My mother bought me a "12-speed" after somebody stole my BMX 36/36 Scrambler. (Odd choice since we lived on a dirt/gravel road.) I lived on the BMX Scrambler, but I only rode the 12-speed maybe 10 times in 10 years, and it killed cycling for me for over a decade. After trying to jump it off curbs the spindly fork bowed out so much that the brakes didn't contact the rim anymore. Hated that thing.
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-=- '05 Jamis Nova -=- '04 Fuji Absolute -=- '94 Trek 820 -=- '77 Schwinn Scrambler 36/36 -=-
Friends don't let friends use brifters.