Wednesday afternoon, I was over my friend's house, and he had to go over to the local shopping center to pick something up for his mom, so I let him use my bike, since walking three miles would have taken him a lot longer... Mother nature was out to get us: On his way back, he got stranded at a Dunkin Donuts due to a severe thunderstorm that had an insane amount of rain! Due to the store's rules, he had to leave the bike outside... In the rain...
Now, I didn't think much of it.. My bike getting wet wouldn't be the end of the world since it had protecting paint on it and all.. But the next day when I was about to go on my daily routine of riding around my area for my training, the gears didn't work exactly right: They were extremely hard to alternate, and when I got to lower gears, it was basically impossible.
I know I need to take my bike to the shop that I bought it from, (Keswick Cycles), but my dad is going to be furious since I haven't had the bike for two months! It's just a down right pickle of a situation, eh?