Categories: all aviation bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater

Tue, 26 Sep 2006

Woot, I say, woot!

I was swapping out tires on the new bicycle today (the first one? 2 hours, lots of swearing, blisters in odd places; the second one? 10 minutes and I barely noticed). As part of the process, I dug into a box of bike stuff which has been languishing in the garage for years.

In said box, I found a near-miraculous unused innertube, which saved the day with the 2-hour tire swap. I also found some documentation on the old bike, and on a whim I started digging through it. Wait a minute, what's that? A receipt!? Cool!

Oh, no. That's the receipt for my headlight. Bah.

Hmm, but what's this? The original Norco book... <flip> <flip> Ah-hah!

There was the original receipt for the bike!

In case you've lost the thread of this particular saga, I discovered about a month ago that my old bike (the Norco in question) had a crack in the head tube. That's where the steering pivots, and a crack there means the bike amounts to so much trash. I called Norco, since someone put the thought in my head that they might offer a lifetime warranty on the frame. Indeed they do, but they require the original receipt. I went through all the likely places, but it was nowhere to be found. I'd resigned myself to selling the thing to the used bike shop for $10 and a roll of Mentos. However, I held out the faint hope that in going through boxes (which I would be doing anyway), I might find the receipt. Behold, hope fulfilled!

Now, I just have to figure out how to cash in on this warranty.

Posted at 20:47 permanent link category: /bicycle

Categories: all aviation gadgets misc motorcycle theater

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