Thursday, June 13, 2013

Quality

The quality of my bike, respectively the lack therefore, keeps surprising me. In Europe I owned 3 bikes with an average life span of 7 years. Once a year I would have to fix a flat tyre but nothing else.
My Chinese bike is soon a year old and I had to replace most parts at least once already - this pedal is already number three...
Having to replace parts is one thing but even better is the reaction of the mechanic who does all the repairs and who also sold me the bike. There is no feeling of having sold poor quality. His explanations are excellent. "You have used it for more than a month so you should replace this or that". "I think you push too hard for the pedal (how could the pedal be poor quality, it has to be the rider)". "You should not use the break too often" ...

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