welcome back guys from Maine the temperatures in the next five days
doesn't even reach 80 degrees so blue skies and finally comfortable weather
for me by the way it's actually even a little more pronounced as far as I know
Arby's in Portland than I let on to and maybe I was a little naive a couple
years ago but they actually do have a law banning RVs anywhere to park
overnight in the Portland City area that even included private property for a
time there until they started to deprioritize enforcing the hundred
dollar fine and towing RVs right off of people's property or public property or
anything I don't want to get into it it don't matter
Portland is just one tiny little insignificant city in the state of Maine
and I intend to enjoy the summer elsewhere where where it's a little more
inviting to RVs speaking of excitement and adventures my folding bicycle has
arrived so this is an Amazon purchase it's a folding compact bike there is
some assembly required so I'm gonna open this guy up and see
how detailed it is and how hard it's gonna be to put together
we're gonna take a break in the unboxing and setup phase here because if you saw
my last video you probably realized at the same time they sent me a white bike
not the blue bike that I ordered and this comes in four different colors I
don't know why they sent me the white bike it's not horrible it's got some
blue in it but it's the white bike and I very rarely have problems with Amazon
this is a huge purchase and investment really so I'm gonna call them and see
what they want to do hey I got a problem with an order I just received through
Amazon they shipped me the wrong colored bicycle yeah it's Eric they had four
colors available and only one of those was Amazon Prime that was the solid blue
with some white accents I received a solid white bike with black accents and
like two or three blue lines are you can can you like tell me are you out of the
one that I was supposed to get and that's why you they thought I wouldn't
want a white one instead okay well no I appreciate your honesty you telling me
that they're out of the blue one when they sold me a blue one that's important
because it's not worth my time to wait around another week for Anna send me the
white one again so I mean so I mean I appreciate your honesty can you cut me a
deal on this white one and just give me a discount on it then instead so I can
get back on the road so I just got off the phone with Amazon and
made it right guys I mean it is tough traveling because you know I don't have
an extra week and I kind of tried to express that well they went ahead and
knocked off a hundred and forty dollars off this purchase price credit that back
to my account not not in a gift card but back on my credit card my debit card
within five days so I mean I basically got the bread the bike half off and it's
I don't care what color it is at that price it's definitely worth it so this
all worked out and that's why I don't like stress out it's just it wasn't what
I ordered and it wouldn't do me any good to wait around they don't have the blue
one in stock so they would just do the same thing if I return this and
reordered the blue one it send me another white one so I'll go and take a
hundred and hundred forty dollars off the price and put this bike together
alright guys we got the white version of the camp folding bike all put together
everything tighten down the way I'd like it everything is adjustable here so I
adjusted the handlebar the way I wanted it in all the positions and brakes and
shifters the way I wanted it the seat is the only part I'm not excited about
because I would really want it down all the way down to here but you can see the
adjustable shock here is blocking it that's unfortunate but I may just get a
grinder and just grind off an inch of this so I can get the seat down to where
I really want it comfortably it's still workable but my legs are almost fully
extended on the pedal to the bottom right now so yeah that's the bike I'll
take off on my first little test drive here actually leave those puppies alone
it's actually a nice smooth comfortable ride and I'm gonna be able to get fresh
air and exercise and mobility with a bike that is secure in my garage with
the 21 speeds I'll be able to get up certain steep hills but I like it's
comfortable and compact I do have some rubbing I think it's the front brake the
front caliper brake right here is rubbing on the outside so it's not
centered in there quite right I can't tell if these are just a moment do a
little bit of research otherwise I might be able to put a washer and there's
something to get the that pad away from it it's it's touching a little bit and a
rub and while I'm riding but otherwise yeah it's a 26 inch folding mountain
bike and now I will attempt to demonstrate how it folds up there's a
total of four things you can do to compact this thing down the first is
take the seat out then the pedal is actually fold in and we can take the
handlebar off and lay that aside and then I've got one more clamp right here
that will fold the bike in half so see holds it pass and this can go like that
I'll show you how thin it is it says 13 inches wide at this point with the
pedals folded in and the arm bar well the bar doesn't have to go there it can
actually go fat or something now we're looking at 13 inches width pretty
awesome pretty neat so it doesn't need to be stored outside it can go right
into my garage there
just like that weatherproof so pretty cool right having the bike kind of takes
a little bit of the pain of having to sell the motorcycle to fix the brakes
but I actually got a call from Greeley's today they got all the parts the OEM
Chevy drums shoes and the turn switch they want me to drop the RV off at
tomorrow morning 7:30 in the morning checks now waiting in the lobby and
hopefully we will have finally solved this epic brake problem on the Chevy
chassis and be ready for new adventures in Maine I do love Maine that's time to
be here and I really again appreciate Renee and Monique letting me stay here
on the property while I get some things taken care of
but yeah the bike will be fun to ride around Jackson I'll see in a couple days
thanks for watching guys
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