"davebee" wrote in message
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When buying parts, complete bikes accessories or whatever, do you
prefer to give your custom to your lbs who in my experience will spend
a little bit of time chatting to you about the products suitable and
also about bikes in general, but who probably charge a little bit
extra; or do you prefer to go hunting on the internet and find the
cheapest price possible?

My lbs is quite competitive with quite a bit of stuff and I don't mind
paying a tad more, within reason, as I enjoy being able to look at and play
with stuff before purchase.
However, in some cases it makes sense to buy from webstores so I source from
both.

Pete