Originally Posted by stapfam
What does a gym cost per month? How often can you get to it? How many friends of the opposite sex can you get pally with? All arguments to give your wife if she quibbles about a measly $400 for what looks an excellent bike.
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Originally Posted by stapfam
Only thing I would get the LBS to do is retrue and tension the wheels. I never trust my own wheels for longer than a year without getting the experts to sort them out- let alone a set of wheels that I have no history of.
It's currently at the LBS getting a tune up, along with some new tape and other things. Target return date is this coming Monday, though I'm hoping maybe they'll have it ready by Saturday. They're the only bike shop in this town of 30,000, so they really get backed up when things get busy.