for those of us in NE Ohio -- I've never been to the Solon Bike Shop, but if you need help with a vintage bike by somebody with some knowledge about them, I really like Century Cycles -- particulary the one in Peninsula. Derrick K. has a few classics of his own, and has a good sense of how to care for them.
Kyle Brooks Akron, OH
> [Original Message]
> From: Tom Hayes <hayesbikes@gmail.com>
> To: leonarddiamond@verizon.net <leonarddiamond@verizon.net>
> Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Date: 9/19/2006 9:47:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Worthwhile LBS?
>
> 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)Cycles 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
> > _______________________________________________
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Tom Hayes
> Chagrin Falls, Ohio