New bike thoughts....bike Weight vs body weight (Page 2)

I heard at my LBS that Softride recently declared bankruptcy.

After I bought my bike I heard that Softride was difficult to work with from a dealers perspective. Last year they sold a cheap beam mountain bike at Costco and where I bought my bike said ah...that will be the end of them.

They seem to have gotten progressively worse over the last few years.  One dealer I talked to said they started out great with support and warantee replacements and the like, and then gradually they went downhill to the point that he (and many dealers I imagine) began dropping them because it began having a negative effect on their own customers.

I'd be curious to hear the story behind it (change in leadership?  management?  owner?).

bts 

I just want to point out that you are very lucky to have such a great LBS to work with.  Appreciate them and take full advantage of it.  That is great how they are treating you.  Obviously they want a sale, but it sounds like they are willing to work for it which, as a customer, is all you could ask for.

I noticed that in your pictures, but I figured you were just wimpy, uh, muscularly challenged