Old 11-15-09, 03:13 PM
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The LBS presumably isn't going to make you an offer that's going to lose them money. So is the deal that the LBS orders the bike, lets you try it out, and then sells it to you at full MSRP if you like it? If you don't pull the trigger, the worst case scenario is that the LBS gets on the horn to see if somebody else at some other Trek dealership wants it, and then cuts a deal. It doesn't seem like the LBS is taking much of a risk here.

Maybe you just go to the Kona dealer first and test ride their bike. If it knocks your socks off, you can just pull the trigger there and save your LBS some trouble. Otherwise it sounds like you're leaning toward patronizing your LBS anyway, and you're not going to go far wrong going with the 520.
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