Originally Posted by
Dave Cutter
Maybe every LBS in America will go under. I am pretty sure what is being tried now is no longer working like it once did. Only time will tell.
There are only two things protecting the LBS:
1. The need for local assembly / adjustment / repair services.
2. That the major manufacturers will not permit their bicycles to be sold online.
Other than that they would go the way of most book, camera and hobby shops - just to name a few categories that have been very hard hit by web commerce.