Kurt, thank you for offering this up. I want to attempt a repair before I look to make a change. The bosses that I have at the moment are painted to match, and I’d like to keep the bike as original as possible. If I crash and burn, I will send you a PM to see what we can work out.

Thanks!

The company I work for orders from McMaster car often, so I planned on starting there. I also suspect our maintenance dept has the istallation tool. I don’t want to purchase a tool that I may not use in the future. I will look for better 2 part epoxy as well. I want to do this only one time.

Cool! I don’t see many vintage bicycle enthusiasts in Canton, so I bet we crossed paths at one point or another. Does your user name indicate that you are a pastor?

Maybe so. Yes, I pastored in Athens, OH; Uhrichsville, OH and Warren, OH among other cities/states. Now I’m at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City. I grew up in Canton; I have family there that cycle and collect bikes too.

Ha, I went through Warren, Ohio several times, in the late '70s, to get to Nelson's Ledges State Park. I'm not admitting to skipping school, lol, but that was a common practice back then. 😁😉
BTW, school was in Niles, Ohio, birthplace of former President McKinley.

Oh, yes, Niles. I’m very familiar. I’m also familiar with Nelson Ledges, haha. My kids probably skipped there too

There is a very nice Western Reserve Greenway rails to trails that goes through Niles, Warren and north to Lake Erie. Plenty of great trails, paved and crushed limestone within reach there.

I’m afraid I got us off topic a little. To to get back on, I like this Cannondale. I’m not sure I saw the model, year and component breakdown. Is that in another post?

Ohio is always on topic for me, so feel free. When I first started cycling in Canton we did not have many trail options (that I knew of). Fortunately, they have built and expanded a whole lot of trails over the past 10-15 years. I live just a few feet away from the new East to West route that connects the two major north/south routes. It also will tie into the national bike highway! I don’t know if you are familiar with Malone College, but I live within sight of it.

i missed the part about the bike. It’s an 83 ST-500 (AA serial number) It’s the first year that Cannondale offered a bike. It’s an eclectic mix of nice parts. Superbe shift levers, superbe tech RD, Cyclone FD, gran compe brakes, SR Apex triple crank, Suntour sealed bottom bracket and Suntour sealed hubs. The bike is surprisingly light when I pick it up.

Yes, I’m familiar with Malone. The last place I lived in Canton was with my parents off of Market North of Applegrove. My brother regularly rides the trails there in Canton and vicinity. I’d like to come back and check them out. I did do the TOSRV (Tour of Scioto River Valley) with my sons and him last year.

It’s cool you got an AA in ‘83! I bought a ‘85 Cannondale brand new for $450 when I was in college in Marion, Indiana. SR-300 model with Suntour Cyclone etc. and loved it. They looked different from anything on the road at the time and felt light and fast.

No, still in there. I planned on pulling the bottom bracket at some point.

Update:
I was adding up costs for this project. I figured I was looking at 50 dollars at a minimum by the time I purchased stainless rivets, epoxy, acid etch, rivet tools, etc. I decided to call an LBS that I trust and ask them. It turns out they have done similar repairs. They are going to prep and use a 3m epoxy followed by rivets to hold while it cures.

I love that bike shop. They have all the odd parts along with knowledge and appreciation for old bikes.

I asked them to check the derailleur tab alignment while they have it too.

This story has a happy ending. I picked my bike up yesterday and Ernie’s bike shop did a great job on the repair. They used 3M epoxy and rivets. I feel confident that the shift lever won’t be a problem anymore.

Today I rode it to work for the first time. I could feel the difference immediately, but after about 5 minutes the bike just felt normal. I have been sick for about a week. I’m looking forward to riding this one with healthy and fresh legs.

Thanks everyone. I realized I didn’t post a photo of the actual repair.

I noticed a rattling noise on my ride. That Prompted me to remove the remains of the old rivets from the bottom bracket this afternoon. Now that I’m done, I think the dork disk is causing the rattle against the spokes.