Originally Posted by dandydaniel

I think I will be taking my bike to my lbs to have it checked over. the thing with the lbs's around my area (santa cruz, ca) is that they are pretty much dicks if 1) you didn't purchase the bike from them and 2) look like a hipster with a fixie/ss both of which i fulfill entirely (i fulfill #2 because the dawes sst-al looks pretty ******y through the eyes of a true track cyclist and what not). it just makes approaching these people hard and even harder to even want to pay them money to do something for me when I know they're probably going to half ass it and not take it as seriously as they would a bike that they personally sold. with all of that in mind, how much should I be looking to pay a lbs to have them check over my bike?