlier. Anyway, So and So said I would probably be rebuilding his shifters the next time rather than the shop. He was tired of getting hosed.