Originally Posted by
BluFalconActual
I'm handy with tools and do pretty much all my maintenance and repairs myself but if I wasn't, I would be super leery about buying any bike from the internet, big brand or not, without seeing it on the showroom floor and giving it a test ride.
That would be preferred, but take a single bike model such as a Domane.. there are 19 models on Trek's site. which come in with an average of 3 color options, and 6-7 sizes. Just for the Domane, the LBS would have to have over 300 bikes on their floor for a customer to be able to walk out with the one they want, after having verified its assembly. So my basic question, is it neither here nor there to a shop, whether you ordered the bike from a salesperson on the floor, or online in your home and delivered to the same shop?