No Bike

After struggling for a month to get my bike brought over, a friend of a friend of the guy I was buying it from brought it over on Friday night.

Unfortunately, it turns out that the battery not only was flat but wasn't holding a charge... which means that I would have had to find a replacement battery, then replace the battery (and while I ride bikes, I know nothing about working on them). And it just raised issues about what else may be wrong with the bike... and after waiting so long for it, and being messed around (this was the 5th time I was told it would be delivered, only for it not to arrive) than I was just sick of it. So I phoned up the guy I was buying it from and told him that I wasn't going to buy it.

It's very disappointing - it's a great bike, and I would have loved it, but I was just so sick of the entire thing by then. I've been stressed out for the last month because of that bike, and I was starting to hate the thought of it. It was supposed to be a fun and exciting thing, buying a bike, and it just turned into a miserable, stressful experience.

Anyway, so that's the end of that story. I missed the last of the good weather, I think, as well. So while I'm still determined to get a bike, I think I'll wait until summer and then get a newer bike from a reputable dealer. Maybe one of the 2006 model CBF500's, since the 2007 models will be out and there should be more 2nd hand 2006 ones floating around.

So I'm very disappointed, and still miss having a bike; but on the other hand, I'm relieved that it's all over at least.