@PJ - The way I read it, I don't think those LBS actually asked you of your wants and needs. All 4 LBS I had talked to, along with Trek Store, had pointed me to the right direction after the initial conversation. I walked in, told them that it's been such a long time since, how I was then, and how I am now. Then they responded by asking what my goals are, if there will be a great chance of me racing in the future, or if it will only be for leisure and fitness. I gave them my answer and some of the issues, then we went from there. A couple of race geometries were offered due to their comfort level, yet was also warned that if I have issues on my neck and back, that the comfort level may only last a few miles. So a relaxed geometry that can handle both worlds were offered then. Then the conversation went on and tested a few and so forth.

I feel that an LBS should treat you this way and not the way they try to lure you in a race geometry because of a possibility of... They should offer a bike that you need now and can be tweaked later rather than a bike you may never need in the future that is tweak for what you need now.