A mate rang me today in a quandry he was trying to get a hold of a Pirelli MT43 trails tyre for his bike, everywhere he went or rang all he got was “nah sorry mate all gone, none in country have to wait for next shipment”. So I said I’ll try my local bloke, always looking for an excuse to leave the office at lunch and go down to the local bike shop off I trotted, got there told Bob (the owner) what we needed he rang up the importer, got off the phone and stated “Be one here for your mate next wednesday!!!!!, I’ll do him a good price too”, as i looked around the tiny little shop i see V3 fox helmets in M XL & XXL for $299, thor googles for $70, Renthal pillowtop grips for $20 etc etc, it dawned on me that because this bloke is one of the best connected people in the Aussie bike business he knows where to source almost anything he wants, and we the customers take this for granted, until we go to other local shops and get “nah sorry” or “that’ll be your firstborn thanks”.
Made me think about life in general, I know literally thousands of people through my old jobs and it has opened many doors of opportunity for me, and wonder how many others have examples of this (good ones not a bitch session)?
BC
