Summit Sport Season Wrap Up by RockyMountainBicycles

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crashdad (Oct 29, 2011 at 7:29)

my derailleur was almost dead. the Mechanics there found some old parts from some other old damage derailleurs. rather than have to spend $150 bucks on a new one. it cost me $30 bucks for some new cable and a hanger. that derailleur is still going strong. I used that shop a few times. These guys get you back riding ASAP.

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Trevwall (Oct 29, 2011 at 8:21)

That is rare to find a shop that is willing to work with you like that.

miff (Oct 29, 2011 at 8:40)

I agree, for shops in Whistler that is. That speaks volumes of the store if they do that regularly. 9/10 of the places here don't give a shit and treat you like another tourist, even if you are a repeat customer or refer more business to them or genuinely give them the benefit of the doubt - they'll take you for a freaking ride most times.

ps. Worst place hands down, Fanatyk Co. Bitten a few times personally and eventually found out about a whole lot more people who were stooged by them.

If Summit keep up the good work and don't ruin their rep like the majority in Whistler have, they'll be around for a while yet.

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bennyphillips (Oct 29, 2011 at 9:08)

and that hot chick Shelly works there, thats the only reason i went there..

Protour (Oct 29, 2011 at 10:55)

They are the most underrated shop in Whistler, and way better than most rental shops. They don't have everything for every bike,but if they have it they seem to be helpful. I've never heard any complaints from people who rent the Rocky's from them either. This year was great at Whistler the few times I went, next year should be even better.

tom666 FL (Oct 29, 2011 at 13:50)

I borrowed a flatline from summit when I went to whistler. I nearly bought a pair or handlebars too, but things are pricey as hell in whistler. They seem like a great shop and you can't blame then for having comparable prices to every other shop in whistler.

swindelhurst (Oct 29, 2011 at 15:12)

the things i would do to shelly flood, so illegal......

rigodon777 (Oct 29, 2011 at 19:36)

well, I only needed a fork overhaul.. HELLOO 200$ bill. when back home all it costs me is a 6pack... Oh and swindel.. I'm 100% with you on that one. I hanged around with her this summer and she was super chill.

ddfuji (Oct 29, 2011 at 23:04) (Below Threshold)

to bad winter park uses mostly these things called "Konas"

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TheGoose (Oct 30, 2011 at 4:33)

TOO bad you jumped on the Kona-bashing bandwagon.

jfyfe (Oct 30, 2011 at 13:16)

To tom666, I actually find bike stuff in whistler is cheap! They have waaayyy more selection on freeride/dh gear than other places which is sweet when you want to check stuff out in person before buying it, and i always find a lot of rad stuff on sale.

tom666 FL (Oct 30, 2011 at 13:18) (Below Threshold)

The crank brothers 19 multitool was like $45 dollars in summit, but £24.99 on CRC when I got home. That's a fairly large difference.

But as you say, the main difference is the face to face service and the actually having it there to play with before purchase.

peteypete (Oct 30, 2011 at 14:34)

Mid-market rates: 2011-10-30 21:32 UTC

45.00 CAD = 28.1269 GBP
Canadian Dollar British Pound
1 CAD = 0.625042 GBP 1 GBP = 1.59989 CAD

norcalrider16 (Oct 30, 2011 at 18:02)

@jfyfe, I know that bike parts in Canada are more expensive than in the US, but I could never say that anything is cheap in Whistler. The bike parts and gear especially is wayyyy overpriced - I went into a few shops, Evo and a couple others and the stuff was ridiculously expensive.

tom666 FL (Oct 31, 2011 at 1:54)

@petey pete, I think thats a pretty old conversion rate. The money we paid to exchange £ for $ was near enough 1 to 0.9, so it works out a lot more expensive. I'm not hating on bike shops or on whistler, both are great, but it's expensive to buy from bike shops in whistler.

ddfuji (Feb 10, 2012 at 19:18)

i have the right to bash cause i owned one and rode one for a year and a half.

