Success - in several ways
As a few of you may have noticed, I've been considering the purchase of a touring bike to compliment my Trek - between the two of them there are few places I couldn't go outside of technical mountain bike trails. The question has not been "if" I would get the Long Haul Trucker, but "when". I forced myself to look at other possibilities, other touring bikes, cross bikes, etc. Always came back to this bike.
The LHT is more expensive this year, so I started visiting different stores to find the best deal. I know that relationship is important, but I found an LBS that I like even better than my first one - who says a woman can't have two LBS?
The second one is too small to really be able to offer a sale price, the original store had originally cut the price by $100, then when I mentioned that I was also looking at store XYZ they cut the price another $90....SOLD!
I am proud of myself because I've never been very good at negotiating :o It feels good to have been successful!
The 2010 LHT comes in blue (Blue Velvet) and black - and the supplier is out of blue. The more I look at the black version (Blacktacular) the more I realize that a black bike is easy to accessorize and make my own. Whichever version gets ordered this afternoon, pictures will be forthcoming in a few weeks if not ealier.
Rode yesterday, today, and hopefully this weekend. I keep thinking that it can't get more fun, and then it does :D
