<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">My favorite LBSs (local bike shops), in no particular order:<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Harris Cyclery, W. Newton</DIV><DIV>Broadway Bicycle School, Cambridge</DIV><DIV>Ace Wheelworks, Belmont/ Somerville</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Broadway doesn't carry many bikes, but those they do are very nice, and reasonably priced. Ace is good, tho the Belmont store has a much wider selection than Somerville. Harris is excellent, especially for lesser known bike and frame makers like Rivendell, IRO, ANT, Surly, etc. They do a brisk mail-order business for hard-to-find parts and accessories (especially for fixed gear and 3-speed parts), and many non-local people I have corresponded with have expressed mild jealousy that I live close enough to them to visit in person.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>You can't go wrong with any of these shops, but I would recommend checking out one or more before you buy, to get a sense of what is out there.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hope this helps</DIV><DIV>Andrew</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jun 19, 2006, at 9:56 AM, Noam A. Osband wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>Tomorrow I'm going to buy myself a new mountain bike.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Anyone have recommendations as to which Boston area bike shop would be the best store to go to? I live near Ace Wheelworks in Somerville and use them a lot. They aren't the cheapeast but I've always felt the quality is good, so I've considered going to them for my new bike. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Anyone have any thoughts/ideas/advice for me?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>thanks,</DIV> <DIV>noam</DIV><DIV> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><HR size="1">Do you Yahoo!?<BR> Next-gen email? Have it all with the <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40791/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/handraisers"> all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.</A><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Boston Critical Mass mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">list@bostoncriticalmass.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://bostoncriticalmass.org/list">http://bostoncriticalmass.org/list</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To unsubscribe email <A href="mailto:list-unsubscribe@bostoncriticalmass.org">list-unsubscribe@bostoncriticalmass.org</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>