Well, our Galaxy Twin and Horizon arrived yesterday and, as you'll expect, I was exceptionally excited.I unpacked the Horizon (They were both boxed and required a reasonable amount of assembly) and spent an hour or so assembling it then dragged in the big box containing the Galaxy Twin. I was a bit confused about assembling it as there were bits I wasn't used to having on a bike (There were no instructions either) but I pressed on and, after a couple of hours, had it together. I was exceptionally grateful to Kirby Girl for her patient 'holding the bike up' when I asked, forgiving me for being grumpy and for having bought me a workstand last Christmas.
Imagine my dismay when it turned out the rear wheel had a big dent in it (I know. I should have noticed it much earlier). There was a flat section of rim about two to three inches in length. Alas, this meant we had to return the back wheel to Spa Cycles and are now waiting for a replacement. I was so impatient about getting our tandem and really excited about going out for a cycle on it and now we're going to have to wait for a replacement wheel before we can do anything. It's not like I can just shove a normal wheel in. The tandem has 48 spoke wheels for good reason.
I know I've got a new bike to have a spin on for tomorrow's little jaunt (Weather permitting) but I really wanted our tandem and I feel like a child whose toys have been taken away.
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It is a terrible shame, though I think (in my great knowledge of such things) that it was probably something which you would only have seen when the tyre was inflated, which you naturally did near the end of the process. I'm just glad it wasn't a problem with the frame - imagine how much it would have costed to post the whole thing back! Hopefully it won't take them too long and you enjoy your other new bike in the meantime.
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