Selecting the bike

Over Christmas break I was in Nelson BC and stopped into a great little store, even tough they were swamped with skiing they stopped to help me with questions related to their bikes. Gareks is a great shop with knowledgeable staff and reasonable prices. The bike that caught my eye was the Giant TCX 1, it rode great on the snow covered streets of Nelson and after calling Calgary stores I determined it was also a very great price. So late New Years afternoon I decided to purchase the bike, which began a new adventure.

I used my debit and the machine said the transaction failed. So I decided to use a local bank machine to pull the money out directly, alas the machine declined me so I called my bank. They told me that I didn't have any funds available as I had just spent the money at Gerik's. Stunned moment. I went back to the store, to explain the predicament. They said there was little they could do that day, but would look into it Monday and would ship the bike to me for free. It turns out that the interact company had taken the money from my account but had not put it into the stores account. They had unfortunately had done this to millions of other transactions and I was told it could take weeks to have the funds returned to my account.

Well its been a little over 2 weeks and I decided I can't wait any longer so I've ordered the bike, which should arrive some time this week. For those that like bike gear.

1. The stock seat sucks so I'll be getting the Specialized Toupe Gel 143
2. It doesn't come with peddles so I'll be getting a pair of Shimano A530
3. And of course a CatEye
4. New Road tires  and mud flaps.

Now my current 20 year old Trek-920 Mountain Bike could have done the trip, but I wanted something newer and more suited to long distance rides with good components.  After taking a look at the components on my antiquated bike, I think it desperately needs dentures as its missing a lot of teeth.  So even my old bike is about to get some work done on it, perhaps today as now that I noticed, its starting to show me how desperately it needs that cane & dentures....