If our LBS are inferior to your European bike shops (mine's better than yours) then it can't be our fault for thinking bikesdirect isn't an evil monster sent to suck money from the local schools and hospitals by offering a lower price on bikes because we just haven't been exposed to inner tube vending machines like you.

Acidfast, I probably agree with you on more things than you realize, but I also play devil's advocate and actually can usually see both sides of most arguments You have to be the most consistently condescending person I have seen on the internet. One half of your posts are dedicated to telling Americans how you have it better in Germany and how [insert institution or position here] is poorly thought out in the US and is much better in all of Europe.