Very clever! This shop's previously name was "David's World Cycle." I noticed some of their bad reviews on Yelp are gone. Fortunately, I managed to save one from the past which I will add to the end of my post.
I have a seven-year-old bicycle and the derailleur went out of adjustment. I paid $45 to have it adjusted at this shop on 12/31/21. Soon after it went out of adjustment again. First gear was unusable, but the bike was rideable. I couldn't bring it back to the shop right away because I live in a rural area about an hour away.
I took it back to the shop on 4/5/22 (the shop was still known as David's at the time) and I was again charged $45 for readjustment since their warranty is good for only 30 days (although this was never explained to me), plus an additional $25 upsell to true the rear wheel. I expressed my dissatisfaction but reluctantly agreed to pay these charges just so I could get my bike fixed while I was in town. I was told the shop was under capacity that day. Interestingly, during my 12/31/21 visit the original technician who worked on my bike attempted to sell me a maintenance package (?) but this wasn't mentioned on 4/5/22.
Why would the derailleur's original factory adjustment hold for seven years, and theirs only held for a little over a month? One day I was riding normally and couldn't downshift into first gear.
I got home after the second visit, rode the bike around the block, and it started to make a grinding noise. They left one of the screws on the chain guard loose and it fell off. I had to make a trip to the hardware store to buy a screw, a nut and a couple of washers. One would expect better customer support when paying higher prices for goods and services.
6/1/2022: Derailleur went out of adjustment again. This time it was the third gear. A neighbor looked at it, and after a quick turn of the adjuster (which took less than a minute) it now works better than ever. Even better than when it was new.
Here's the review I saved from a customer who had a very similar experience on 6/7/21. I wish I read it beforehand. I'm done with this shop. Please consider this a public service announcement and not a vindictive post.
6/7/2021 Review copied from Yelp:
If you listen to one review here it is. I was up sold a $260 package to service my bike. It took them TWO WEEKS to return my bike. I rode my bike maybe 8 times and the front Derailer is shifting incorrectly, downshifting from big to little and forcing me to get off my bike. When I took the bike back they said they would fix it, would put it on the schedule for a week and was going to charge me, I said no thanks and took my bike some where else, it never had any issues shifting until they messed with my bike. Word of mouth goes a long way in the biking community. The other bad reviews include up sailing packages and telling people they need stuff. None of the staff is friendly or gives you the friendly hey what's up chill vibe you get at most shops. Every mechanic head down. When I asked the mechanic what was wrong and could she show me, she was unable to give me any explanation. Definitely no confidence in this shop.
EDIT: After replacing this review the owner gave me a call after talking to the shop. Although he listen and apologized which I appreciated, he tried to tell me the reason I need to check my bike in was because the mechanic checked my chain and it needed to be replaced. This was never explained to me! ALSO I told him if they would have told me that in person I would have accused them of being crooks or their tool was broke , since THIS shop replaced my chain IN ADDITION to their "$260 tune up" and I have rode less than 300 miles due to a back injury, only way the chain needs replacing was if it never was installed in the first place. He asked if he could do anything and I told him I feel better with taking my bike to be serviced else where. read more