Yeah, I've had bad LBS experiences, too. Being female, fat and 40 marks me as "not serious" and really not worth the time of the super-fit 20-something males. (None of those problems here...) Well, I've got news for them. Actually, in my poke-along-and-smell-the-roses way, I'm really quite serious.

Not only that, but I have a bike budget (really larger than income would indicate) and I will spend it somewhere. Luckily, there is a pretty good choice of shops here, so I just go elsewhere. Simple, really.

Still, it's annoying.