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Around West Seattle on a miss shifting bike!

Just went for a 12 miler around West Seattle. Started up California to the Admiral then down Admiral, reversed course at the bottom of the hill and cruised Alki, back around the bend past Colman Pool, around Lincoln Park and back up the hill to the house.

Good ride until I headed back up the hill and the bike would not stay in one gear! ARRH! The lower gears kept skipping around, jumping back and forth! Made for a frustrating ride those last 3 miles! So on arriving at the house I packed up the bike, drove up to the shop where I just had the rear cassette replaced two days ago so they could take a look… well, 45 minutes later guy asks, did you have a 8 or 9 speed on this before? Well, its an 8 speed shifter so it needs to be an 8 speed cassette right?! Needless to say, tomorrows ride will be on a 9 speed while the 8 speed is ordered. They were very nice and apologized several times for the mistake but I don’t really have time for this!

Well, tonight I will dream of the Renovo R2 I am sure! :-)

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