Hayes small-part phallacy part 2

kidwoo · Jun 12, 2004

Jm_ said:
So I accidentally ripped my rear brake hose out of the rear caliper with my foot.

No big deal, all I need is a new compression nut right?

Well, I went to 3 shops in flagstaff and came up empty. Same thing for the 3 shops in my city here....

I guess it's like only if you live in LA or something....

"Oh yeah, most bike shops carry hayes small-parts"....

my a$$

True, LA only.

What's a hayes?

SebringMGB · Jun 13, 2004

Fallacy as in fallicious, not Phallacy as in Phallic, Freudian slip?

Id say that a stocking problem with your lbs, not hayes fault..... i personally havent run into the problem. Hayes being the brake used most for oem, naturally makes a shop more inclined to carry the parts.

thaflyinfatman · Jun 13, 2004

Jm_ said:
I didn't say that it was hayes fault, simply that the claim that bike shops stock hayes parts is untrue by and large, and at the least, there's quite a few of us (between 2 cities totalling 80,000 of population today) that can't find them going to 6 different shops...

Really? Damn, every shop I know of over here stocks Hayes parts... honestly, if I went into any of the shops around me, I could get pretty much any spare part I needed (with the possible exception of stuff like a whole lever body/caliper). I know my lbs does bulk business in repairing/rebuilding Hayes, they've got a shïtload of hayes spares in a big tub.

math2014 · Jun 13, 2004

Time for goodridge? oh wait, you are in the States so goodridge availability is questionable. But i am with you mate, it really sucks when supposedly available parts are scarse to find. good luck.

Brian HCM#1 · Jun 13, 2004

Well Jim, looks like you should have kept the Hopes

binary visions · Jun 13, 2004

Hm.. Sorry there's no small parts around you but your locale being short on Hayes stuff doesn't make the fact that most people can get Hayes small parts on short notice any less true...

Curb Hucker · Jun 13, 2004

Brian HCM#1 said:
Well Jim, looks like you should have kept the Hopes

yes, and he should bu some new ones too

Brian HCM#1 · Jun 13, 2004

Jm_ said:
yeah. i know i should have. I definitely can't afford em now...well actually I could, but I'm getting a curnutt shock instead..

If you were a real man, you'd get both

Zark · Jun 13, 2004

The shops there need to get it together. I could pick that up from 5 different shops in my area. I have that part on my desk actually. If you swing by SB I'll give it to you

Curb Hucker · Jun 13, 2004

Brian HCM#1 said:
If you were a real man, you'd get both

what, no mindless buy an avalanche propaganda :confused:

ssaddict · Jun 13, 2004

Jm_ said:
flagstaff has a HUGE riding scene, QUOTE]

Whom half of which just upgraded to V-brakes.

Every shop owner in the area is still running canti's on his single speed, and every other guy I know in flag still thinks disk brakes are a fad.

Didn't someone in Sedona have one?

ssaddict · Jun 13, 2004

My only point being the shop owners and most of the employees have still not accepted disks as the norm. I know there are many FR and DH bikes on Eldon and other places, but I also know how half of the previously mentioned people (most of the ones who stock and order parts) feel about these weekend riders. Honestly, they hate anyone who comes to shuttle or anything like that around Flag on the trails they feel like they own, and some of them would like to cause any inconviences to these outsiders they can.

Not all, but I know more than a few long time flag residents that feel this way.

Knowing who owns shops in Sedona and what brands they carry you'd have much better luck finding Hayes parts there.

I train all over the place, especially during the summer, but currently I am on injured reserve and don't know quite when the Dr.'s want me riding. I'm was suppose to be playing the the mud this weekend in Snowshoe but had to cancel my plans. :mad:

:mumble:

SuspectDevice · Jun 14, 2004

There still seem to be plenty of shops that don't even know how to bleed brakes, but otoh, There are 3 shops within 30 miles of here, that had new transfer o-rings and pistons when I needed some last week. Personally I like to stock up on a full suite of Hayes parts at the beginning of every season, never know when i might kill something in the middle of nowhere, and you can always sell spare parts in race parking lots...

ssaddict · Jun 14, 2004

Jm_ said:
Those are pretty strong words. Not directing this at you, but with such strong feelings I'm suprised more fights are not breaking out around the mountain and in town.

I ran into a nice guy from Tempe this weekend, he gave me a ride up the mountain (I wasn't looking for one, but heck that just gave me that much mroe time to explore the mountain). He rides a rootbeer or anno-red V10 with 888. Asian guy. He pedals like mad, says he rides UP the mountain on his V10 a few times each day he is up there.

That's the same nice guy who told me to F' off when I asked them to stop freeriding on South Mtn. a little while back... remember?

Now see why locals don't like people like him?

Go Kart Motzart · Jun 14, 2004

You've been whining on the MTBR boards about this for a while and over there the story is you cut the lines yourself. So which is it? Did you snag them with your foot or cut them?

BTW, who made the claim that most shops carry Hayes small brake parts?

RhinofromWA · Jun 14, 2004

Go Kart Motzart said:
You've been whining on the MTBR boards about this for a while and over there the story is you cut the lines yourself. So which is it? Did you snag them with your foot or cut them?

BTW, who made the claim that most shops carry Hayes small brake parts?

All I know is around Seattle...

Hayes is the most stocked part line around. Magura is kinda stocked....mostly the XC pads and general hose line and some misc parts but you have to know where to look. Hopes... :think:

um maybe a place or two might have a set...but not usually something I see (It maybe because I am not looking for it though)

Generally, of all the hydrolic brake manufacturers....in Seattle....Hayes is the best stocked brake set around. (disclaimer: actually product availability maye differ in your area)

It sucks to break a part and not be able to find parts, that was a bigfactor in me going to Hayes.......

BECAUSE in MY AREA that is the stocked brake of choice. My Magurra Gustav were impossible to find brake pads for though hose line was something that could be found. Resierviour caps and misc Gustav specific parts (pads, daiphrams) were tough to find. Mineral oil and hoses that carry over from the rim brakes were plentyfull.

ssaddict · Jun 14, 2004

Jm_ said:
The asian guy on the V10? or the guys that live in flagstaff? I know there was one guy that was in flagstaff that was a "bad apple", and im sure some of the guys we've seen at south mountain are from phoenix, more "bad apples"...

I beleive his full name is Chansamone Keovilayhong but he usually goes by Mone (moan).

BMXman · Jun 16, 2004

so I decided to test JM's theory and went to my LBS and sure enough they had about every Hayes part you could think of....they actually had 2 different tool boxes one labeld Hayes and the other Hope...tons o parts..I bought a few extra compression rings so if you still need some...shoot me a PM....D

BMXman · Jun 16, 2004

yeah and it was a Performance bike shop...maybe that explains the earthquake we had today....D

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