This is one consequence of our choice to buy the tandem from a dealer not just around the corner: the bike will arrive, only partially assembled, and we’ll have to put it together.
In saving a good amount of money through not paying state sales tax, we face either paying a local bike shop a couple hundred dollars to assemble the bike or doing it ourselves.
Final plan: our good friend Jeff will do the build, and on his urging we’ll take the assembled bike to our local shop for a safety check and fine-tuning.
A splendid choice . . . because today all three of us have had the incomparable thrill of watching this beautiful bike take shape before our eyes, on our living room floor.
Wanna see?
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