Originally Posted by Steve Sawyer

Point taken. I guess I was speaking pretty much from an efficiency/performance standpoint, rather than comfort/injury standpoint. I understand that you can spend $500 or more on a fitting (my co-worker did just that for a dynamic fitting that took several hours!). But it's really hard for me to see how I could justify that kind of expense if I can get a good (not perfect) fitting for less than half that price (and hopefully MUCH less! )

I don't think for a person buying their first road bike that there can be a "perfect" fitting.