Originally Posted by
rmfnla
You assume the OP has the skills to do this. I submit that if she did she would have already done so instead of asking for guidance.
>$10.00 worth of gas to drive to a bike shop? Where's yours, Boston..?
I don't assume anything.
Not that much skill is required if the conditions referenced are met, but that's besides the point. I see my role as offering
possible solutions, and the considerations involved. Then the OP has choices, and can make a reasoned decision among them
As for the gas, $10,00 is about enough for a 60 mile round trip. The OP lives upstate where shops are farther apart than they may be in larger markets, so 30 miles or more to a bike shop isn't rare.
Moreover the OP repeatedly said that going back to the seller was a problem for him, so I felt that he was looking for an alternative to that solution. See also my post No.7 where I aid that his best option was to pursue recourse with the maker, despite time having passed.