Thanks for the kind offer Wahine! I am in recovery mode now. I will be using the Candy pedals that a friend lent me for at least a month (or two). Today I paid for the bike, had the fit session and took it to a park to learn how to mount and dismount. Got the basics of the dismount down. Now I just need to repeat 1000 times to make it second nature. I also got my first bruise... on the back of my right calf (and now that rear skewer is pointing away from the crank!). Here's the bike:
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