After many years I'm finally buying another bike and after quite a bit of research I'm thinking 2021 Trek Madone SL7. I found one very close to me in my size and I'll be heading over to give it a test ride and see if the 1.5 geometry is alright for this aging body
My question for those who have much more experience buying brand new bikes from brick and mortar stores is what is acceptable as far as any imperfections in the bikes finish? I know that bikes in the showroom must get test ridden, maybe often, and stuff happens, but if a new bike you wanted to buy had, say, a visible scratch/scuff/mar in the finish or on a component, or there was something like a small cosmetic chip in the paint that wasn't a factory defect, would you normally point that out as reason for a discount or in some other way make a stink about it? Or is that petty and something that is just normally overlooked when getting a new bike?
I don't want to be unreasonable if it's not warranted. on the one hand, if it's purely cosmetic, the bike will probably get some kind of scratch or scuff in the first few weeks I own it anyway, but on the other hand I'll be dropping over $7,000 at the store so shouldn't it be perfect when I get it no matter how much I personally would abuse it after I bought it?
Just want to know what the conventional wisdom on this is
My question for those who have much more experience buying brand new bikes from brick and mortar stores is what is acceptable as far as any imperfections in the bikes finish? I know that bikes in the showroom must get test ridden, maybe often, and stuff happens, but if a new bike you wanted to buy had, say, a visible scratch/scuff/mar in the finish or on a component, or there was something like a small cosmetic chip in the paint that wasn't a factory defect, would you normally point that out as reason for a discount or in some other way make a stink about it? Or is that petty and something that is just normally overlooked when getting a new bike?
I don't want to be unreasonable if it's not warranted. on the one hand, if it's purely cosmetic, the bike will probably get some kind of scratch or scuff in the first few weeks I own it anyway, but on the other hand I'll be dropping over $7,000 at the store so shouldn't it be perfect when I get it no matter how much I personally would abuse it after I bought it?
Just want to know what the conventional wisdom on this is