We ordered some bike helmets online for Joanna and Naomi. The website clearly stated that the XXS/XS size fit 48-54cm diameter heads. When we receive them, they clearly say they are 50-54cm size, which is too big for the girls. So after an email of complaint the company said we could post them back and get a full refund, but it wasn't until we pushed them that they actually paid for the postage it was going to cost to return them!
The second drama is with the bike seat for Naomi. We bought a front mounting Bobike seat off TradeMe, but the standard mounting bracket that came with it doesn't fit my bike. Anyway, somebody in Hamilton just started selling new Bobike seats on TradeMe soon after we bought the 2nd hand one. So we bought a different bracket (ATB bracket) that is suppose to fit all bikes, but it doesn't fit either of our bikes! I had tried yesterday afternoon to fit the bracket, but couldn't get it to work, so I got Peter to help me last night and we concluded that the whole design of the bracket is dodgy so you can't tighten it sufficiently to be secure for the weight that a child sitting in the seat puts on it. So I now have to go and swap the ATB bracket for a new 'standard' bracket (the new standard bracket does fit my bike - it is a different design to the old standard bracket that came with the seat we bought).
Yesterday afternoon would have been a perfect day to ride to school for pick-up. Annoying, as the number of days suitable for riding is going to be very few for the next couple of months.
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