Eschew Obfuscation
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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Bikes: 2005 Fuji Professional, 2002 Lemond Zurich, Folders - Strida, Merc, Dahon, Downtube, Recumbent folder
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Primarily, the tune up is to check that brakes, derailleurs, wheels, etc., are safe and functioning properly. When one buys through an LBS, the shop technicians will perform these checks. When buying over the Internet, this isn't available. If you're familiar with bike maintenance, you can do this yourself.
For the Downtubes in particular, I would strongly recommend you have the LBS pull the bottom bracket and grease it properly. Trust me on this one. Otherwise, my 3 new Downtube purchases have all come out of the box in very good form, including an IXNS this week.