Moral of the story - check the price at Nashbar first. Nine times out of ten the price that the bike shop quotes me is almost identical to the price I find elsewhere and ends up being cheaper when you figure in the wait time and the cost of shipping plus the fact that I can buy it NOW.
I've decided on an Ultegra crankset for the race bike. It came with a triple Sora and I not only don't want triple on the race bike I also don't want Sora. Got to be ordered. Will probably be here within the month.
This morning I've got a Nashbar email about a sale and I click in intending to smugly take a look at the cranksets and see that once again I've done the right thing by getting it through my lbs. Renminbi are no longer tied to the plummeting US dollar and it's on sale. Could be here within the month. And even with shipping it'll be almost 1000 rmb less than I'm going to pay for it.
On the other hand installation and future maintenance for as long as I live in this province will be free. But I think I'm going to take the plummeting dollar into account when it comes time to get the new handlebars (I want the flat topped ergonomic carbon kind) and the easy to install stuff like brakes and do a little more online price checking before I next get something that the local shop needs to order.
Moral of the story - check the price at Nashbar first. Nine times out of ten the price that the bike shop quotes me is almost identical to the price I find elsewhere and ends up being cheaper when you figure in the wait time and the cost of shipping plus the fact that I can buy it NOW.
I've decided on an Ultegra crankset for the race bike. It came with a triple Sora and I not only don't want triple on the race bike I also don't want Sora. Got to be ordered. Will probably be here within the month.
This morning I've got a Nashbar email about a sale and I click in intending to smugly take a look at the cranksets and see that once again I've done the right thing by getting it through my lbs. Renminbi are no longer tied to the plummeting US dollar and it's on sale. Could be here within the month. And even with shipping it'll be almost 1000 rmb less than I'm going to pay for it.
On the other hand installation and future maintenance for as long as I live in this province will be free. But I think I'm going to take the plummeting dollar into account when it comes time to get the new handlebars (I want the flat topped ergonomic carbon kind) and the easy to install stuff like brakes and do a little more online price checking before I next get something that the local shop needs to order.
