Where Oh Where Might My New Orbea Be?

[babe]

the companies make only enough for the preseason orders, and bc the last couple of years were so rough it is too risky for them to make a surplus of bikes that may not sell- so they make as many that are needed to meet the demand of the shops orders. so when the shops have to reorder it may take months.....

[Miranda]

Man, I feel your pain! And I must say it took me a minute to start typing this post as I had to first wipe the drewl off my keyboard lol. I LOVE the 2010 pink color scheme of the Diva. GF, if you settle for blue... you will continually lust for pink forever until you get it. Sorry, hate to say it, but true.

OK, last years Diva was going to be my new bike. But, in the midst of deciding I got an injury that I couldn't ride, and waited only slightly to follow up on the order. Guess what? Yep, she got sold out...

Point blank the lbs owner said to me on the phone (out of town shop), "If you want a bike AT ALL you need to decide right now what you are doing.... (he literally had the supplier inventory pulled up on his pc while on the phone w/me--they come from Spain as you probably already know)".... so my Orbea Onix was a close second to my dream Diva, and bam I said "order her up, cuz I don't want no bike for the season".

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ht=candy+sweet

Now, I LOVE my Orbea overall for sure. But, I have this secret lust for the Diva. For me, my old bike was way too big I finally figured out, and I knew I was not going to be riding it at all and suffer any more pain. Thus, I just went for it.

Last thought, you might check e-bay if you could get out of the deal w/the shop? Or, are there any other Orbea dealers that maybe customers backed out of the deal and them might have one come available?

And yes... when she arrives, please post pics. I will be drewling, cheering, crying in envy a lil too... for the new Orbea fm addition to TE.

Good Luck... oh, and what a lovely wedding gift!!!

[makbike]

LBS called today to make me an offer I could not refuse. They have a 49 cm blue Diva in stock (demo). They are willing to put my components on the blue and let me ride it until my pink Diva arrives. No extra charge. When my bike does arrive I'm simply to return the blue so they can change out the parts. I never anticipated this but readily accepted their offer. Hopefully by next week I'll be riding a Diva. My only regret is this did not happen sooner as I'm slated to head south to ride 3-State 3-Mountain this week and would have loved conquering those mountains on my new bike. No real complaints that is for sure.

[Blueberry]

makbike - your lbs rocks!

[Aggie_Ama]

And that is why you stick with a LBS! Mine ordered a Gary Fisher frame that was tiny and they would have trouble selling because of the cost with no obligation to me since we are good customers. I ended up loving the bike but I will not go to other shops because of this. Glad you are getting a blue one to ride but still getting the pink - win win!

[makbike]

Aggie Ama, I totally agree. Here is the shocker - We've never done business with this shop so you can only imagine my surprise when they extended their offer to me. I was overwhelmed to say the least. I think it is safe to safe we will be doing business with them for a long time.

[Crankin]

Am I the only who who doesn't even consider color in buying a bike? I mean, if it was puke green, maybe I would say no, but if it was the bike I wanted, I took it, for all 5 bikes I have bought.

[Aggie_Ama]

Wow! I think I would be a customer for life. The Pink Divas are so gorgeous, all the Orbeas just look fast sitting still. My pink and black Fisher garners a lot of attention and the the funniest thing is how many men want to check it out!

[makbike]

Was color the most important factor in my decision, absolutely not. A buyer has two choices when it comes to color for this particular bike. If the blue had been the only color available I would have gone with it. DH encouraged me to go with the color I preferred and I did and given I had a choice I picked the one I really liked.