3.21.2010

The New Old Steed!!!

Being sick SUCKS!!! I am now finishing up a week where my only workout was a 1 hr ride, which in hindsight turned out to be a bad idea. The only good thing about being sick was that it my bike was in the shop so I couldn't ride it anyways.

Sitting at bike shop hearing my bike is broken...definitely not a highlight of my day.


Like I mentioned in my last post, during my long ride on Saturday, I was having some serious issues with my front derailleur. The mechanic at Wheel Sport North noticed the bracket that holds my derailleur was loose. On any other bike I have owned I would have tried to fix it myself...not this baby.

That is the small little bracket that came loose.


One Monday, I stopped by Fitness Fanatics, where I bought it, and asked them what I should do. They told me they would call Scott and get back to me as soon as they had some information. Not really knowing what was going to happen, I was keeping my fingers crossed that it would be covered under the warranty or at least there would be an easy fix.

About an hour later, I received a call from Jon at the store, letting me know they had contacted Scott and a new frame set was being sent out...WHAT? Yeah, apparently this has happened to a few other bikes and Scott's solution was to send out a brand new frame. SAHWEET!!! They mentioned that if they had one in the US, it could take about a week, if not they were going to have to order it from Europe and could take 2-3 weeks. Still a small price to pay to get a new bike that is working properly.

So fast forward to Thursday night, and I get a call letting me know my bike is READY! I asked...ready to be switched over when the new frame arrived? Nope, like we have already switched everything over and you are good to go. SERIOUSLY...that is freaking awesome. In just 3 days I had my new bike and it was ready to come home. Now I know not everything can move this fast, but it was pretty awesome for the people at Fitness Fanatics to get it turned around so quick.

Here is my new/old bike...Only the frame and front fork are new but that is good enough for me.


Once I get over this damn Bronchitis, I can't wait to get out take my first ride on the new bike. Something I was preparing to take up to 3 weeks only took 3 days. Now if I could get over being sick this fast...all in the world would be right:)

Once again, I want to send a special thanks to Fitness Fanatics for helping me and getting this issue solved so fast. You guys rock!!!

Until next time...

3 comments:

Tiffany said...

I can't wait for you to ride your "new" bike either! It looks so different! You are going to be SO much faster! ;)

Glad you got it back so quickly!

Aimee said...

Wow..that is awesome! I'm glad you got your "new" bike sooner rather than later.

I'm sorry to hear you're sick. I had bronchitis in Jan. and it lasted about 3 weeks. I really hope yours goes away sooner b/c it's not fun!

jessithompson said...

GET BETTER SO YOU CAN COME PLAY WITH ME..... PLEEEEEEEEEEASE!