LBS - love them or hate them?

[Cataboo]

Love the German Shepherd!

My LBS is great, but only because the guys there are great. If you don't know them I'm not sure its a good situation. They excel are giving newbies and Freds attitude!

Sometimes LBS give you the best possible deal. For instance, yesterday I bought a 1398 gram Easton EA90 SLX wheelset for the bargain price of $540. Oh, and since it was at Performance Bike i got another $100 in store "points" to spend on tires etc. WOW right. It pays to stop by the local shop periodically...

The ea90 slx's sell for $355.90 on chainlove.com when they pop up:

http://gearattack.com/items/11109

[fidlfreek]

Yes, but sold out....And the deal was available 5 months ago and for 2 minutes. So.

[Cataboo]

Yes, but sold out....And the deal was available 5 months ago and for 2 minutes. So.

Yeah, but just as I don't expect the local bike shops to always have their sales & clearances in stock - I don't expect online places to as well. Chainlove had the tubular ea90 slx's on sale 16 days ago, and the ea90 aero's about a month ago.