Last night I picked up my Surly Big Dummy. I brought it home and had some parts waiting for me on my front porch that I ordered last week. Perfect timing!
I started opening my boxes, first was Hardcore Fenders from Planet Bike. Next was my Nashbar order, bar wrap, 2 sided Shimano pedals, Cateye Computer, and...wait a minute I'm missing something. What did I order? Looking at the invoice I saw that my handlebars and Brooks Saddle were missing. They are on backorder. Great! The seat that comes with the SBD is not comfortable (as with most bikes) and the handlebars are boring with one hand position available. First thing I did was put the fenders on.
I did get an unexpected upgrade. The back deck was not the standard wood deck. Instead it came with the Flightdeck, which is made from recycled plastic. It has a ton of holes drilled in it for mounting various DIY things. I'm excited about this. I will have fun thinking up things to attach to this.
There were a few issues getting the fenders on. I'll detail that in a later post since I still have a couple things left to do on them.
After that I put on the pedals and computer and got the racks and bags put back on. I am really bummed that the handlebars were backordered. The Brooks was not that big of a deal since I can use the one off my other bike that is already broke in.
I did get an unexpected upgrade. The back deck was not the standard wood deck. Instead it came with the Flightdeck, which is made from recycled plastic. It has a ton of holes drilled in it for mounting various DIY things. I'm excited about this. I will have fun thinking up things to attach to this.
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