Wow... I guess here in the Richmond, VA area Agee's is still kind of a "Mom 'n Pop" type of LBS, even though they expanded over the past decades and have another store southside. The Agee family has been in the bicycle business for years and years and years... They got some nice folks in there, and are very family oriented. You could bring in a 1972 5-speed rear wheel hub, and they would know exactly what you need and would do whatever they could to help you out.

Performance Bike = another LBS chain in town (the only Performance dealer around). Not a bad place... They do Fuji's and have seen my old '85 Fuji when I upgraded the seat, etc... They too thought it was cool, but not to the extent of Agee's. The impression I got was along the lines of "Nice old bike... But wouldn't you be better off on a nice Fuji Roubaix instead of that old thing?"

(Will not disclose name of other LBS) = As you can see, there is another LBS in town that, well, um, er, you know... doesn't exactly go out of their way to help "common bicyclists". If you walk in there already dressed up in a lycra kit, walking funny in cleats, they'll drop what they're doing and help you out. Otherwise, forget it, they'll ignore you unless you speak up asking a question.