Quote Originally Posted by shootingstar View Post
Didn't you work there or still do? If so, say that you are an employee and you will report anything unusual.

Good that your bike is repaired but it would have been better if it ran more smoothly. Did you have to pay the high rental amount for the other?
In fact, I am an employee there, and I did report the incident to my manager and to the Executive Director.

I did pay for the rental bike -- it was a total of $985 for 6 weeks. I could've bought a very nice bike for that, if I'd known. Ah well. The insurance company is supposed to reimburse me for that. Also, the shop I rented it from agreed that I could keep the bike since they'd made more than double the intended selling price. So I do get a free bike out of the deal.

Day 5, Evening Commute (20 miles)
My legs were so tired by Friday I didn't think I'd make it home, but I fell in behind a guy who pulled me probably 10 miles -- what a wonderful guy. He was OK pulling, so I just stayed right there and let him do the hard work. It was a gorgeous day, sunny and warm, with a slight head wind (of course). Because I rode with that Good Samaritan, I actually made it home in pretty reasonable time.

On Friday I found out that the left crank arm on my bike was bent in my crash. None of the 4 bike shops who looked at it noticed, not even the one that did all the work. I even mentioned it to them on Thursday: When I went to clip in with my left foot, pedaling felt all wonky and bizarre. I said, "There's something weird with the pedal." Their response? "There's only one way to put a pedal in." Nothing about it maybe not being the pedal at all. Instead they sent me off on my ride without resolving the issue. It took my mentioning it to the good folks at JRA, who immediately said, "I bet the crank arm is bent." Sure enough, we looked, and the pedal was sticking out at a slightly off angle. I had JRA order me a new crank, which is not going to match my old one. So now I'll have a mismatched pair of wheels -- gray in the front, black in the back -- and mismatched cranks -- black on the left, gray on the right. *Sigh*

I took all weekend off, and only rode 3 miles each way to and from church on Sunday.

Day 6, Morning Commute (20 miles)
Just under 50°F and quite rainy. Hardly any other bicyclists out. I was quite glad that I wore my booties, as my feet got fairly damp anyway. Thank goodness for wool socks. This is a day that tests commuters' commitment; there we definitely no fair-weather cyclists out today. My legs are still somewhat tired from last week, but I'll get through one way or another. More cookies! Happily, no exciting stories on this commute. Just a normal day.