Where to bring a bike to check sizing or trade it for a diff bike

[KLizotte]

Clovis at FreshBikes in Ballston is highly respected and recommended; he did my fitting and told me that my brand new spanking bike was too big for me* (which turned out to be true) and helped me get something that fit better and fine-tuned it accordingly. He, or someone like him, will spend an hour or two figuring out how to make the bike fit you provided it is a generally good fit to be begin with. Plan on spending approx. $100-150 for such a fitting but it is so worth it in the long run!!! You have to make an appointment; going during the day, mid-week is best if you can swing it.

*I had purchased the bike at Revolution in Clarendon. Live and learn…

[jabberwocky]

1: Most road oriented shops will do fittings. I’ve heard good things about the pro fittings that FreshBikes does, but expect to pay for it.

2: I’m not aware of shops that do trade-ins. You’d have to sell the bike yourself on the private market and then buy a new one. Or remove the parts, sell the frame, buy a new frame and install the parts on that.

[Tim Kelley]

I’m a fan of the Retul style fitting (lasers and a bunch of data points to work from, and you end up with a profile that can be referenced in the future in setting up other bikes, or if you travel with your own bike). Revolution Cycles offers that. They also do trade-ins if the bike is in good enough condition that they could resell it. You’re probably better off selling it on Craigslist.

[DismalScientist]

Bring your bike to a coffee club or to Velocity. We/they will provide you with our *ahem* expert opinion. Screwing around with amateur level seat post, saddle adjustments and different stems will be a lot cheaper than a professional fitting and especially a trade up. See if you can learn basic maintenance from Velocity. (Unless bent, you probably don’t need a new derailleur–most shifting issues are fixed by cable adjustments or replacing a bent derailleur hanger)

[Emm]

Thanks everyone! I’ll bring the bike to Velocity this or next weekend (it’s a super short walk from home) and get it looked at to see if it can fit. If it can be done, I’ll spend the money @ Revolution or Fresh Bikes to get it to fit perfect and properly tuned up.

If it’s not going to fit, I’ll sell it on craigslist and then try to buy a used road bike that fits right. If I’m lucky, velocity will have something that works–I keep finding bikes there that are /almost/ perfect…

[ShawnoftheDread]

I figure Revolution Cycles in Clarendon can do this, but their staff has always been a little rude to me…

Yeah, I hear they’ll hire anyone these days.

[Tim Kelley]

@ShawnoftheDread 86840 wrote:

Yeah, I hear they’ll hire anyone these days.

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[rcannon100]

@ShawnoftheDread 86840 wrote:

Yeah, I hear they’ll hire anyone these days.

Dont buy a bike from this kid

[ShawnoftheDread]

@rcannon100 86852 wrote:

Dont buy a bike from this kid

Is he wearing lipstick? (NTTAWWT)

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