I'm fed up with it, well not so much it but owning it. I've been trying to source mudguards and spokes for a long time now. Challenge seem to fob me off, I have no idea why. So I got Woolly to email them with the exact same thing, he got replies but when they asked for the frame number and he told them that it didn't have one, they stopped communicating with him.
The bike isn't stolen, it went to Challenge > London Recumbents > Reviewers > Back to London Recumbents > Sold to previous owner > Sold to me.
In fact when I rung up London recumbents, they knew who I was and who I'd brought it from. The frame doesn't have a serial number. It's got a couple of raised bumps but it's illegible to say the least.
Challenge won't send me (or Woolly) spokes even for money.
London Recumbents apparently can't get the spokes or the mudguards (despite it being advertised on their site).
BikeFix can't get the mudguards cos Challenge told them they don't do them. Despite Paul V (Mr Challenge) posting on the Challenge mailing list saying they are available now.
And Sapim won't sell the spoke to anyone less than a distro, and the distro won't do them as I'm not buying huge stocks of the stuff.
My emails to Challenge go unanswered. I've been trying to contact them for months.
I am pissed off with this shit. Why does it have to be so fucking difficult to get some mudguards and spokes?
And it's a shame cos shes a gorgeous trike and fun to ride but I can't face riding her at the moment cos it just stresses me out.