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    Why doesn't an expensive bike come with a half-decent manual?

    And, after searching endlessly through this: I finally found this: Which does in fact tell me, wordlessly, how to shift gears (except that my paddle is on the right side, since I don't have a front derailleur). There's got to be a better way.
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    Why doesn't an expensive bike come with a half-decent manual?

    The shifter is a SRAM Apex hydro disc, 11-speed. And my car manual does tell me how to use the gear shifter! By contrast, this is what my bike manual says: So I guess I should write to REI, where I bought the bike online. On the plus side, my manual does tell me how to use a coaster...
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    Why doesn't an expensive bike come with a half-decent manual?

    Yeah. But somehow auto manufacturers still manage to sprinkle some useful information in amongst the disclaimers. Bike manufacturers could at least pull together all the links for all the components of your bike into one download, instead of making you waste hours hunting them all down. So...
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    Why doesn't an expensive bike come with a half-decent manual?

    OK, I just bought a Cannondale Synapse Neo, and it's wonderful. It may approach bicycle perfection. But -- I have one major gripe. How can you pay $4500 for a bike, and not get a decent user manual, that's written for that bike? All they do is tell you to download a useless generic manual...
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    Trek Cross Rip + for sale

    Too bad. I'm over in Maryland. But I need something larger.
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    Trek Cross Rip + for sale

    Size?
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