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heh...don't think i made a post, but last weekend, i bought my first item off ebay :) quite a fun experience. i practically missed the whole thing!

anyway, as i asked the concierge at the apartment to help me carry the box upstairs, i stared at the box in anticipation...

anyway, i knew approximately where this baby would come from (some developing nation who sold it for $10aud and sold it to me for a fair bit more) but as i looked closely at the packaging, it became apparent...it was really a cute cheap and FOB! my perfect mail order bride (err)


for those people who have vision impairment or just find this screen plain difficult to read, let me just type out what tools the box said are required for assembling of this new, racy being.

• STANDARD SLIP JOINT PLIER5
• STANDARD 175MM FLATHEAD SCREWORIVER
• STANDARD PHILLIPS HEAD SCREWORIVER
• AIR PUMP (FOOT OR HAND) FOR TYRE INFLATION
• OPEN ENDED SET OF WRENCHES
• HAVING METRIC MEASUREMENTS FROM 7MM TO
• 7MM OR AN AOJUST ABLE WREHCH MAY BE USED
• 5MM PEDAL WRENCH

it also advised that i ask a professional to assemble my bike together because it would be the world's most difficult task. after looking at this set of very complicated tools, i thought to myself "danger is my middle name" (ala austin powers) and decided to do it myself, just like my daddy taught me. to make things more daring, i enlisted in kenny's help...and he literally reinvented the wheel in the process. if you want to know how, ask him :P (or ask me, and i'll tell ya - lol!)

at the end of the assembly session on my balcony, my new fob baby was in full operation with a flat tyre. all i need to do now is to wheel/drive it to shell and pump it up. oh...and it came with 2 seats, but no bikestands...how weird is that?

it was also realised that the following tools were used to make the actual assembly. who knows what the other half a dozen bits were for...?

• a wrench
• an allen's key

so there you have it. :) i can now go cycling at my own leisure! *wheeeeeeeeeee*


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