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I just recently bought a Cannondale R900 04 model that the local bike
shop had discounted to get rid of. Since I bought this bike, I can
see why it was hanging up for so long. They had another one there, too,
just a different color.
I just hope they take this bike back, since they have a 30 day return
policy for store credit. How can you know good a bike feels until you
actually ride it about a hundred miles. I recently sold off a Klein
"Stage Comp" after I bought this bike. While I was riding the new
Cannondale today, I kept mumbling "Damn, I wish I kept that Klein."
Even though the Klein was a 99 model bike, and was a hard ride, I would
take it over this new bike anyday. Then I realized it's not the bike
itself, but the components that came with it. I should have recognized
the hints the sales people were giving me. At least two of them said
"So, you like the campy?" I had never had a bike with campy gear, so I
just shrugged. I think they were trying to give me hints to stay away
from the Campy Veloce. I have had nothing but problems with this bike
since day one. I'm not sure if this things was wired the wrong way,
but the front deraileur shift is the complete opposite of the back gear
deraileur. It wasn't like this with the old school Shimano 105 that
came with the Klein. It has a thumb lever to change gears. On the
left, you use the thumb shift to a lower chain ring. On the right, you
use the thumb lever to shift up. WTF???? Is this some kind of joke?
When I am suffering from heat and sweat, I am too damned disoriented to
recognize the difference, so then I shift down when I want to shift up,
and vice versa, when I need to change rings. This gets really annoying
when I am on the approach of a hill at high speed.
Also, when I use the thumb tab to shift, sometimes it won't shift, and
no, it's not a wimpy, half-assed shift on my part. I press it again,
and then we get a shift. Also, when I am on hills, it likes to jump
into higher gear, which just kills me and has be screaming at my bike.
So, I talked to the bike shop, and they told me to just adjust the
tension bolt on the back deraileur. Well, I spent all night fiddling
with the thing. I thought I had something, but then I rode today and it
did the usual, but even worse.
I'm now at the conclusion: I should have just kept the Shimano 105 and
installed it on this bike and dumped the Veloce.
shop had discounted to get rid of. Since I bought this bike, I can
see why it was hanging up for so long. They had another one there, too,
just a different color.
I just hope they take this bike back, since they have a 30 day return
policy for store credit. How can you know good a bike feels until you
actually ride it about a hundred miles. I recently sold off a Klein
"Stage Comp" after I bought this bike. While I was riding the new
Cannondale today, I kept mumbling "Damn, I wish I kept that Klein."
Even though the Klein was a 99 model bike, and was a hard ride, I would
take it over this new bike anyday. Then I realized it's not the bike
itself, but the components that came with it. I should have recognized
the hints the sales people were giving me. At least two of them said
"So, you like the campy?" I had never had a bike with campy gear, so I
just shrugged. I think they were trying to give me hints to stay away
from the Campy Veloce. I have had nothing but problems with this bike
since day one. I'm not sure if this things was wired the wrong way,
but the front deraileur shift is the complete opposite of the back gear
deraileur. It wasn't like this with the old school Shimano 105 that
came with the Klein. It has a thumb lever to change gears. On the
left, you use the thumb shift to a lower chain ring. On the right, you
use the thumb lever to shift up. WTF???? Is this some kind of joke?
When I am suffering from heat and sweat, I am too damned disoriented to
recognize the difference, so then I shift down when I want to shift up,
and vice versa, when I need to change rings. This gets really annoying
when I am on the approach of a hill at high speed.
Also, when I use the thumb tab to shift, sometimes it won't shift, and
no, it's not a wimpy, half-assed shift on my part. I press it again,
and then we get a shift. Also, when I am on hills, it likes to jump
into higher gear, which just kills me and has be screaming at my bike.
So, I talked to the bike shop, and they told me to just adjust the
tension bolt on the back deraileur. Well, I spent all night fiddling
with the thing. I thought I had something, but then I rode today and it
did the usual, but even worse.
I'm now at the conclusion: I should have just kept the Shimano 105 and
installed it on this bike and dumped the Veloce.