Here's the part I don't really get. Say you buy a $1400 bike from BD, and it arrives needing some significant assembly help. You find an LBS with a competent mechanic (not too tough) and you communicate your needs right up front, where the bike comes from, etc. - and say they charge you $40-$80 for adjustments or even a complete bike set up. Aren't you way ahead of where you would have been buying a bike from a retail bike shop? The closest I can come to this Fly Ti MTB is about double the price. Even after I upgrade the wheels, the equivalent bikes I'm seeing out there would cost something like $2K more.

For all I know this bike comes in, shifts great, needs nothing beyond some minor adjustments I can do in the garage. If it needs more, I'll get it done by a pro. No big deal.