Involuntary purist

My friend Dee, who I hadn't seen in over two years, and I went for a hike on Saturday. Only a little hike I must admit but what better way to spend an unscheduled rest weekend? We were in the middle of thick rainforest when Dee suddenly announced that she smelled coffee. I thought it was wishful thinking. But to my great surprise we emerged from the Lantana overgrown single track shortly afterwards. We reached a grassy clearing directly behind Boombana cafe.

The cafe is well known to me as it has been a welcome coffee stop on many Mt Nebo rides but I hadn't realised how close we were. It's good to stray off roads sometimes even if it's without a bike.

My resting heart rate was back to normal yesterday morning, which means I should be all good to train again.

A couple of medium intensity rides will be back on my weekly schedule from now. With no means to measure either heart rate or power it will be back to the good old perceived exertion scale to judge how hard I'm going.

My handle bar is empty, clean and puristic but I'm not a purist at heart. I miss my Powertap. Four weeks and counting. I still have no idea how long it is going to take until I'll have it back but I received an email advising me that it'll be replaced under warranty at no cost to myself. I guess I should just shut up about the service. Am I unreasonable to expect a quick phone call or email to let me know what's happening? Is it asked too much to get a smile and a "No worries, we'll sort it out"? Is it wrong to expect that a business actually cares about their customers?

I've broken up with my LBS but I still love you, Powertap, so please let's not fight anymore.