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I have no beef with Bikes Direct. Buying mail order is always a gamble.
I saved about $140 vs. buying a Fuji Touring locally (if the local Fuji
dealer would ever actually answer his phone for me to ask if he could
even get a Touring), and I spent $120 on fixing broken spokes and the
wheel rebuild...plus a couple of hours I sent setting the bike up. So I
saved nothing, but did end up with a bullet-proof rear wheel. I hope. A
LBS would presumably have replaced the **** spokes after five breaks,
but with 14 ga, not 14/15/14.
I saved about $140 vs. buying a Fuji Touring locally (if the local Fuji
dealer would ever actually answer his phone for me to ask if he could
even get a Touring), and I spent $120 on fixing broken spokes and the
wheel rebuild...plus a couple of hours I sent setting the bike up. So I
saved nothing, but did end up with a bullet-proof rear wheel. I hope. A
LBS would presumably have replaced the **** spokes after five breaks,
but with 14 ga, not 14/15/14.