When I bought my Seven I could have done it directly from Seven. My LBS has a couple of knowledgeable and skilled fitters who use conversation, a Serrotta size cycle and a dynamic motion capture analysis for a fitting that gives excellent fit optimization numbers with an excellent technique assessment taken into account. That also helped in my conversations with Seven about the build. For a more expensive bike that I want to be a perfect fit that made it worth it to me to go through my LBS.....plus they gave me a good discount that buying direct wouldn’t have been given to me.

For a online or in person purchase of a vintage bike like Sammie’s Peugeot or any used bicycle you could get by with buying a reasonably sized bicycle than can have component changes made if needed to make it fit well….especially for a beginner’s bicycle. That takes some knowledge of fit that needs to be learned though.

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it gives jobs to people, etc. And it keeps the money in my area.
I definitely prefer supporting people that work and live in my community too….but I also buy things like my fixie wheelset from a woman who has an excellent business in Portland building wheels. I guess it’s more about just supporting good bicycle business people than anything but preferably local for me.