Mangled Bicycles

today i have to take our bikes to a bike doctor. the guy who moved our stuff from minnesota to new york used his body to twist the steering on the bikes so they would better fit on the back of his truck. he must have done this somewhere between those two states because when they left our house in MN, we watched him casually roll them inside of his truck. when we got them in NY, they were hanging on the back in strange positions.

i'm seriously perturbed and depressed by this because of all the things he could have damaged in the move, our bikes would have been the last thing i would have wanted mangled. i love these bikes like i have loved few material possessions. at the end of last year, we plopped down over $900 for two, hybrid bikes so that we could incorporate riding into our fitness programs. riding on a good bike made me fall in love with this sport, and biking has become theraputic for me. if i'm having a bad day, i can hit the trail and whatever is bothering me usually subsides by the time the ride is over. it's beautiful.

but now our bikes are lying in the garage, propped up against some boxes, completely useless. i called our driver to ask what happened, and he casually informed me that he used his body to twist them, but "forgot" to twist them back when he unloaded them. we didn't discover them until the next day when we went to ride them. so, we have had to file insurance claims with mayflower moving company, and wait out the red tape process. today, we will take them to a bike shop to assess the damage and see if they are salvagable. it looks like mayflower will pay for the damages, but my hope is that they will be able to fix the bikes we have. i really don't want a new one. i like this one, but i want it to work as smoothly as it did before charlie got his hands on it.