Cyclist0108

Let me play troll's advocate for a moment:

One way to read the OP is that it is a question about protocol. Most people recognize that is it not the done thing to stroll into a Honda dealership and ask them to order you up a Tesla. But if you simply don't know anything about the bike industry, it might be worthwhile to find out if it is unacceptable to ask a bike shop to order a brand they don't normally carry. Yes, of course they can go in an ask, but it has the potential for embarrassment, and also you run the risk of pissing off the shop people, which might be worth avoiding, especially in a small town. So looked at from that point of view, it might be a totally legitimate question.

I have a somewhat similar one: Would it be wrong to ask a LBS to price-match what I find on-line for a part? On line vendors are cool with this, but I worry that I'll just piss off my LBS if I ask. So I will just buy online, and avoid the uncomfortable question. But it is entirely possible that they would prefer to price-match than to lose a sale.