Two bike shops in town, the other one is owned and overrun by racerati. They're the guys who think a slow beginners ride is 20 miles @ 15 MPH. Blew me off both times I've been in there.

This guy worries me a bit - when I told him that Terry recommends cold setting and realigning if you need to spread the rear triangle (I had initially considered going from a 7 to a 9 speed cassette) he very nearly laughed and told me "most" mechanics would do that with a big piece of pipe.

I'm pretty sure whacking something with a piece of pipe to spread it isn't "cold setting".

Plus this desire to replace absolutely everything on the bike is way overkill IMHO. He was even trying to talk me into Campagnolo shifters to replace the (as far as I know) perfectly good STI levers on there. Also tried to talk me into going with a compact double crankset to replace the triple on there. Sheesh! He hasn't even seen the bike (neither have I, for that matter)

On the other hand he did back down when I didn't want to go along with an entire refit.