Originally Posted by
Amesja
But even if I was so well-heeled that my "time is worth more than the LBS wrench" I can still do most any job faster than it would take for me to load the bike up and drop it off at the LBS and then mess around waiting for it to be fixed or making a second trip to go back and pick it up. (etc).
Yes, not rocket science, even I can do it. Shop overhead makes that a tough situation to overcome. They may try, but then fail because of business exigencies (can't afford to take the time). My re-entry into cycling, the shop just plain pissed me off repeatedly, and that's how I got started with DIY.