Mountain Biking - Can't find FS to try at any LBS

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Scratcher33
06-06-08, 12:12 PM
No Jamis dealers in the surrounding 40 miles stock FS. Would you trust ordering one of the right size off the internet without ever getting to truly know how it "feels" first?

Chris_F
06-06-08, 12:38 PM
You know, I've seen a dwinlding stock of FS bikes at my LBS's too. I think owners are putting a lot of cash in lower end ($350-$500) bikes since high gas prices have those selling like hotcakes right now.
Zinn-X
06-06-08, 02:05 PM
That's odd... my favorite shop sells wayy to many FS bikes, and a lot of low end hardtails. They had no upper end / midrange hardtails to speak of so I had to buy from the ****** ******* Shop :(

Scratcher33
06-06-08, 02:33 PM
That's odd... my favorite shop sells wayy to many FS bikes, and a lot of low end hardtails. They had no upper end / midrange hardtails to speak of so I had to buy from the ****** ******* Shop :(

I think it might be because I live in Eugene, OR. The Willamette Valley as a whole is pretty broke.
dminor
06-06-08, 02:53 PM
I think it might be because I live in Eugene, OR. The Willamette Valley as a whole is pretty broke.Not enough left after buying a million-dollar acre of former farmland, eh? ;)
mcoine
06-06-08, 03:20 PM
The last time I was in a shop in Eugene, they had tons of fs bikes...
mcoine
06-06-08, 03:21 PM
Not enough left after buying a million-dollar acre of former farmland, eh? ;)

Come on, nobody gets a whole acre anymore.. try a 1/4 acre.
Scratcher33
06-06-08, 03:40 PM
The last time I was in a shop in Eugene, they had tons of fs bikes...

Colins has lots of Specialized FS; Hutch's has a few as well, but other than that I haven't found many. A couple downhill Konas but that's not really what I'm looking for