I love hearing stories like this. Let's me know I'm not alone. When I was building my first SS 3 years ago all I heard was " why would you want that?" This is why I was so happy to find such a strong and helpful online community. Most shop don't spend time with you if you aren't dropping 2 grand on the lastest crap. Keep looking. You will find a shop or someone in a shop who will help or just get everything online. Hang in there.
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I'm not one for fawning over bicycles, but I do believe that our bikes communicate with us, and what this bike is saying is, "You're an idiot." BikeSnobNYC