Can anyone ID this Cannondale/Saeco model?
08-02-09, 09:08 PM
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Can anyone ID this Cannondale/Saeco model?
This is the bike I am looking to buy, I am just trying to get all the information I can get.
Best picture I can get.
Anything?
Thanks many!
Best picture I can get.
Anything?
Thanks many!
08-02-09, 09:23 PM
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Looks like a CAAD3 Saeco team model, circa 1998 IIRC--I used to have one years ago. VERY stiff ride. I ended up buying a Ti seatpost and that smoothed things out quite a bit. It's a very nice frame.
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i have a similar CAAD3 frame with a different color scheme. at that time (1998) Cannondale was doing a trade in. anyone who brings in a frame can get a CAAD3 with carbon fork for $199. color schemes were either yellow/red or this Saeco color scheme. the Saeco was used in the TdF then by names like Cipollini. i ended up with the yellow/red one.
the frame is stiff, very stiff. i went so far as getting a suspension seatpost for it and that made all the difference.
the frame is stiff, very stiff. i went so far as getting a suspension seatpost for it and that made all the difference.
