All Carbon Fiber Cannondale to be released (pictures)
03-21-05, 06:34 PM
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if it's a demo only bike that reps are showing to shops, they probably don't have a finish on it so they can show the manufacturing details of the bike. I doubt that the finished product that they roll out to the showroom floor will look anything like this.
03-21-05, 06:42 PM
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I see that they keep improving the six 13. It's almost back to 100% Al, so I wonder when C'dale will pick a new name for it. BTW, noone really can tell the difference between a good Al or carbon bike. It really comes down to wheels and components these days.
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03-21-05, 07:15 PM
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Screw carbon; Im waiting for Cannondale to make a hot stiff ti bike. Perhaps that would shut the the crackndale crowd up once and for all.
03-21-05, 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Chorus_Girl
You've actually seen with your own eyes a cracked Cannondale road bike frame? I'm quite skeptical.
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03-21-05, 10:46 PM
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I really like the stealth look of the bike in flat black infact I feel more at home with a bike like that then one that is painted up all so damn pretty that it's a target for every meth freak in the city limits to come and take it. Besides doesn't mater if the bike has the fansiest componants if you haven't the lungs to make the legs go and the the fast steadiness to hold your line. Bring it to the table see what you can do with it then make your own very personal opinion and ride it untill the seat logo transfers to your A$$$$$$$$$$$ 
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03-21-05, 10:49 PM
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I like the stealth look plus the fact that I also immediately thought of the specialized roubaix cause they look really really similar, probably churned out of the same overseas factory.
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03-22-05, 08:45 AM
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I agree. Yet another generic CF frame made to the parent company's specs, re-labeled, and sold for more than it's worth. Very un-exciting and I am dissapointed for Cannondale. If they want to make a "real" Cannondale CF frame they should at least custom-spec the tubes and glue them in their own factory. And, yes, I too have actually seen a Cannondale crack right in front of me with my own eyes. In their defense this was several years ago when the down tubes still looked like beer cans.
03-22-05, 09:13 AM
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That Lampre-Caffita bike is awesome.
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Now, that is nice. I love blue on a bike.
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