Originally Posted by
darksiderising
If you use your LBS for a (free) service, you should purchase items from them out of decency. If you don't plan on buying a $500-600 bike new from a bike shop, it would be indecent to use them to figure out if you're going to like fixed gear riding.
That's pretty much how I feel. I wouldn't want to test something I knew I wasn't going to buy.
I figure if I don't like my fixed I can try the other side and ride single. If I don't like that I can craigslist it. I don't think I'll lose in the process.