Quote Originally Posted by Bethany1 View Post
As a newbie I felt like I was coming in every other day for items because I'd read about online and would go back to get it or have them order it for me. ... It's hard as a newbie because you don't know what is out there and it's overwhelming at the beginning.
Go to the LBS and ask to peruse their QBP catalog*. If they are serious about ordering parts for you, then they should have two versions of the catalog - one with the wholesale prices which they won't want to show you, and one without prices. The catalog is two volumes the size of a phone book.

Ordering from an LBS can sometimes be a frustrating experience. LBS's usually hold orders until they can place one bigger order with their distributor(s). (They can actually get penalized if they don't usually do this.) You may have to wait a week or more for them to place their order, and then another week as their big order is delivered via ground shipping. However, they can place an order immediately and have it sent out next day delivery - if you're willing to pay the shipping.

* QBP = Quality Bike Parts, perhaps the biggest distributor. Odds are that any established LBS orders from them, though there are also other distributors.