It is about the Bike!

I have been without my duallie (Specialized Epic Comp) for about 3 weeks now. It is sitting in the bike workshop awaiting parts so that it can be repaired. The rear chainstay and linkage have cracks in them and need to be replaced but the distributor keeps sending the wrong chainstay so I am awaiting the arrival of the correct part so I can pay $900 to ride it again. It is not the problem of the bike shop but I doubt I will buy another specialized again. As I have said before I will definitely be buying a 29" for my next bike and probably steel and probably hardtail and probably Gary Fisher (see sidebar on the blog). I will definitely be keeping my Surly Karate Monkey 29" single speed and they will have to "take it my cold dead hands" when I die. I can't live without it