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>go to bike shop
>never been there before
>walk up to counter
>"hey little buddy, what can I get you?"
IM NOT A LITTLE BUDDY!
>"h-hi i was wondering if you had the 2019 treks in yet?"
>what are ya looking for?
>do you have any domane alr?
>"the ALUMINUM bike???"
>yeah alum
>he proceeds to show off his personal carbon bike collection to me via pictures on his phone
>"this is my aero bike that I sometimes use for duathalons but I wanna get a tri bike. this is my climbing bike but I never use it cuz i race crits now..."
>i literally couldn't care less
>"well okay those are my bikes. you sure you want aluminum???"
>uh yeah, the alum one please
>brah (he actually called me this) you gotta go carbon. at least test ride one and see how much better than aluminum it is. cmon i could drop you on an aluminum bike, do you really want to get dropped? here come by the group ride tonight and i'll show you"
>n-n-no thanks, well maybe i'll stop by but I want that domane if I could test ride it
>he starts ringing it up
>uhh could i test ride it first?
>you wanna test ride THIS?
>yeah, i wanna see how it rides
>what are you riding right now, bro?
>tell him i ride a 90s trek road bike
>ah no worries, the alum bikes all feel the same. you're not even upgrading bro. here test ride this carbon one
>no i'd just like to ride the aluminum bike
>well okay but if you bring it to the crit, you'll get laughed at bro
>that's okay. where can i test ride it at
>uhh. just go down this street and when you get back, i'll let you test ride the sl6
>jksdhfjkhdasjhf test ride it
>comfy, handles well, think i'll buy it
>go to buy it
>you sure you want the domane bro? you already got this bike basically. let me show you a madone or a gravel bike.
I'M TRYING TO BUY A BIKE DAMMIT, TAKE MY MONEY AND SELL ME THE DAMN DOMANE
>fed up and feel insecure about buying this bike
>let him sucker me into buying accessories I know I can get 50% cheaper on amazon
i'll never go back
