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Riding Pi

So the bike (demo) was delivered near the end of July. For the rest of the summer and well into the fall, I rode the bike an average of 20 miles a day. I enjoy(ed) the bike. It felt like a cruiser with the weight at over 60 lbs. The bike lived up to expectations in terms of power and range. Marcus Hays once said "park this bike next to a Ferrari and it will compete favorable for attention". I happened onto our Wheels of Italy car show one Saturday last summer and parked the bike next to a red Ferrari and he was right. Lot's of attention.  About the end of October as our (in Minneapolis) warm riding season comes to a close I was caught about 4 miles from home and the motor failed - almost seized right up. I walked the bike home - not a happy man - and sent off a text to Marcus telling of the failure. He offered to send me a new motor/wheel assembly but I declined the offer thinking I could do fine on my peddle bike until the bike I ordered was ready. I figured we wer