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03-20-09, 10:10 PM
I have not seen my friend this sad ever ...
He really got into bicycle commuting, and for months he weighed the options regarding the bicycle he would buy.
After he got his tax return, he bought a bike for himself and one for his wife.
Brand unimportant.
He is also my boss and he would call me at work saying "I cannot wait to ride this thing !"
He has been riding an old hybrid bike, really working at it, and learned a lot about bicycles.
He has bicycle porn in the office, even in his bathroom.
Tonight, he calls me and tells me that his inner tube exploded.
No biggie, I have a number of goat head proof tubes, a bike stand.
He came and watched and learned how to change a tube and all, and after the experience he is more than ready to buy a bike stand.
Still ... stuff was not right ... looseness on the handlebar side.
No biggie, let's see if everything is tight.
A seal on the headset is missing.
I could not do anything about it.
I could feel his dissapointment.
I have seen him through rough stuff at work.
He is made out of steel.
This little seal, giving play to his headset ... really made him upset.
He was ready to ride from home to work, the whole 12 miles and back.
His shiny new bike, brand uninportant but a good brand, was not put together right.
I could feel his dissapointment.
I almost cried when he left ... impotent to help him to get his bike right.
"Just a bicycle"
Yeah ... right.
This will make me be extra careful, being in the motorcycle business, that people feel the same when their motorcycle is not right.
One tends to let stuff go.
But this is his passion.
Between the two of us, we have probably close to a quarten million dollars worth of motorcycles to ride whenever we feel like.
Not being able to ride our bicycles makes us upset.
Not being able to help my friend broke my heart.
That will be all for now.
The LBS better fix that ... within the business day.
We know a crapload of people, are we are vindictive pricks. :D
He really got into bicycle commuting, and for months he weighed the options regarding the bicycle he would buy.
After he got his tax return, he bought a bike for himself and one for his wife.
Brand unimportant.
He is also my boss and he would call me at work saying "I cannot wait to ride this thing !"
He has been riding an old hybrid bike, really working at it, and learned a lot about bicycles.
He has bicycle porn in the office, even in his bathroom.
Tonight, he calls me and tells me that his inner tube exploded.
No biggie, I have a number of goat head proof tubes, a bike stand.
He came and watched and learned how to change a tube and all, and after the experience he is more than ready to buy a bike stand.
Still ... stuff was not right ... looseness on the handlebar side.
No biggie, let's see if everything is tight.
A seal on the headset is missing.
I could not do anything about it.
I could feel his dissapointment.
I have seen him through rough stuff at work.
He is made out of steel.
This little seal, giving play to his headset ... really made him upset.
He was ready to ride from home to work, the whole 12 miles and back.
His shiny new bike, brand uninportant but a good brand, was not put together right.
I could feel his dissapointment.
I almost cried when he left ... impotent to help him to get his bike right.
"Just a bicycle"
Yeah ... right.
This will make me be extra careful, being in the motorcycle business, that people feel the same when their motorcycle is not right.
One tends to let stuff go.
But this is his passion.
Between the two of us, we have probably close to a quarten million dollars worth of motorcycles to ride whenever we feel like.
Not being able to ride our bicycles makes us upset.
Not being able to help my friend broke my heart.
That will be all for now.
The LBS better fix that ... within the business day.
We know a crapload of people, are we are vindictive pricks. :D