Originally Posted by Wooden Tiger

I've never come across a shop who carries Cervelo or Bianchi. I'd love to try out their bikes. I've liked every Scott bicycle I've been on. We purchased four bicycles from Performance. We purchased our first MTBs (2010 GT Avalanche 1.0 and Avalanche 3.0 Disc) and our roadies (2011 Schwinn Paramount Series 7 and Fuji ACR 2.0). We'd brought them back to Performance for all their adjustments and what-not, and nothing ever continued to work right for more than a few miles, so we quit going there, and just went to EPBC. After bringing our bikes to them, things always continued to work right.

We lost our GT Avalanches in a car accident when we were rear-ended, and then purchased our latest MTBs from them (2012 Cannondale Flash Alloy 2 and 2012 Specialized Jett Comp). Those bikes have been fantastic. We also purchased two Schwinn "Signature Series" cruisers for my parents, which have never had ANY issues.

We've been treated very well over at EPBC. We'll definitely buy bikes from them in the future. These days, they carry Pivot, Schwinn, Fuji, Trek, Scott, Specialized, and are going to start carrying Santa-Cruz.

As for pricing, ya really can't beat Performance. Since they order in bulk and are a large retailer, they can just offer bicycles at prices the local bike shops can't compete with. If the difference in price is about $50-$100, I'd probably purchase from the LBS just to support the shop, but any more than that and, well, money talks. If that's the case, I'll just buy from Performance, then bring it straight over to the LBS to have them make sure it was assembled correctly. I trust Performance to put my bike together correctly like I trust the guy from Walmart who assembles grills to put my bike together correctly.