Re: Need expert help
- From: "Bill Sornson" <askme@xxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:55:18 -0700
mkr5000 wrote:
Want to buy a new bike, one of those mid-age dudes that have been out
of it for a long time.
Yesterday, I rode a Trek 7300 and a Cannondale adventure 3 and liked
both of them.
When I got on the Cannondale however, it just "felt right" and I
really liked the way it handled.....had a more durable feel to it and
a more foregiving frame?
What I didn't like about it was the lousy shift system.
The Trek's was perfect -- just a click, and you're in gear. The
Cannondale had all these different places where it "maybe" was in gear
etc and noise along with it.
My question is this --
What Cannondale model should I look at that's pretty much an adventure
3 but with a more precise (shimano?) gear shift mechanism?
Also, the Cannondale had disc brakes -- out to lunch on that -- what
is the lowdown on disc vs conventional brakes?
Thanks kindly for any help -- I want to get something before the end
of the week.
(Also -- rode a Giant cypress, didn't care for it).
Tell the shop manager that you're interested in the C'dale, but its shifting
was lousy. If he or she is on the ball, the bike will be tuned up in four
minutes.
HTH, Bill S.
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