Hi,

I was thinking about upgrading my bike next year, but when I saw that my bike shop was having sales now I decided to check them out yesterday.

I have been riding the base model Dolce Compact for almost 2 years now. Since it was raining and he was nice he let me take a base 2013 Ruby Compact for today. I have an 85-mile ride planned for today so we shall see how it goes. They set up the bike with all my bike fit specifications.

Now, let's say I like it, or even love it. Here's the deal: it was normally listed at $1750 in 2013. He is currently selling it for $1400 and says he can't do better than that 20% because he "only makes 30% on bikes" (which I find really hard to believe). Either way, how good of a deal is this? The other part is that I am looking to trade in the Dolce and he won't tell me how much he'll give me for it. He obviously wants me to ride the ruby and love it and then pay whatever for the ruby (I told him as much and he didn't deny it). I can take the Dolce down the street to a very good used bike shop and get a good deal on it for consignment if I need to.

The bike has Sora components and is a 9speed I believe. I am coming from shimano 2300 and 8 speed.