Cannondale synapse aluminium 2015

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cyberknight

As long as I breathe, I attack.
I have been looking for a disc road bike to do club rides on for a long time but i cant afford a new one so its been a long search on ebay and facefluff market place and as im a shorty its like looking for the proverbial needle in haystack.
After a number of near misses ranging from time wasters and bad descriptions i saw a bike that looked promising for sale at the LBS . i messaged the owner as i know him from cub rides and taking my bikes in but he didnt respond so i got back from a short holiday and popped in and found out it had been on holiday too .
I had a little test ride and found it to be the right size so after i had been to the shops to stock up the cupboards at home i asked mrsck who gave me the thumbs up .
I have bought it home and done a basic fit which included a longer stem, pedals and changing the saddle from the memory foam monstrosity that was on it , it has stock tiagra 4600 so i have gone though the parts bin and found a tiagra 4700 rd and made a cheeky bid on some tiagra 4700 shifters so i intend to get ride of the washing line cables at some point , the front deraillier should work ok ? its a bit of a minefield on the internet as some say it will and some say it will not ....
Probably over paid but its given me a bit of a project :smile:
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biggs682

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cyberknight

cyberknight

As long as I breathe, I attack.
Bought a band on FD for the 4700 groupset i have second hand on ebay as the cost of a braze to clamp adaptor for the FD i already have was a similar price an awaiting some inline barrel adjusters as the ones on the 4600 shifters look like they are designed to work with those particular shifters ,
One issue i have found is the seatpost clamp design is i can only get 3 cm of saddle setback from the bb and i usually run 4 cm .
Does anyone know of a cheap 25.4 seatpost with loads of setback ?? thats the trouble with my body shape i need a lot of setback to get my bike fit right with my saddle height .

Did a test ride the other day and it does need a bit of tweaking to get the fit right and certainly a bit heavier than my other bikes .
 
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