Quote Originally Posted by silver View Post
conversation relayed to me by cycling buddy, D:

D stops by shop and chats with manager and says, "I'll bet this is the bike that Elaine is drooling over."

Bike shop manager: "yep!"

The yellow Madone 5.5 pro, and he was right.
The yellow 5.5 is all you!

I walk in, drop the kid on the couch, change the channel to cartoons and start talking about gear, rides, the tour or whatever. Having a LBS with a big screen and couple chairs makes it easy to stop by with the kids.