Rooting for the Rig

OMG!

Brian has been yearning for a 29″ bicycle since early last year, after getting into Singlespeeding, and hearing about how fantastic 29″ bikes were. Then he read about the Gary Fisher Rig – a 29″ Single Speed, sold only in Pearl Purple. After hunting the internet to buy the 2005 Rig as soon as possible, we found a Japanese website that selling the Rig over the internet (www.cycle-yoshida.com). We placed the order, despite the language barrier (kanji is still an uphill battle!), and were informed that we a) had to agree to a bunch of terms and b) would have to wait until the bike was in stock (mid-February).

Finally, Brian was contacted by Cycle Yoshida, informing him that the Rig was in, but they had only received one bike. If Brian still wanted it, he would have to transfer 120,045 yen (the cost of the bike, plus shipping) to the shop by February 18th. Needless to say, Brian went to the bank at lunch time today and transferred the requested amount.

And now we wait.