Originally Posted by
dvdslw
Guess I'm spoiled here in the Orlando area? I have 4 Trek dealers within 20miles of my house.
I am in the the Orlando area also. What if you don't want a trek nor specialized? I find it impossible to test ride first. And I may be wrong, but it sounds like quite the hassle for a shop to stock enough variety to test ride different frames and sizes or to order in a frame and exchange until you find the right one.
I am 45 min from downtown Orlando, there's no shortage of shops in a 90 minute radius, in a very highly populated area, but unless you want a Trek or Specialized, sorry, test riding what you lust over is just not an option.
And FWIW, I am not saying the shop wouldn't stand behind what they sold, in fact they said they would, but what a misery of inconvenience for all.