Fresbikes?

[huskerdont]

I guess you can only ignore people who are willing to pay $400 for a Castelli jacket but can’t find anyone to help them (e.g., me) for so long before you go out of business.

[Birru]

Judd, could you please send this ELITE over to Subby? Thx.

[MrTinDC]

I’d only been in the Arlington location a few times, and they always treated me well. Then again I was there with a friend who bought a Pinarello, so who knows. I never did the Tuesday night ride, but tried the route a few times, and it is a fun, hilly, fast course on smooth roads. It’s always sad when a bike shop closes, and hope the employees find new jobs, but I’m glad Conte’s has expanded in the area recently.

[dasgeh]

@Judd 173730 wrote:

Now that I think of it, they did fix a gunked up front derailleur that stopped working on the way to a TNR. I know they have a pretty bad rep, but everyone seemed cool to me the few times that I hung out in the store and drank a beer. I think it’s sad any time a business folds and I hope everyone there has found new employment already.

I always thought their repair services were great, if on the pricey side. Their customer service, especially for non racers, was meh. But the main reason I haven’t been inside in forever is that they don’t service or carry parts that are standard on race bikes. So we looked elsewhere for the not-insubstantial business of maintaining our crazy cargo and e-bikes. (and we all know losing our business is the entire reason they’re closing)

[VikingMariner]

https://www.yelp.com/biz/freshbikes-arlington?hrid=86N8YhG3cfKd7mgIbQAwTw&utm_campaign=www_review_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct)

[VikingMariner]

http://www.bicycleretailer.com/retail-news/2018/01/30/dc-area-retail-chain-freshbikes-shuts-down

News story

[jctonett]

@dasgeh 173820 wrote:

I always thought their repair services were great, if on the pricey side. Their customer service, especially for non racers, was meh. But the main reason I haven’t been inside in forever is that they don’t service or carry parts that are standard on race bikes. So we looked elsewhere for the not-insubstantial business of maintaining our crazy cargo and e-bikes. (and we all know losing our business is the entire reason they’re closing)

Interesting… I had mixed results on their service. They rebuilt a wheel for me, which was great. But they totally hosed up my bottom bracket. Cervelos are famous for BB creak, so that’s one of the reasons I took mine there. Not only did it creak like a mattress at a cheap hotel when I got it back (it was fine before I took it in; it just needed new bearings), but I took it back three times where they basically told me they’d fixed it when they hadn’t. Blamed it chain rings, crank arm, etc. Finally had to take it somewhere else to get it done right. Turns out they had epoxied it in, too, which made it even worse to fix.

Never went back after that.

[PeteD]

And…
https://spokesetc.com/about/arlington-ballstoncoming-soon-previously-freshbikes-pg1440.htm

[kwarkentien]

@PeteD 175118 wrote:

And…
https://spokesetc.com/about/arlington-ballstoncoming-soon-previously-freshbikes-pg1440.htm

Yep, a “little birdie” at Spokes told me this might be happening when I stopped by Quaker Lane last Sunday. Wonder if the new shop will try to revive the old FB TNR (Tuesday Night Ride).

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