God, I thought choosing running shoes was hard enough, Im now trying to choose a bike, saw the article in cycling + the other day and quite fancy a Ribble sportive 7005 then I started looking round at alternatives, trek, cannondale, speciallized etc and now more confused than ever

need something comfy for riding home after a 12 hr night shift so kinda heading towards a sportive bike (?) and something I could maybe do a duathlon on later in the year, byw did you guys use your local dealer to buy your bikes or go to the big boys like wiggle , chain reaction etc ? I know a good local dealer can set a bike up better than a mail order firm but just wondering
Cheers