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Old 05-22-03, 10:23 PM
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Kev
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Prices at the LBS are overpriced? I don't think so they could ge the same bikes wallmart has and sell them for about the same price, probably few dollars more. The level of components on a LBS bike are normaly higher, when they are built they are put together better. Due to this the bike will last longer.

A low end LBS bike will run you around $200-300 a high end X-mart bike will run you $150-200.. So let's say you take the x-mart bike to a LBS to be put together properly $40.. and LBS does free tune ups normaly for atleast 3 months sometimes up to 5 years (that is what my brother got at the LBS)... so this is roughly worth let's say another $50.. So that makes them the same cost. So not overpriced.

And the previous poster said he took it to his LBS to get tuned up, which will make it shift better and work better.
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