Bike needs her beauty sleep.

Alexia hasn't been braking to her full capacity lately. I also noticed some fluid on the front of the bike. I took it into Mach 1 for a quick visual and was told the front fork seal was leaking. The fluid had also saturated my front break pads so that was why my breaking was so squishy. Mach 1 told me $350 for parts and service. Ekkks and ouch!

So I road over to Mission and caught someone just as they were closing. (FYI, they are on new winter hours which have their service department closing at 6:00 instead of 7:00. Stupid) He said he couldn't do an official quote, so I asked him to give me an unofficial ball-park. $300. Still ouch.

My next stop was Cycle World. I am also in need of a new rear tire, so I was going to price them there. While browsing I was struck with the brilliant idea to ask if they had any local mechanics they would recommend. They gave me Eddie's card from Samurai Motosports. I'll have to ride down this weekend to get a quote from him.

Until then I am going to put Alexia up in the garage. The squishy breaking is making me too anxious when I ride and I can't enjoy it. I'll keep you updated!