Nice idea sweetpea although I'd only be able to manage half of it without spending ages making sure I was doing something terrible and I don;t have the time, never mind moving a bike and a frame back home
And don't forget they'll do it for nothing, sort of
They wanted to replace the wheels, 'pitted', that were rebuilt no more than four odd months ago, sod that
Wanted to replace the cables, granted they're now all original from 2008 barring the front brake cable which is brand new, we had to argue about that because they said that had to be done as part of the rebuild, I said if so that was their problem and it shouldn't cost me, he said he'd see and perhaps they could reuse mine, all I know is the brakes and gears were all working lovely as regards pulling on things
New Campag Xenon big ring and cassette and KMC chain came in inside the BB stuff I was going to get fitted by the LBS with £40 to spare but at this point he insisted they was a £25 labour charge to fit the new running gear,despite me chanting 'but you have to fit it all from the old bike anyway', he insisted in a rather, to my ears, unconvincing way that the new gears would need setting up in a more time consuming way than the old ones, I gave way on that as I didn't want to seem an entire ingrate
Ready on Tuesday as they have a lot on, so so much for my three day break before the DunRun and return
All in all a new frame and running gear all fitted for £18.33 less than I was going to pay for the same fitted to the old bike, for anyone puzzled, I have a budget of zip for this, I even had to forbid the bar tape being changed
Plus ag and worry and seven days travel at £7.40 a day
half empty/half full I suppose but I'd have grabbed that with both hands at the weekend
