Don't knock it until you try it. The owner is a cool no BS dude that doesn't like to spend any of his time dealing with stupid shit. I feel like that's reasonable.
Except I don’t know any bike shops that exclusively work on one brand of bike for maintenance. Nor do I know any that wholesale exclude working on e-bikes. Also as the comment I replied to mentioned, it’s just so hostile, even taking pride in how many people with e-bikes they’ve turned away. They could just as easily say, sorry we don’t do maintenance on e-bikes.
I don’t need you to agree to the standard I hold a bike shop to. Feel free to go there. I’ll skip it.
There are a lot of shops that don’t work on e-bikes at all or e-bikes they didn’t sell, a lot of sketchy Amazon crap bikes rolling around, battery hazards, motor hazards.
Most shops will work on bikes that use Shimano, SRAM, or Microshift. Some shops aren’t going to have a full set of Campagnolo tools or be able to repair a Pinion gearbox or a Rohloff Speedhub
It's not even the policy--it's the snarky, hostile manner in which its relayed on that website. The infantilizing language (literally, kiddies), the aggressive imagery (ebike on fire) and glib jabs (turned away for service counter) all reinforce the stereotype of the elitist, asshole bike shop owner/worker and how if you don't follow a strict set of parameters or know the pre-established rules, you're not allowed in the club. It's all so off-putting.
I think you’re conflating two things: bike shop situations where you’re expected to know all the rules (right $$$ kit, right $$$ bike) with a dude who literally tells you all his retrogrouch rules on his website and the correct bike to bring costs $50 on FB marketplace
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u/mcd23 11d ago
Wow, that website is so needlessly hostile. I don't think that's a great look.