The only thing I have to say about this, that I repeat and live by myself, is
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BIKE SHOP
Obviously this just doesn't work if you really want a different brand of bike that a LBS can't get...
But you always get what you paid for, that's the bottom line.
"Start and end at a brewery, and a very cool snow and Ice urban/cross country, lake ride in between with flasks ful of Krakin... YAH MON!!!!" - Vibrato
"Every one of you should ride a bike and be yourself. I really and truly believe that bikes make the world better, and that anyone who spends some time getting used to life on the saddle will find that it makes their life and the world that their life is locked to, better; in almost every way." -Gern Blanston, Surly Bikes