TrialsinUSA

I'm willing to say that I think Tim has contributed more to the popularity of trials in the US than anyone. Until the last few years, he was the only place to get real trials goods...he's done more to get stuff into the US than anyone else...he's a great guy to talk with about all kinds of different topics. He was the only person outside of Providence that I knew who could talk about the political disasters of Buddy Cianci (personal, I know, but interesting to me anyway). I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I've been involved with trials for almost 10 years (you'd think I'd be so much better than I am). He was THE MAN at Goatwheels to call to get the goods. He even popped down to the NEPS final at Candytown to hand out goodies and hang out for a while. HE HAD ABOUT AN 8 HOUR DRIVE EACH WAY.

I've had some problems with delivery in the past but I don't hold him too accountable. The delivery problems I've had with Tim have almost always been due to one of his vendors or overseas shipping. I've been in the bike industry for over a decade and I've come to accept that the bike industry has major delivery problems. Go ahead and try to order a King hub, or an Intense Tazer. Take into account that Tim is ONE GUY who has been making a living from trials for a while now. Also, take into consideration that he did so much to organize national level events, and events in the NE AND he's got two very young children to watch. The guy works out of his house and has very many projects that take bits of his time. To my knowledge, he doesn't have a very efficient way to track orders and such. I don't believe he has a fancypants POP system or anything.

Well thats what he will say.

Then he'll say "oh its right here"

Then he'll say "well its still in customs"

2 weeks later "oh they haven't shipped it from sweden yet"

a month later "yeah It'll be here soon"

few days later "yeah I sent it out"

The next hour "what did you order again? Oh, here it is- i"ll get it out tomorrow"

I take it you had a bad experiance with him and a headset or frame or something.....

Just speculation from a non-biased point of view.

But I just got off the phone with him...he shipped out my cranks and front brake overnight today. He forgot about my booster and hardware, but that also was not on the ORIGINAL 1ST order I made, so it goes out tomorrow. LOL, neither was the overnight shipping he's giving me on both packages(cranks and brake, and booster and hardware) or the 2-day shipping he gave me for my bike.....but he's come through on more than one occasion. So I should have my cranks and front brake tomorrow via overnight shipping today, and hardware and booster on Saturday....Saturday delivery...that's UNHEARD OF nowadays from most companies....than again, he's not like most companies.

upgraded shipping...extra parts....I don't know of ANY COMPANY that does that from things like custom hold-ups etc....other companies just say "sorry, it was completely out of our hands"....LOL, that don't mean I'm happy about it!, LOL.