Frustrated.
Aggravated.
Angry.
Pained.
Confused.
Perplexed.
Suspension fork is trash again. I'm tired of spending good money for nothing. My hands, well actually my hands, wrists and elbows hurt now, but I was not going to let the POS Reba ruin my day.
I met up with Paula, Warren and Laura to ride this morning. Warren left us Chickys to fend for ourselves, and I will say we did alright!!! We rode 17.5 miles! The words above are the "clean" few that I've used today. I totally enjoyed my day with the Chickys. Araminta and Tuckaway are awesome. It would have been better had I had full use out of my suspension, but each rut, log, root, rock or bump made me painfully aware of the current disrepair of my bike. I did however throw away any hesitation and sucked up the painful bumps as I flew down Songbird trying to catch Paula and Clarence. I was right on her heels too. MUH HA HA HA - there are some things that I can do well on a bike.
Anyway, it was a fun day in the end and a resolution is being worked out for the bike. It looks as though I will be without my geared bike for several weeks though.... The Fat Tire Frenzy might be in jeopardy now. No way would I consider racing a SS there; the MTX races nearly did me in. More to come about Ritchey soon.
4 comments:
Poor Ritchey! I think you should bring the single speed to Bedford. You already know that you can ride it there.
Looks like it's time to switch to fully rigid SS or buy a nice used Fox fork online somewhere.
I would suggest Bikeman.com ;)for a new fork or Ebay if you want to go cheaper and used.
Sorry to hear that it's giving you problems. It's nice that you rode it out though. Cursing @ the bike from atop the bike is way better than cursing the bike form home!
Peace,
Metro
I'm with Metro on Fox Shox suspension. Doesn't solve your immediate problem, but they are excellent forks.
It seems to me that a good shop mechanic could solve your problem or at least send it back to the manufacturer with a stern note to "clear up" your problems.
Hope you get some bounce back in your riding soon!
P.S. Be careful with the language out there. A guy here in Michigan almost had to do hard time for swearing while canoeing! :^)
See...all the more reason to join the dark side and ride the SS. You know you can do it. Put a 32/20 on it & you'll be fine!...
Muh haa haaa.
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