To my everlasting relief, the older gentleman at the LBS is working on my bike. He called me last night and told me the bearings were great but the cones were shot. He does not have campy parts, would i find another shop that does? (he could order them but would have to buy a dozen or more... etc)

The whole reason I took my bike to him is that he is easy to get to and a great mechanic. Sigh.. now i have to go to ANOTHER LBS and get the parts and bring them back to him. DH said. Well, you know he's not a Bianchi dealer... argh!! (good old DH gets another I told you so)
I thought
good mechanic=good mechanic. RIGHT?

I also told him, "if the front cones are shot, since the rear wheel is as old as the front wheel, maybe you could look at it too?"
he said, "yes, that's a good idea"