Originally Posted by marinoniman

wow. so i took this bike to a bike shop yesterday. that's where i heard about this forum. so far on this forum the only person that has helped me is the person i met at the bike shop, and i guess really i didn't need the forum to talk to him, since i already had met him in person. but not getting real answers from anyone else is way different than being accused of stealing the bike. i don't even know what to say other than you are an idiot. really, it wasn't given to me for free. i sold my boat to someone, and i had a whole bunch of gear i didnt want anymore. i didn't think he would want it so i was gonna sell it on ebay. but turned out he did want it. he offered to trade this bike for all the gear, in that he was into triathlons and i have always been a runner/swimmer so he was interested in getting me into the third part of it. so, although i didn't feel i needed the whole explanation till now, that's why i didn't actually "pay" for the back. i traded. but hey. thanks. even besides the accusation i find your assumption that i'm not going to take care of the bike offensive because i'm really excited about it and like this bike a lot. hence me finding a forum to ask what to do with it. plus, even if i wasn't gonna take care of it, its a ****ing BIKE. get over it. your name says you live in the uk. who are you to care? i bet if you saw someone riding get hit by a car, you'd run to help the bike. i will not state where i am so a creep like you can find out. i think from now on i'm just gonna trust the real ppl i meet instead of use a forum where i'll be accused of stealing.