betty swollocks
large member
My LBS knows me and my bikes: I'm a regular.
Took my touring bike into the shop (they've seen it many times before) and asked them to order me a set of straight, carbon bars for it.
They arrive and I'm given a call to come and collect. I arrive with said touring bike, take a look at the bars, compare them to the existing ones and see they're much wider, and so ask LBS to cut about an inch off each end and I pay for them - over £100.
I go back a few days later to collect cut down bars.
Take them home, take everything off old bars and take them out.
Try to insert new bars and to my consternation their bulge is too big for the stem clamp, they won't fit.
I now need a new stem too.
So, should my LBS have checked they ordered the correct size bars before accepting my cash and cutting them down, or, am I liable because I should have known that 31.8 is now the new standard size....apparently?
50-50?
Took my touring bike into the shop (they've seen it many times before) and asked them to order me a set of straight, carbon bars for it.
They arrive and I'm given a call to come and collect. I arrive with said touring bike, take a look at the bars, compare them to the existing ones and see they're much wider, and so ask LBS to cut about an inch off each end and I pay for them - over £100.
I go back a few days later to collect cut down bars.
Take them home, take everything off old bars and take them out.
Try to insert new bars and to my consternation their bulge is too big for the stem clamp, they won't fit.
I now need a new stem too.
So, should my LBS have checked they ordered the correct size bars before accepting my cash and cutting them down, or, am I liable because I should have known that 31.8 is now the new standard size....apparently?
50-50?