Thursday, January 24, 2008

Picked the wrong bike

Yesterday after the ride with Chris I was not completely happy with my bike but did not think the world of it, I reckoned it was just me....
By the time I had been at work for a few hours and had some off hand discussions with people who are serious about their biking I decided to go talk to my bike guru Hadley.
(Hadley is the bike mechanic at the shop where I always buy my gear, he is a real cool dude a die hard mountain biker and I always have a laugh with him....)
Hadley knew this was coming and he was awesome about the whole thing, he was very keen to make me a happy guy and he went out of his way to make things right.
He was not there when I bought the bike (he is off on the weekends) and as he said, he would have never sold me anything that was lighter than the bike I had before that.
The deal is now that I take back the xcr and Hadley will try and trade me that for a similar spec'ed and priced All Mountain or Downhill bike as he beliefs that is much more appropriate for my riding style.

Going to be very interesting, he is taking me on a test ride next week with a test bike..... I am very curious!!!

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