My wife had to go out of town for the week. Bored, I decided that I would 
spend the day riding my Hillborne and then visit a few local bike shops and 
see what's selling out there these days. I haven't really been to many bike 
shops in the last couple of years (Rivendell has been my "go-to" place for 
most all my cycling needs lately). I ended up visiting three shops here in 
Reno, NV. I felt like I was in a weird sort of parallel universe. All of 
the stores had their racks filled with carbon race bikes with the 
handlebars wayyyy below the seats. When I asked to see bikes where i could 
get my handlebars at or above the seat I was told at each store that they 
don't make them that way... unless I was interested in a beach cruiser type 
bike (single speed). It was explained to me that people want to go fast on 
road bikes, so they need to be hunched down to prevent wind drag. When I 
asked about seeing steel frame bikes, all of the salesmen told me that 
steel bikes haven't been made in years.. .....WOW! At the last stop I made, 
a young kid that worked there (maybe 19 years old) whispered to me that 
there was a local shop that did indeed sell two steel bikes, gunnars and 
surly's....but he couldn't remember the name of the store. Not sure if that 
is true or not, but I give the kid credit for at least trying (his boss 
tried to sell me a cervelo race bike two sizes too small for $7900 for 
weekend solo riding). Is Reno an anomaly or is this happening everywhere?

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