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£1800 bike. Cannondale Warranty REFUSED. What to do?

Old 08-13-22, 08:28 PM
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In your original post you asked what to do.

1. Accept some responsibility for what happened.
2. Appeal to the bike shop who sold you a obviously undersized frame for some relief on a replacement.
3. Appeal to the manufacturer for a discounted replacement frame. Most have a crash replacement discount.

Take this as a lesson and move on.
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Old 08-13-22, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Atlas Shrugged
In your original post you asked what to do.

1. Accept some responsibility for what happened.
2. Appeal to the bike shop who sold you a obviously undersized frame for some relief on a replacement.
3. Appeal to the manufacturer for a discounted replacement frame. Most have a crash replacement discount.

Take this as a lesson and move on.
Solid advice.

Item 3, especially is something no one else has mentioned. Worth a try.
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Old 08-14-22, 09:44 AM
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Right now the cheapest fix would be to get a longer aluminum seatpost, adjust it to the right height, and then have a welder weld it to the frame.
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Old 08-14-22, 10:31 AM
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So, this is a lame E-bike. Is this the LARGE frame?? If not then the LBS is at least 80% to blame.
I've never seen anything so obviously STUPID. It would take a lot to MacGyver a fix to that.
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Old 08-14-22, 11:31 AM
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...I was again curious about how this bicycle ( too small for the rider), could have ended up in his possession. So I went to the Cannondale website, looked it up, and was genuinely surprised to discover that both the medium and the large size frames are recommended for riders up to 6 feet tall, but no taller. Very odd.

https://www.cannondale.com/en-us/bik...readwell-neo-2
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From the link, the seatpost in the specs is 400mm. I’ve having a tough time with the seatpost being too short for a medium, which is good to a 6’ (182.8cm) rider height.

For a medium size,
The seat tube is 450mm
The seatpost is 300mm (after 10cm insertion)
Guessing the cranks are 170mm.
Maybe a saddle thickness (incl rails) of 50mm
That totals 970mm or about 38”. With a slightly bent knee I’m guessing that is about a 38-1/4” inseam.

I’m not 6’ (180cm is about an inch less than 6’), but a 38” inseam seems enormous, and for every 10mm another 3/8” is needed to have the seatpost above the minimum.

I’m not saying you don’t have a 39” inseam at 5’11”, but I’m having a tough time with the numbers.

And if you bought a small size, the website shows it is too small for you.

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Just for the sake of it. If the small size has a 400mm seatpost and the seat tube is 387mm, you end up at 902mm/907mm depending on a 165/170 crank arm.

That still puts you at a around a 36” inseam with a 10cm insertion.

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Old 08-14-22, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by 3alarmer
.Very odd
It doesn’t seem to absolve the OP, but there’s definitely some Pacific Walmart-bike baloney going on here
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This could be a way to make lemonade out of lemons. Be careful if you use a quill stem not to tighten it too tight or you could bust that thin wall tubing.
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Anything longer than 5" post showing is a stretch for that slack angle clown frame. The OP is trying 10". LOL.
The seat stays are already 4" from the top.
Even if it's fixed, it will only fit someone 5'0".
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Long seatposts are common on World Cup XC bikes which stress things more than a commuter.
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