I was able to get a new exercise bike.
One of the problems with buying equipment like this online is that it’s not that easy to “try on”. The last bike I got was an okay bike, but it didn’t fit me. I’m 5’2”. The bike is made for someone taller than me. It had a heart monitor on it and you had to hold the top of the handle bars where the metal was for it to work. It was a pretty big stretch for me and after a half hour of riding, I was really uncomfortable. And I ended up not riding it at all.
So, when I saw this Reebok bike at Costco last Christmas, I sat on it and liked it. The seat is very adjustable, as are the handle bars. We couldn’t afford it then, but the money from the car made it doable. I ordered it from Costco online. It said it would take two to three weeks to get here, it was here in less than a week. This morning, Brian finally had the chance to put it together.
The first step stopped us cold. Whoever put the frame together, welded a bent piece of metal to the frame. The stabilizer piece that slides onto that piece of metal, wouldn’t slide on. Called the toll free number for Reebok (Mon-Fri 6 a.m. -6 p.m. MT Sat 8 a.m. -4 p.m. MT), the one on the front of the manual and they’re not working Saturdays (might be nice if they changed their manuals). Brian’s pissed and rightly so. The box is already in the trash, can’t send it back.
While I was in the process of sending a scathing email to the Reebok people, he came in and said that he’d fixed it. A big hammer and a block of wood. The bike is together, now I just have to make room for it in the extra room. The other bike is out of there, now I have to get all of the stuff off of the Cardioglide so we can move it out of the room. Neither of us has used that one in years, so no use keeping it. They’ll probably both be put at the street with a “free to good home” sign.
And the extra room will have more room for more stuff! Yay! Nah, I’m gonna box up all of the books I don’t want to keep and donate those to a local library, that will open up that room some more. It’s a pretty tight squeeze right now, I’ll like it more when it’s more open. Right now it looks more like a “hoarder” room. *lol*
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