To derail my own thread slightly, I am pleased with my online purchase experience and will most likely do it again in the next six months.

If this one becomes available in my size, I'd be hard-pressed top ignore it:
http://bikesdirect.com/products/merc..._serpensIX.htm

This is another one I have my eye on:

http://www.giantnerd.com/tommaso-mon...ermediate.html