29-05-13, 04:37 PM
One of our group failed to check his tyres before leaving on our recent Euro tour, so we ended up going tyre shopping in Italy.
After trying a few places we found a very helpful chap who didn't have one in stock himself, but who spent a good 30 minutes or so ringing round other dealers trying to find us one.
And then when he did he even led us there on his bike! Very kind of him, top bloke.
But then it took 3 Italian mechanics no less than 3 hours to fit 2 new tyres. Mostly they just sat around looking at it???
Makes the £15 I pay for ride in ride out service at my local place look pretty good! Takes minutes!