Originally Posted by carleton
By the way, bike shop employees probably treated you like sh*t because you deserve it.
I never said they treated me like **** I said they were incompetent. Clueless morons can be very nice and still be clueless morons unable to assure you get a bike that fits well.
I think in the $300 range the OP probably has a much better chance of getting a good fitting durable conversion then he does of getting a new bike instantly from his LBS.