Originally Posted by
iltb-2
There are quite a few desirable commuting bikes on that web site, and priced right too. Is there a good selection of those models on the floor of the shop? Unfortunately I think your LBS is a rare breed. I have read of a few other LBS that actuall ypromote the sale of such bikes, but not many. Hopefully they are not all special order at your LBS with a long wait time and used as bait to sell available product that the salesmen are really interested in.
Perhaps our wise Forum members can inform us if their LBS also have a similar selection of reasonably priced full fender, bikes designed for city commuting actually on the floor ready for sale?
Just to follow up I did stop at the LBS on the way home from work and they did in fact have a large number of these bikes on the floor. Marins, Bianchis, and Breezers. There were at least some discrepancies between the prices on the site and the prices on the bikes at the store. I don't know if this is because the website is out of date, a mistake, or maybe I just remembered the prices as being different. There were bikes with both 3 and 8 speed Nexus Hubs. The was also a bike that I don't remember being on the site, - a French made Bianchi of all things