Rowan11 (Oct 29, 2011 at 1:35)

I think its a great idea putting it at the end of the season, now people that dont live localy can start to arrange trips across country for next year or even from different countrys. It deffinatly makes me want to book some time off work for next year and take a trip and and borrow one of those flatlines! amazing way to get sales as pinkbike is most riders best freind online!

bretttippie (Oct 29, 2011 at 6:35)

Summit is a great Whistler Bike Shop with some good ol' boys and girls working there. Always a good vibe and quick to help with mechanicals. The 2007 Crankworx Rocky Mountain party there is still one of the best parties I've ever been to. Keep it going Summit and see you next year...or this ski season probably! Go Summit!

dirtjumper771 (Oct 29, 2011 at 8:03)

The past two years I have gone to Whistler twice, each time dealing with Summit, and I have to say, some of the best service I have ever received. The first year I rented a bike, had a blast, and they even gave me and my uncle a discount, as well as help out with any mechanicals, and if it is going to take a while to fix a bike, they give you another one with the exact set up. This year, I went with my bike, and they were awesome helping me with anything, s well as providing a cool place just to chill and talk with he employees. If you are going to Whistler, go to Summit, one of the best bike shops I have been in in my life.

mulchee (Oct 29, 2011 at 8:58)

Summit is an excellent shop, and have a great team working there, they've helped me out tons over the years.

JFTtrials (Oct 29, 2011 at 13:50)

Went to whistler in the summer, had a crash and smashed the bike up a little bit, seat snapped and i spent the rest of the day in hospital. These guys gave me some free gloves and didnt charge me for the bike rental, or the new seat! 0.0, will definitely be going back to summit next time.

brandenblackmore (Oct 29, 2011 at 15:49)

I've been to Whistler three times this season and summit is easily one of the best bike shops i have ever been to, espicially when i was out riding and destroyed my shock linkage off the GLC drop they had me back out riding in 45 minutes and did $180 of work for $60. I can't think of any better service than that! Keep it up guys!

farmervps (Oct 31, 2011 at 11:30)

rocky & summit represent!!!!!!
I dragged my rm7 down into the pit and the men dropped what they were doin and trued my wheel and derail tune up with no waiting and only jewed me $10 bucks!!!!...10 bucks to true a wheel at the mountain, sooooo close to the lift...unbelive!!! my LBS wanted me to drop the wheel off and next week I could pick it up...f that..it's riding time shred shred shred no time for broken parts, lame shops or roadies telling me my bike is too heavy only the emergency room doc's can slow me down!!!

summit: live long, ride long never quite!!!

but....there's always a but..." we're open everyday of the year"..b-shat on that one...I whent last week and was crushed that I couldnt blow any cash on them

whomp whomp wwwhhhooommmpppppp.....oh well theres always next time!!!

mattbc (Nov 1, 2011 at 20:26)

Was up at Tyax doing a 3 day XC trip for a stag a year ago. After the last day no one was in a rush to get home, so we called up Summit to see if we could rent some DH bikes. Next morning we drove down, and were hooked up with bikes and gear. All of us used to ride the shore in the 90's, so we know what we were getting into. All the guys at summit were pro. No one gave us attitude when we wanted our SPD's put on. Went out for the day on garbanzo and had a blast. I've delt with other shops up there and most of them can be a bunch of d-bags! But not Summit. I would absolutely recommend that shop in a heart beat.

cervo (Oct 29, 2011 at 10:31)

These guys allowed me, to ride every days I could, and were gentle enough to support a pain in the ass frenchy like me...haha...
Summit rocks

nobrain FL (Nov 2, 2011 at 4:16)

and you still wear this camo jersey!

shredrider07 (Oct 29, 2011 at 11:47)

Summit it awesome! When I was in whistler I had to get my headset replaced and when most shops said they couldn't have it done for about 4 hours summit had it done for me in half an hour! Whenever Im in whislter and I pop a tube or need something done to my bike summit is the first place I go!

