{"id":98,"date":"2005-02-07T18:12:33","date_gmt":"2005-02-07T08:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/?p=98"},"modified":"2005-03-21T20:22:41","modified_gmt":"2005-03-21T10:22:41","slug":"the-bike-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/2005\/02\/the-bike-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bike Is Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/127_2731.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/small_127_2731.jpg\" alt=\"Kua's Kona\" style=\"float:left; margin-right:15px; margin-bottom:0px;\"\/><\/a>Well it&#8217;s been a month almost exactly since the <a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/index.php?p=80\">big accident<\/a>, and I finally got my bike back today but not with the frame that I had been expecting. Apparently the <a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/kona.jpg\">yellow Kona<\/a> that was suggested by the store proved too troublesome to put together with the handlebars of my old <a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/123_2309.jpg\">Vivace<\/a>. After trying eight headsets, from a variety of states, stores and countries, they decided that they would have to give me the 2004 model fram instead of the older (I think almost 2001) one. The bike now has  a pearly white exterior, and I can now get back on the road and ride! Have a bit of closer look at the bike <a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/127_2733.JPG\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/127_2734.JPG\">here<\/a>. I can&#8217;t say that I have been too impressed with the customer service (or lack of) I&#8217;ve been given over the last month, and I&#8217;m still stunned at how my bike has been in the shop for much longer than my car has ever been in. 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