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Submitted by bare_elf on Thu, 2016-06-23 07:40

ghastley wrote:
With my superhuman strength, I managed to tear the rear gear change off my Trek 2000's frame. (The lug it hangs from detached from the frame). I found that welding it back on was more expensive than a new frame!

So I bought a new bike - a Cannondale Synapse (not the carbon one) - and not a current model, so it was discounted. Went from 14 gears (2 x 7) to 24 (3 x 8), and I only ever seem to use one!

So now I have two bikes at work, as my car is too small to take either of them home, and one of those is broken.

The old bike had the gear changer on the down-tube, but the new one has the gear levers built into the brake levers, and it looks like yours does too (and you'd only need one). Is that on the preferred side now?


Tough luck about breaking the Trek, the Cannondale Synapse is a great bike as long as it is not carbon fiber, as I have seen 3 so far that had damaged frames which are super costly to repair, almost cheaper to get new frame. As to you having both bikes at work there are 3 possible ways to get them home. Ask a friend with a van or pickup truck to take them home for you. You could also find a uber or lift driver with a van to take them for you. Rent a roof rack for your car. Since I do not have a car right now, what I did was this. Left the old bicycle at home, dressed in my cycling clothes, packed all my tools and other items in my backpack jumped on a bus. There is a stop near my apartment in Redwood City, took that bus to Palo Alto transit center, changed buses to one that runs to the next county on the street the bike store is on. Got off the bus and road the new bike home.

Elf
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