Another thing... now that you are switching brand I can say it.

When I was a kid in France Motobécane wasn't a very enticing brand. 'Bécane' is a nick name and equivalent to 'beater bike', not much representative of a fast racer. The name Motobécane appeared as a diminutive for motorized bike as the company was best known for mopeds.
So it amuses me a lot when I read US riders glorify the name.

Mercier, Gitane, and even Peugeot were the real deal.

1. No change in the shipping data (like you care...)

2. "Motobécane" -- you get bonus points for using the diacritical.
I always thought it was stupid for BikeDirect to brand their bikes with a name that has no real meaning. They have no relationship to the old Motobécane. I feel like a fraud whenever someone says "I used to have one of those in the 70s.

Still, it's a nice light bike that came with good components. I'm just thinking a carbon frame might be a little easier on my old bones. And the combination of coolness, the name, hot totally hot seatpost clamp and a great deal made me unable to resist.

Now I feel obligated to do some big rides this summer. I'm seriously thinking Davis Double (there, I said it out loud)
I've got a couple of centurys on my list, and Tricia might want to do seattle to Portland again.

Out for delivery....

Arrg. I'm at work and I want to go home!!!!!!!!!!

http://curtis.corlew.com/hosting/deliver.png

Is it there yet............................


How can you claim still at work when you just got there?

cccorlew, you have your priorities all screwed up. What the heck are you doing at work when The Package is on its way to your home?

Will someone be there to receive it? If not, will they THROW it back on the truck and try again tomorrow, when it could be buried under a mountain of other packages (again)?

Around my neighborhood, they just leave packages on my porch, unless they require a signature.

You need to leave work, find the truck, and draft it all the way to your home. C'mon, man, get your priorities straight!

The truck is wandering in the fog, lots of it this morning. Will be a while before it reaches your home and only if it finds it.
UPS doesn't deliver on Saturdays, could be there on Monday. :eek:

If I was waiting for an orange (sorry....copper) bike, I'd be at home greeting the delivery man with a smile. After all, if he decides not to leave it today, he won't be back till monday. My last frame got shipped "signature required".

There was a report of a UPS man riding a new copper colored Kestrel around Antioch earlier this morning.:eek:

I missed an important UPS delivery by a few minutes once, so I got in my car, and started driving around town, asking every UPS truck I found if they had my package! On the third or fourth try, I hit pay dirt!

And by "important," I mean cycling related...

My company now longer uses UPS. Too many cartons looked as though they had been run over by a fork lift truck. Check for tyre marks before taking delivery.

Dear Curtis;

I'm waiting nervously on your door step, still in my box. Some neighborhood kids came home early and were gesturing at me like they wanted to take me home with them. A loose pit bull peed on me and I think Trish is getting suspicious. It's dark in here, please come get me... let's run away together.

Your new bike.

Well.....is it there yet......I for one am surprised that you can sit there with so little emotion and calmly await what will probably be the finest bike in you life to arrive. My gosh man....get involved, get excited.....get the camera. We all await the news and pictures.

Oh man. I left a note on my door and still UPS didn't leave the package.
I called them. They are supposed to call within an hour. DA*^&%$&^%#%&^$*&^*&^

Man that's harsh. I hope you can drive down to the distribution center and take delivery there. Good luck Curtis, I cant give you any more !@#$ about this.

When I saw his post a couple of hours ago, I started a post to chastise him for having gone to work, but then I felt so sorry for him that I deleted it. I too hope he finds a way to take delivery.

Definitely one of the best Steely Dan albums.

So, what happened? Maybe I'll check google news for assaults on UPS drivers.

Two pictures are worth a thousand words, but here's a few anyway.

I drove over to the UPS place at 8:30 and picked it up.

Note my sweet Tricia, impressed with the light weight.

The color is nicer than any of the photos I've seen.

Thanks for everyones support and teasing and fun.

Build to follow in a week or so.

http://curtis.corlew.com/hosting/kestrel1.jpg

http://curtis.corlew.com/hosting/kestrel2.jpg

Now... Congrats are in order.

Enjoy the build. The fun begins.

The color is definitely copper. Much more like the link that I posted than the image you got from bikesdirect.

So you are going to build it up in a week, eh? We can shorten that time a bit by sending DG over to help.

Great! I need someone with more experience and expertise that I have!

DG????

It's been home for 3 hours now- So what does it ride like?

I'll bring my hammer. :D

Georgeous..............the frames not bad either.




Well...is it done yet?

I once sold a very high end tandem to a friend of mine. Before the UPS truck left the parking lot (it had an S&S frame) he called on the phone to ask how it looked. He had been tracking the shipment in real time from work.

Actually, I didn't get to see how it looked until I saw them ride the bike. I was afraid to take the bike out of the S&S shipping case for fear that I wouldn't remember how to get all of the parts back in.

No pics of assembly yet- Reckon its must require DG and his hammer to call round.

No wonder you went for that colour- Blends in with the sofa.

Isn't it great to be our age and still be able to feel like an excited little kid again? I love that feeling. Hope the build goes smoothly. As others have said, keep us posted.

Looks great, cccorlew! Glad to see you finally got it. It looks like I'm going to have a long wait, too. It took mine 2 days just to get out of California......

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...ster/ship1.jpg