Originally Posted by
Raleigh531
The main stream shops I find to be a turn-off... selling more and more expensive new bikes with crappier components than the year before.
That's why buying online's the better way. Bought my second bike online after buying my first in a store. Online bike was hundreds of dollars cheaper than the cheapest equivalent (lightweight aluminum road bike w/Sora shifters) at the bike stores in town. And after putting it together, it only cost $50 to have the brakes and gears professionally tuned.