neimbc (Oct 29, 2011 at 13:49)

Never been to Whistler - so I've never been to Summit - but the props here look good. I'll say this, I LOVE my Rocky Mountain Slayer. Never lets me down, super plush and responsive, I'd love to throw a leg over a Flatline.

hamncheez (Oct 30, 2011 at 14:42)

Really? I broke the swing arm on my friends slayer off a small drop, right the weld. Ticked me off.

neimbc (Oct 30, 2011 at 16:28)

Really? what year was it? At the right side weld? Did Rocky honor a guarantee replacement? How much do you weigh? Now you got me worried!

hamncheez (Oct 31, 2011 at 5:38)

They didn't warranty it, I had to buy him a new swing arm. Luckily it was only $200. But is was on the drive side.

morkis (Oct 29, 2011 at 17:31)

Summit is sweet, lots of knowledge and helpful people. I get sick of dealing with retarded bike mechanics in fanatyk co and evolution. Common sense is not that common anymore.

juanny (Oct 29, 2011 at 20:52)

The Summit management are the nicest, most genuine and helpful people in the rental industry - period.

Between them (RB, Milner and IVG), they have set the benchmark to which all other shops in Whistler need to reach... not one other shop has managed it so far!

dadsbudz (Oct 30, 2011 at 13:08)

I broke a rear suspensoin pivot bolt on my RM7, took it to them to see if they may have one so I could fix it (still had the rest of the day to ride). not only did he have one but also installed it, No charge for the bolt or labour! a little customer service goes a long, long way. Thank you.

rolto1822 (Oct 29, 2011 at 23:22)

Summit ROCK! WAY more helpful staff than bike and bean, and i've had the same experiences a few times. Doesn't matter what you buy or from who, Summit will help you out! Brilliant guys and i wouldn't use anywhere else now.

drewboxold (Oct 29, 2011 at 9:43)

who doesn't like rocky mountains

evilamish (Oct 29, 2011 at 13:10)

Me, because I never had one

Gajible (Oct 29, 2011 at 20:06)

I've never had a million dollars, doesn't mean I can't like a million dollars

drewboxold (Oct 29, 2011 at 20:11)

exactly right

bboutin FL (Oct 29, 2011 at 9:47)

summit is such a great shop, amazing service, and not to mention their prices are great too, but i gotta say that rocky is also one of the best companies out there, so when you pair up rocky with summit, you cant go wrong!

SuperSlowDH (Oct 29, 2011 at 13:01)

Summit also employes some of whistlers best riders. Between all the guys in that shop they have broken and fixed anything and everything. Just not hope breaks. If you ride them your hopeless.

nagaredama (Oct 29, 2011 at 23:23)

Propes to Summit. Only shop that was nice enough to let me use their floor pump and source a couple small bolts I needed. Whistler Bike and Bean were D-Bag's about using their floor pump.

Stuffing-Remix (Oct 29, 2011 at 14:48)

Proud to be a Flatline owner. And their new black Flatline looks lush

JRoe (Oct 30, 2011 at 8:10)

Oh dear, please tell me you did not just say "lush" .............. Oh my god you did. Ha

JRoe (Oct 30, 2011 at 8:11)

But your rite it dose look awesome!!!!!!!!

rockeymtnflowraw (Oct 29, 2011 at 22:38)

Summits the bomb ! The guys in there know there shit and they work with you to get you the best deal wouldn't recommend anywhere else ! Keeper up lads

downlink (Oct 29, 2011 at 8:15)

I just hope that one day I will be able to own one of those amazing Rocky Mountain Machines

michael-douven (Oct 29, 2011 at 11:21)

the best shop in whistler by far. I've used them many times this season to get me rocking when $hit breaks.

