There is only one choice -
Big Sky
...the others don't come close and oddly enough, don't seem to want to try?
It is an odd thing, but I have been in Montana for 15 years or so and I am no longer surprised by this. It drives me nuts, nearly every time I leave the house, but it does not catch me off guard anymore.
Recently I had the owner of Open Road tell me, "Nobody in Montana would ask for that.". Quite rudely, mind you.
I had asked for an Avid Flak Jacket Kit. (I wanted to re-route some cables on a Bike that had an Avid kit installed and the ferrule ends are size specific.)
Seriously...I almost punched him.
I was STANDING IN HIS SHOP.
His shop is IN MONTANA.
I just asked for THAT.
He might as well have said, "You don't Exist.".
What a moron. I kindly informed him that his attitude was the reason I waited to try his shop until I had exhausted ALL other possibilities. Seriously, I even went out to the REI on Reserve St. because I have seen those kits there in the past...
Then I left his shop, fuming, and returned to Big Sky - where I vented about my Open Road Experience.
Chris gave me a bottle of Cold Water and hooked me up with all new 5mm Housings, New Cables and Ends and I dropped another $50-$60.00 on asst'd parts (XO Grip Shifters!) and I went home.
I will never go anywhere else in Missoula again.
Big Sky
...the others don't come close and oddly enough, don't seem to want to try?
It is an odd thing, but I have been in Montana for 15 years or so and I am no longer surprised by this. It drives me nuts, nearly every time I leave the house, but it does not catch me off guard anymore.
Recently I had the owner of Open Road tell me, "Nobody in Montana would ask for that.". Quite rudely, mind you.
I had asked for an Avid Flak Jacket Kit. (I wanted to re-route some cables on a Bike that had an Avid kit installed and the ferrule ends are size specific.)
Seriously...I almost punched him.
I was STANDING IN HIS SHOP.
His shop is IN MONTANA.
I just asked for THAT.
He might as well have said, "You don't Exist.".
What a moron. I kindly informed him that his attitude was the reason I waited to try his shop until I had exhausted ALL other possibilities. Seriously, I even went out to the REI on Reserve St. because I have seen those kits there in the past...
Then I left his shop, fuming, and returned to Big Sky - where I vented about my Open Road Experience.
Chris gave me a bottle of Cold Water and hooked me up with all new 5mm Housings, New Cables and Ends and I dropped another $50-$60.00 on asst'd parts (XO Grip Shifters!) and I went home.
I will never go anywhere else in Missoula again.
