I crashed my bike last week and sent it to a bike shop last Sat. When I called them for estimate for repair, the guy said to me, "How much work do you want to get done on it?"
"I just need to replace the head and crank."
"OK, then you are looking around $200 for parts and $35 for labor. "
"That's fine."
"BTW, your bike can really use some love."
"You mean lubrication? Oh yeah, please lubricate the chains."
"No, I meant there are various places broken." Then he gave me a long list of problems.
I guess that's the price for ignoring an important part of my life and use as if it's always ready. I will have to learn how to take care of my bike.
Since my road bike is out of commission, I borrowed Andrew's mountain bike for Sunday's Lake Washington training. I was really dragging Ever's speed down, because the mountain bike is just not built for speeding through city route.
Don't take me wrong, it's a great mountain bike, I don't even feel anything when zipping down off-road trails, while Ever had to be very careful on those steep slopes.
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