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Mon, 21 Jan 2008 by Michael Pajaro
This has been a frustrating weekend.
After noticing a few "quirks" with my bike on last weekend's ride, I dropped it off at the shop on Monday for a general tune-up, cleaning, etc. (I live in a highrise condo and it's difficult for me to do a lot of my own work.) I was told the bike would be ready on Friday, in time for the 3-day weekend.
The shop is less than a mile from my job which is normally pretty convenient. We were sent home a little early on Friday because of the holiday so I called the shop around 3:30. They said the bike wasn't ready but it should be "in a few hours". I didn't want to hang around work waiting for my bike, so I just went home.
i had an "all-day" appointment for my cable guy on Saturday. He showed up at 5:30 pm. I sat at home the entire day. The bike shop closed at 5:00; I couldn't get my bike.
The shop is closed Sundays.
I drove out to the shop today (Monday) to pick up my bike. It's not ready. They asked if they could give me "a few hours". I don't want to start a long bike ride at 3 or 4 in the afternoon.
So I had a 3-day weekend with no bicycle. The one thing I'm looking for is that they are going to give me a DOOZY of a discount when I go to pick up bike tomorrow and start ranting about all the riding i couldn't do this weekend.
