Great couple of bikes. Bummer about the chainguard. Seems like it should be able to bend back into place to at least let you ride until the new one comes in.
Kid you not: I watched FedEx driver "roll" a bike box end-over-end into a truck. They don't care at all about the boxes or contents thereof. On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 7:59 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> wrote: > Yes, great pictures. Love the kissing photo! Our kids have our family of > bikes as their own family, with my wife's as the mama, mine as the Papa (and > my Quickbeam as the uncle) and theirs as the kids. REI may be right on the > rack. The eyelets are upsized on the frame and we needed a hardware run to > get the right bolts, which is why my lassies still don't have their racks > on. Fortunately we have lots of snow, so they are having snowball fights > rather than begging to do grocery runs with me. Sardonic grin. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 7:27:17 PM UTC-7, LeahFoy wrote: >> >> Ps Did you guys see the link at the end of the email? There's a big space >> and I didn't mention it. Just in case. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Dec 5, 2015, at 6:22 PM, dougP <doug...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> FedEx & UPS have amazing powers. At least the damage is minor & easily >> repaired. A friend rec'd his bike from one of them and the cardboard box >> had 2 perfectly punched holes where someone had used a forklift to move the >> box. Amazingly, the forks missed everything inside. Another time I was >> assembling my Atlantis at the start of a tour when I discovered the front >> wheel wouldn't drop in, and the fork legs bent out of alignment. A bit of >> judicious tweaking got things straightened out. But the bike had been >> shipped in one of those 30# heavy duty plastic bike boxes! >> >> dougP >> >> On Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 5:35:01 PM UTC-8, LeahFoy wrote: >>> >>> J.P.'s Clem finally arrived at 7pm last night. We took it immediately to >>> REI to have it assembled. Sadly, the box was damaged somewhere between >>> Oregon and Nevada (thanks, FedEx), and when the mechanics assembled the >>> bike, they noticed the chain guard was mangled. It was scratched up, bent >>> inwards and hit the gears. Rivelo was gracious (as you know) and a >>> replacement part is on the way. But geez, how hard did FedEx hit that box to >>> do that kind of damage? The rest of the bike was largely intact. Maybe a >>> paint ding or two, but Grant's philosophy came to mind - something about >>> allowing a scratch, especially if the bike is really expensive - and we >>> decided no big deal. The mechanics believed the wrong hardware was sent for >>> the rack, which makes me nervous because I can't imagine the wrong parts >>> were sent, and maybe the mechanics just don't understand. I wonder if they >>> put the rack on correctly. I'm going to pretend they did for peace of mind. >>> Also, anyone know the weight limit for the Clem Pletscher rack? >>> >>> We came home and we did a short ride without kids. It was so fun. I kept >>> looking and looking at the bike and admiring the color. I don't think >>> anyone's photos have showcased the true color of this bike. The blue is >>> actually a creamy blue/teal that just looks suave and wild and rugged and >>> gorgeous. My Betty looked washed out in comparison. How can this be?!? We >>> don't have the cork grips or the Brooks yet, but we will, because my husband >>> has a weird tendency to want to "match" with me. And I'm inclined to let >>> him. Ha! >>> >>> Thanks to everyone who helped me make the decision, and thanks to John at >>> Rivelo for making this happen! We'll ride more tomorrow! >>> >>> >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/daytondogg/albums/72157661891945032/with/22922164683/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/tfnXbvsrBSQ/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Cheers, David Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace "it isn't a contest. 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