LeoDHias (Oct 29, 2011 at 13:18)

The brazilian riders loves Summit guys! They are part of the family. Good work Ryan and team, see you next year!

cory3335 (Nov 2, 2011 at 20:51)

What trail is the gap to the big flat wood thing on? Is it new cuz iv never seen it

mammal (Oct 29, 2011 at 10:06)

Stunning brochure write-up, Pete. Should be out of a "Whistler Adventure" catalog.

borocks (Oct 29, 2011 at 13:58)

I wasnt referring to anyone but the speaker.... his voice is like a toy that needs batteries, sounds funny and is slow

MotoXer (Oct 29, 2011 at 20:17)

with 175 bikes and its only "one of the biggest".... jeesus, whos got bigger than that I wonder

christhekiwi (Oct 29, 2011 at 22:37)

G1 rentals the mountain has a million bikes

specializedemo (Oct 30, 2011 at 10:48)

LOL the guy hits a tree at 2:09!!

drop20 (Oct 29, 2011 at 7:47)

cant wait till next year...

nouser (Oct 29, 2011 at 10:12)

hah.... the guy at 2:09

SuperSlowDH (Oct 29, 2011 at 13:03)

Let's also not forget there sweet video series.

mattdennison (Oct 29, 2011 at 16:40)

Come on Peter, I thought you would have remembered my name by now hahah..

type-r (Oct 30, 2011 at 7:30)

best shop and best service= summit

mackeroo (Oct 30, 2011 at 11:57)

Best shop in Whistler

darkmuncan (Oct 29, 2011 at 0:25)

Great advertising for a cool business... 4 weeks after the Bike Park Closes.

Seriously?

Not to mention, Summit has now switched into Winter sport mode.

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peteypete (Oct 29, 2011 at 0:37)

Hey man, just take it for what it is... a profile of a great shop on the last weekend of the year. No need to hate.

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ButtonPusher (Oct 29, 2011 at 0:50)

if they would've posted it during the season people prolly would've complained that it was an ad & not fair to the other shops... haters are a lose/lose kinda thing...
i'd rather see content on PB than more paid ads or nothing at all... props to people investing their time into making and posting this..!

darkmuncan (Oct 29, 2011 at 10:48)

oh please, ease up on the hate trigger.

I was asking a question as to the odd (to me) timing of an obviously self-serving business ad.

I even mentioned it was a Great Ad for a cool business (I am a loyal customer of Summit), it just seemed to me that it would have been better served being done weeks ago when people could take their new found love and interest for Summit into the place and rent one of their 175 Rocky Mountain bikes and actually ride them at Whistler.

Apologies for having an opinion. Sheesh

/off to ride in the slush

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Horizon123 (Oct 29, 2011 at 10:34)

Idk about Rocky Mountain... I always go riding with my dad and his work buddy and he just bought a rocky mountain and it always breaks. I ride a specialized and my dad rides a scott and I have had only one problem with mine and my dad had a fork problem on his, but he has had easily broken down every time we ride. Quality huh

Willie1 (Oct 29, 2011 at 11:14)

Do you have the right bike for the right application, and secondly, entry level bikes have cheaper components than more expensive bikes. Poor riding skill is the most common reason for breaking things though.

GoAnDRiDe (Oct 29, 2011 at 11:41)

Its not the bike companys fault,its the company of whatever components that has broken fault or maybe even your own, rocky are deffenitly quality bikes, i ride an sx trail and i have to regularly maintainence it cus shit breaks and thats life owning a bike.

sqrleprle (Oct 29, 2011 at 12:29)

when you say "he just bought a rocky mountain and it always breaks", is it the frame or the components? Rocky mountain is a frame making company, not a component company. If a component breaks, then it's nothing to put down rocky Mountain for. So please think of rewording this. It also could be that your dad doesn't have things set up properly causing them to break.

AlexRob (Oct 29, 2011 at 13:28)

How does he manage to break it every time?? If its a rocky mountain then I guess it probably wasn't dirt cheap, so the components should be pretty good. Even on my cheap hardtail I haven't managed to break anything and its 18 months old 2nd hand.
Maybe he's just fat?

