Our mission bicycles have finally arrived. The excitement was total and we assembled them post haste.
There were some disappointing factors. I felt that my bike was a little to large for me, despite sending exact measurements.
Also the front fork clanks quite a bit, there are gaps in the assembly. I’ll have to take it to a local shop to be looked at.
As for Vlad’s bike, it was perfect, except that both front and rear rims had some scratches on them. Hard to say if it was due to rough shipping or bad packaging, but when we opened up the box nothing looked out of place.
Other then these minor (and some not so minor) issues, the bikes handled like a dream and we rode them through the pouring rain with joy.
Just our luck that after days and days of tropical heat, today had to be the day that the tropical rain started.
It better not rain tomorrow!
Update 2008-09-04: Mission is sending me a new frame and replacement parts so I can fix the problems with my bike! Yay!
Tags: bikes, mission bicycle, photos, rain
Curious how tall you all and what size your original frame was? I’m only asking because I’m currently looking to order and am concerned about frame size.
Hi I’m about 180cm which is I guess 5.9 feet, and I initially got a 61cm frame which was a bit of a ball-crusher. The replacement frame I got was 53cm and it’s just excellent, however my cousin has the same frame in 56cm and it also works very well for me.
yeah, i’m 6.1 but am more torso then legs. thinking 56cm or 53cm.
thanks a bunch for the info. i’m getting pretty excited. picking colors keeps me awake at night.
Yeah I 56cm sounds good for you, enjoy your new bike =)
And yeah, picking the colors was keeping me awake at night too! hehe