Fresbikes?

Not really the shop of choice for most of the folks on the forum. I used to do the Tuesday Night Rides every once in a while, which is the only time that I’ve been in their store. I saw Clovis name pop up doing bike fitting at Green Lizard a few weeks ago, which makes sense now.

@Judd 173698 wrote:

Not really the shop of choice for most of the folks on the forum. I used to do the Tuesday Night Rides every once in a while, which is the only time that I’ve been in their store. I saw Clovis name pop up doing bike fitting at Green Lizard a few weeks ago, which makes sense now.

Good tip on Clovis–I just checked Green Lizard’s site and he’s now listed as their top fitter. https://www.greenlizardcycling.com/articles/you-first-green-lizard-bike-fit-pg135.htm

I know some people have not had great experiences with him, but the 2 bikes he fitted me on ride wonderfully. I’m a little sad about fresh bikes closing though– Clovis was pretty good about charging full price to fit you on the first bike, but around 1/2 price for 2nd/3rd/etc bike fits, even if it was a few years between bike fittings.

Freshbikes in Ballston has been looking more and more closed when they put the pizza place in recently (I was trying to figure out how they were going to stay in business with so much less space and lack of street signage). Apparently they slowly reached that point so that I didn’t realize it when I was across the lot last night. They were randomly helpful and insulting (not that they said outright insults, just told me an outright lie about the lube I liked (“Oh, that company merged with another and they don’t make it any more”) and told me that it would cost more to fix my bike than buy a new one (not at all the case. But I did both at another shop).). I was hoping they would stay for the rare occasion I needed to fix a flat while I was at the gym.

I bought my road bike from Freshbikes and had better customer service experiences with them than most other shops…definitely better than the one that seems to be so popular on this forum, which I stopped patronizing after like 3 bad experiences in a row. They were also able to fix a seized crankarm that other shops couldn’t, and they charged me less to actually fix it than another shop did just to attempt a fix. So I’m a little disappointed that they won’t be around if/when I’m looking for a new road bike.

@EasyRider 173712 wrote:

One needed to go inside and get brushed off by the employees to find out they only cared about the Rapha demographic.

@TwoWheelsDC 173726 wrote:

I bought my road bike from Freshbikes and had better customer service experiences with them than most other shops

Hey TwoWheels – weren’t you wearing a Rapha kit that last time I rode with you?

@Judd 173731 wrote:

Hey TwoWheels – weren’t you wearing a Rapha kit that last time I rode with you?

I only wear Rapha on days ending in “Y.”

The Ballston store is a bit out of my way so I didn’t visit often, but they were very friendly when I brought in my commuter bike to buy my first clipless pedals and bike shoes. Other times, while the service wasn’t as great, I never felt it was horrible.