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Originally Posted by jethro56

My Madone didn't have enough grease in the BB from a LBS. In less than 200 miles it got noisy. Their free tuneup took about 10 minutes. They didn't adjust anything. The only thing they did was rewrap one side of the bars and pitch me for their "professional fitting". Right now, no ones knows whether she'll get the bug to ride. I'd kinda look at this as an experiment. If she really ride this a lot N+1 will set in. Goldfinch you've been around bikes enough to put this together, It's not a $3000 CF bike. Go for it!

Sorry to go off-topic for a moment. Jethro, you need to find another LBS that you can trust. Not one that only wants what's in your wallet, but one that will make the journey with you.

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