Horizon123 (Oct 29, 2011 at 14:20)

Okay, Idk what you meant by how my dad doesnt have it set up right, its his friends, I was just comparing it to ours because we always ride together, second he is the farthest thing from fat, and yes I did word that badly but I still stand by what I said, just not completely

1st. Some of the times it was the components, but he has had problems with the lower frame.

I am not calling them a shit company, just (opinion here) not the best quality, and the way this guy was saying it, was like they are the best quality out there.

I just stated from personal experience.

Willie1 (Oct 30, 2011 at 7:13)

what do you mean problems with the lower frame? It sounds like the frame has needed replacing more than once?? If a frame breaks it is replaced with a new one.

Horizon123 (Oct 30, 2011 at 8:11)

lol keep down propping me guys! Doesn't matter to me, it was my opinion, anyways, my Specialized is built better and will last longer.

JRoe (Oct 30, 2011 at 8:17)

To be fair to horizon123. They don't have the best reputation. But then again neither do commencal. But I still Owend and love it!

mtnbker395 (Oct 30, 2011 at 10:05)

apparently it does matter to you.

JRoe (Oct 30, 2011 at 10:08)

Your speshialized will break shit loads acorrding to you? Coz you and your dad break everything!!

Horizon123 (Oct 30, 2011 at 12:01)

We both have only had one problem with ours, if you have never even had one little problem after a season you either did ride much or gor extremely lucky because no matter what youre going to have something worn down.

JRoe (Oct 30, 2011 at 13:26)

Not really though^^^^^!!!!

Horizon123 (Oct 30, 2011 at 15:18)

Really? Like worn down break pads or new chain ?

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borocks (Oct 29, 2011 at 0:12)

the speaker really made me want to punch him, just an annoying guy

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nomnom (Oct 29, 2011 at 4:08)

Since you have just proclaimed king asshole, give yourself you a punch in the head. Way to be, dick....

johnny-compton (Oct 29, 2011 at 4:10)

your comment makes me want to punch cus its so fucking lame...

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hoolydooly (Oct 29, 2011 at 4:26)

Johnny your comment makes me want to punch you because its so grammatically incorrect. Just sayn'

johnny-compton (Oct 29, 2011 at 7:06)

Hahafair point didnt read it back

Grunderz (Oct 29, 2011 at 7:20)

Borocks I don't think I've ever seen a comment from you which isn't negative propped...

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miff (Oct 29, 2011 at 8:43)

I'd be bitter and angry if I was American too.

Hang in their buddy! When your piece of shit country finally collapses I'll pay you $4/week to clean my house.

jamesfuller (Oct 29, 2011 at 9:09)

yeh miff, make us proud

drsouce169 (Oct 29, 2011 at 10:59)

C'mon, don't give all of us a bad rep cause of that guy =/ We're not all haters ya know lol

briandiener (Oct 29, 2011 at 12:05)

that boroks kid is stupid and gay and doesn't represent us. And he said that on his birthday so he was a little pissy AMERICA

JFTtrials (Oct 29, 2011 at 13:51)

brian, the fact that you put AMERICA in big ass capitals at the end of your comment just says it all really..

kYing (Oct 29, 2011 at 21:43)

@miff: Well, you're North American.

There are arsehats everywhere; I just personally hate it when someone has to associate the entire population of a country or demographic because of one person. Bash the person, leave the politics in your thoughts. When the "piece of shit" country collapses, what do you think will happen to this one? Ignorant people mouthing off, ugh. And to think 7 other people share your sentiments.

JHewitt (Oct 30, 2011 at 5:30)

I just enjoyed the clean my house part... thought it was rather humorous and worthy of a hard earned prop. Don't take everything so seriously brah.

cglasford (Oct 31, 2011 at 11:29)

I love canada and going there banff, whistler and all of BC rocks but if the us crashes, so does canada and a large chunk of the rest of the developed country and pretty much every 3rd world country. just sayin, the US is what the 2nd or 3rd largest economy? think before you type and borocks we should deport your stupid ass but I dont think any other country is dumb enough to let you in!