Bikerumor Pic Of The Day: Why A Hayes Sales Rep Will Quit Today…

At least they were kind enough to not put stickers on the rotors… so it could still be ridden.

This is a bastard thing to do. If I were him, I’d fire every one of those pigs. His personal bike, doesn’t look like a cheap one. It would be one thing to wrap it in syran wrap of paper or something and then defile it with stickers but truthfully, he is never going to get the remnants off. I would bury the company with hate when I arrived back to work, that or super glued pink slips all over each of their cars, smartphones and other expensive personal items.

@murpes, I know who owns this bike. Not contrived or artificial. They also put his bike, floating on top of his bike box in the Monterrey Bay. Not cool.

Lame.

My favorite was taking the little FiziK button off the back of someones saddle, taping a funny message like “I <3 little boys" or "smell me" or "kick me" and placing it back under the saddle, then waiting for the commentary on your next group ride.

Y’all need to chill.
thats just how it goes, and I would think its safe to say there is more than enough to replace that with in their sample room back home.
The dude probably didn’t have to pay for anything on that bike, and he won’t have to for the ‘replacement’….if it gets that far.

You bunch of no-fun havin’ Sallys can stay in your cubicles and stay away from the bike biz please.

I dunno about everyone else, but in our company.. Marketing and Product manager trumps “Sales guy”.. If a snot nose “sales guy” left his bike with me with “instructions to ship it home to him”.. I’d also let the kids do as they please as well.

I’m sure it’s all in good fun and if he can’t handle it and quits.. well I’m sure there are others in line to take his job. And as others have said.. I’m sure he can have it replaced for next to nothing if necessary.

Sounds like your marketing manager just added a little to his budget. Though I’m sure with a few calls he can get it remedied for you. Sure that’s your only ride…lol…and the cost was worth it just with the amount of people that will laugh at this post.
I once gave a set of prototypes to a new sales/cs guy and we just blew so much smoke up his butt about how incredibly skilled a rider he was… and that him and only three top FR honchos in the world were on them… He slept with those wheels and a pack of polishing wipes for his first 2 weeks of work…at which point I made him “test” them by letting almost all the air out of the tires and slamming at a good clip into a 6″ curb untill they cracked and folded….I think he cried.

You should tape the bike to the box and sail it for charity…Ill watch that vid.

More info on the rims?!?!?

Luke wouldnt have the power to fire anyone anyway – he is a real sally that guy, a straight up wuss. I smack him in the back of the head every time I hear that goofy ass Missouri accent….

@ first poster Tom: in my shop days the one rule we did have was employee bikes left in the shop unattended were fair game.

My favorite was to reroute the brake cables to the derailleurs and shift cables to the brakes. Filling an inner tube (in the tire) with water was another–worked best when they were about to leave and had the bike down (out of the stand so they wouldn’t notice the weight).