I Love that you call him Sparky; that kills me!!!

I can now see why the Bike Gallery consistently wins high marks as a LBS here...the mechanics are older, the salespeople are totally NOT snobbish. I think they figured out the customer service part....

I just wish more women worked in bike shops...thats one
thing I like about River City. I ASKED for a woman salesperson, got one, and she was great. Made me try 3 different sizes of the same bike....

In the end I had to pick between a 52 that fit great but didn't have a walk through...and a 53 that did. I took the 53.

not quite sure what that has to do with it...