Bike mechanics is not miracle workers, if you bent your frame he would not be able to straighten it out for you, if your forkor shox is worn out send it for a service before the epic, most mechanics would not be able to sort it out in the middle of nowhere. Price got nothing to do with the service you got from Mark. He is one of the best mechanics in the <?: prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Cape, and we can be grateful that he does not charge an arm and a leg for his service. Mark has been working on all my bike(mtb+road) and I never had a problem Skim for what team were you racing? Full sponsored rider?