I wandered into my LBS in Redhill this lunchtime, as I'd spotted a possible solution to my on going quest for Shoes That Fit and Are't Too Expensive and Are In stock.
A pair of Mavic Cruize in my size and nicely discounted. Try them on, natter with the bloke behind the counter about shoe sizing nightmares. He seems quite knowledgeable. Pay for the shoes, he asks my surname (the shop has a customer database thing) and he comments he's got two Tim Halls. We pick one and he says something about having a less common name like his, Paul Smith.
On the way back to the office, cogs whir in my brain. Look up Paul Smith of Corridori Sport on teh intarwebs to find he's moved on. To my LBS in Redhill. That's Paul Smith SRCC from here. Spookier still, a couple of years ago I spoke to him on the phone when Mice took her bike there for tinkering and had trouble explaining what the fault I'd noticed was, so she called me and put him on the line.
TL;DR?
Paul Smith in
C and N Cycles selling me shoes.
