Originally Posted by
n0+4c|u3
Yep, it's too bad the little brick and mortars paying local people have to compete with warehouses on the internet.
That's why my LBS gets my foot in the door for cables, ends, ferrules, bottom bracket parts, h-bars and more even though I could buy them cheaper on the net.
It's a conscious choice some of us make so we can continue to have that resource.
I don't know what the LBS has to do with it. Rivendell is an online retailer. They may have a physical location, but I'll never go there. I live in Chicago. I respect other people's decision to support whatever businesses they want for whatever reason they want. I normally don't care enough to even give it a second thought. I like Rivendell, so I went to the website and literally couldn't find a single thing I would buy that wasn't sold out.