Originally Posted by
puma1552
Similar experience. Started out wanting a Trek hybrid, went to two Trek shops in the same chain, both sucked and wouldn't pay me the time of day, ignored.
Went to a Specialized dealer, night and day and now I like Specialized more anyway and bought one.
Yeah, I'm not sure what's up with this but my experiences at the Trek Store haven't been inspiring. Though as I said, my last visit there was much better. And I do have a friend that has bought a couple of bikes from them and seems to like them.
But the Specialized dealer I've bought from is an independent local shop and they are terrific, just a fantastic bike shop.
I'll also note that Giant has opened a store here in town and I found them to be friendly and enthusiastic. I haven't bought anything from them except a couple of inner tubes, but I really liked their attitude.