"thanks for inferring that my neighborhood determines my persona"

Hey, wait a second...are you implying that something appearing below my username (but not my location) might be used to infer my persona?

You had to wait two whole weeks? Wow. The horror. Some folks spend a few years locating a frame they want. Didn't you already have a bike to ride? Oh wait, that bike isn't quite cool enough since you already told me that you don't live in a place where your clothes, hair, shoes, tattoos, piercings...bicycle are equated with your persona

You are going to have to lighten up lest you become a punching bag in this subforum.

As for the brakes...it does sound like you needed help turning your barrel adjuster. Sir, if you are buying a new bike when you have one that works and you haven't learned how to adjust the distance between your pads and your rims, you deserve to be made fun of for a few posts.