Re: [CR]Worthwhile LBS?

(Example: Framebuilders:Richard Moon)

Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:47:25 -0500
From: Tom Hayes <hayesbikes@gmail.com>
To: "leonarddiamond@verizon.net" <leonarddiamond@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Worthwhile LBS?
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Congratualtions to Cycles D'Oro on the award.

To answer the question about the Solon bicycle shop, you'd be better off driving to Cycles D'Oro wherever you live than to take your bike to the Solon shop, especially if you have a vintage bike. There are only a couple of places in the Cleveland arear where I have experienced quality service for vintage stuff that I could not do myself. Solon shop was not one of them, though my experience only recounts one bad episode, but enough for me not to return.

For whatever it is worth,

Tom Hayes Chagrin Falls, Ohio USA

On 9/19/06, leonarddiamond@verizon.net <leonarddiamond@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> >From Bicycle Ratailer:
>
> Cycles de Oro Wins Park Tool Distinguished Service Award
>
> SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 -- ST PAUL, MN (BRAIN)\u2014Cycles de Oro Bicycle Shop of G
> reensboro, North Carolina, has been named the quarterly recipient of our
> Pa
> rk Tool Distinguished Service Award. Several of Cycle de Oro's customers
> wrote in to Park Tool to relate stories of service above and beyond the
> cal
> l of duty.
>
> "Cycles de Oro consistently provides excellent repair service, not only i
> n its shop but at the Greensboro area's numerous cycling events, many of
> wh
> ich it sponsors," one satisfied customer wrote in a letter.
>
> "It is really cool to be selected for an award by our customers and throu
> gh our association with Park Tool, a quality company we have partnered
> with
> for over 30 years," said Dale Brown, owner of Cycles de Oro.
>
> Park Tool developed this international award to recognize shops that are
> de
> dicated to providing excellent repairs and service regardless of their
> size
> . Retailers are nominated by their customers via letters or email to the
> Pa
> rk Tool website.
>
> Cycles de Oro is the second of four quarterly winners. Solon Bike Shop of
> S
> olon, Ohio, was the first winner.
>
>
> Anybody know about this shop? ;-)
>
> Len Diamond
> Ridgewood, NJ
> USA
> _______________________________________________
>

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Tom Hayes
Chagrin Falls, Ohio