Good advice for new riders or not?

[Geonz]

I think she brings up many good points like test riding lots of bikes and not riding or buying anything just because it's what's on the show room floor. But referring to LBS as a "retailer" is just annoying, grating, like nails on a chalk board

And you know how we are about the value of "remodeling" old bikes. I love ours even though some cost more than a shiny brand new bike.

Am I being picky, finicky, elitist, a Luddite does this bother anyone else or is that just me?

http://www.womensadventuremagazine.c...to-buy-a-bike/

I think you're just expecting other people to have assigned the same limited meaning to the word "retailer" that you have Like other folks said, if it's not wholesale, it's retail... and maybe the retailer sells more than just bikes. I'm also not surprised that somebody in the bike business would nudge people to buy new ones instead of rebuilding them. It surprised me a little that she said to walk away and come back rather than try more than three bikes.