I picked up the bike last night from the shop. The lady is meeting me at the shop this morning to pay up.
The shop owner was going over the repairs he & his guys did when he noticed something odd about the handlebars - they're bent. *Sigh* Well, he's ordering a salsa h-bar for me that he'll install next week, I'll ride the MS 150 on the bars as they are - not so unsound as to be dangerous (fingers crossed). So that gets the bill to $370 (salsa bars, surly fork, new ultegra shifter, bar tape, etc). We'll see how it goes this morning. A friend of mine, whose husband is a really cool french dude, told my GF that the french are not to be trusted in these things b/c in France they show no respect for driving laws or etiquette. Sounds like a stereotype but if it has any truth, that would explain her attitude. Oh well, like I said, stereotypes.