New bike fever!!!!!

Rich158

That's right I have new bike fever, having recently placed an order for a Condor Acciaio and having received the Cyclescheme voucher I'm now itching to get hold of it, damn the three week build time :twisted:

The MTB is also being replaced, and having now e-bayed my old frame and forks I'm waiting for my new Commencal Supreme DH WC frame to arrive so I can start building it

Sorry to crow about my new purchases, but it's not fair, I'm impatient :roll: , and I want my new bikes

UndercoverElephant

Three weeks build time? Unbearable!

Cafewanda

I hate you :roll:

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Don't forget to post the pics

Rich158

Cafewanda wrote:

I hate you :roll:

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Don't forget to post the pics

Totally

I am feeling the need to scream in anticipation, and I'm not sure my work colleagues understand, they already think I'm a bit odd arriving in lycra every morning :shock:

I might do a build series for the MTB, now I wonder which crucial part I have forgotten to order that'll stop me completeing the build :oops:

Roastie

3 weeks? Why so long?

jonginge

Roastie wrote:

3 weeks? Why so long?

Remember Condor have to factor in a lot of 'standing around looking cool' tasks into their Gantt chart...

Dunk_911

I work next door do mercian and they build one bike per day, per frame builder.

theres still a waiting list though...

Clever Pun

JonGinge wrote:

Roastie wrote:

3 weeks? Why so long?

Remember Condor have to factor in a lot of 'standing around looking cool' tasks into their Gantt chart...

a queue essentially

vorsprung

Rich158 wrote:

damn the three week build time :twisted:

My custom Ti frame (from the now defunct Setavento) was ordered in early Oct '06
I was hoping the frame might turn up for my birthday at the end of Nov
Then maybe over Xmas
Then for my first PBP qualifier in Jan
Then I was promised it for the end of Feb
It reached the LBS in early March
The LBS then messed about for a month or so not getting the campag rear mech
It was ready to ride early April. So that's 6 months

3 weeks is nothing

Rich158

vorsprung wrote:

Rich158 wrote:

damn the three week build time :twisted:

My custom Ti frame (from the now defunct Setavento) was ordered in early Oct '06
I was hoping the frame might turn up for my birthday at the end of Nov
Then maybe over Xmas
Then for my first PBP qualifier in Jan
Then I was promised it for the end of Feb
It reached the LBS in early March
The LBS then messed about for a month or so not getting the campag rear mech
It was ready to ride early April. So that's 6 months

3 weeks is nothing

I know, people have waited a lot longer for much nicer carbon steeds. How they did it I'll never know :shock:

I can't even use the excuse that as one of the playstation generation I have a short attention span and want everything now. I'm one of the ZX Spectrum generation so should be used to waiting ages, and then facing the inevitable disapointment as everything crashes at the last possibel moment :twisted:

the_hundredth_idiot

Three weeks! You lucky git - Condor's waiting times seem to have come down quite a bit. When they replaced (under warranty) my Fratello frame last Summer, it was Autumn before the new bike turned up. Almost three months from dropping off the broken-framed bike to picking up the shiny new bike. That was a long, painful wait.