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Anunziat1215
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I live in a small, southern town of about 10,000. I've decided to take up biking and am looking to
buy a Trek 7200 or Raleigh C40 or something along those lines. There's a LBS that sells Trek, but
when I went to Trek's Website to do a search for dealers, my LBS's name didn't come up, and the
closest bike shopt it listed was way out of town, more than an hour away.
Does this have any significance? eg, does this mean that my LBS is not an authorized dealer, or
cannot be trusted to put the bike together, fit me to it, repair it if problems come up, etc? Will
buying from them be the same as buying from Walmart? Or is this common for an LBS to not pop up on
Trek's Website, particularly for such a small town?
Any help you can give me would be great. Obviously, I would prefer a truly local shop, but would be
willing to drive an hour away if necessary to get something that won't collapse on me and that I
can trust.
Many thanks!
buy a Trek 7200 or Raleigh C40 or something along those lines. There's a LBS that sells Trek, but
when I went to Trek's Website to do a search for dealers, my LBS's name didn't come up, and the
closest bike shopt it listed was way out of town, more than an hour away.
Does this have any significance? eg, does this mean that my LBS is not an authorized dealer, or
cannot be trusted to put the bike together, fit me to it, repair it if problems come up, etc? Will
buying from them be the same as buying from Walmart? Or is this common for an LBS to not pop up on
Trek's Website, particularly for such a small town?
Any help you can give me would be great. Obviously, I would prefer a truly local shop, but would be
willing to drive an hour away if necessary to get something that won't collapse on me and that I
can trust.
Many thanks!