Yesterday I went to B&Q. I bought a bike for my son (an early Christmas present so he could cycle to work). It came in a box. In bits. We spent most of the evening in the kitchen (long-suffering wife being diplomatically "out-of-the-way") assembling the thing and adding an already-owned dynamo lighting set. He got on it to test it. The gear-assembly broke!!!!
Air goes extremely blue.
Today disappointed son goes on bus to work (having borrowed £10 from me "to cover the bus fare").
Broken bike left in garage. I buy another bike at B&Q. I take it home, We dissemble broken bike sufficiently to get in back of car. I will take it in tomorrow to get my money back.
Hopefully I will be able to assemble new bike on the weekend (this weekend I am not in work). When I get it out of the box it will get the most extreme of examinations before any assembly work starts.
If only everything you bought worked perfectly as expected every time.
If only I'd checked everything before putting it together.
If only . . .
Life's a bummer!
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One quick comment here; please don't tell me the 'existing dynamo/light setup' was nicked off of my bike. =P I do plan on using that when I'm visiting home, y'know - hell, I'd bring it up here if I was sure I'd have a safe place to keep it.
As for the breakages.. bah, that's shoddy, that; no wonder you're taking it back. =P On a side note, I didn't know B&Q did bikes..
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