New bike day! :0)
I picked it up tonight at about 5, just before the shop shut….they (trax in Buntingford) did a sterling job for me, as it wasn’t delivered till about 3.30 ish, and the mechanic, John, built it up for me and pdi’d it so I could take it home tonight….I have only good words to say about the shop…tony, the owner, and John have been fantastic, start to finish!
Now, the bike!
I took it home, constantly looking behind me at it, in the back of the kangoo….it looks magnificent!
I removed the unnecessary reflectors, and the tubes and tape, gave the rims a wrap of gorilla tape, popped the cafelatex valves in, and pumped them up with a track pump…easy! I used 50ml of joes no flats, and they seem to be holding straight off the bat. Saddle height adjusted, bar angle spun round a bit, so it doesn’t hit the top tube and a quick couple of spins up and down the close, to bed the brakes in. All set for the first ride tomorrow! As it is, ready to ride, it weighs a fairly portly 29lbs, but like its ‘new bike blind’ owner, seems to carry the chub well!