pureskillz

Hi guys,
Does anyone know what year this cannondale is? I tried to look at the catalogs but its weird because it has a front rack and also flat bars. Thanks!
philadelphia.craigslist.org/bik/d/collegeville-vintage-mens-cannondale/6994448773. html

base2 

Know? No. But I'll hazard a guess that it is late 80's/early 90's on account of the Suntour downtube shifters and quill stem.

Probably an aluminum frame judging by that fat clunky headtube/downtube weld.

The steel non-unicrown forks and caliper & defront derailleur clamp scream late 80's to me as well.

The pics are terrible.

It has no rear brake.

Are those steel wheels?

Someone may have swapped a flat bar onto an otherwise road bike to fashion an early hybrid of sorts. A later hybrid would've had cantilever brakes & a triple crankset. That crankset feels like it's a double but it's too hard to tell.

A converted R300 comes to mind, but that's just a guess. The down tube is big enough but the forks would be wrong.

pureskillz

Thanks for the info! Do you think it's worth trying to do a restoration project with it? The bike seems pretty beat up. And I agree, the pictures are horrible haha

base2 

If there's nothing wrong with it besides cosmetic issues, $50 would be fair for a grocery getter. A lot would depend on what you have in your parts bin, though.

I don't think it's something you could restore & flip at a profit if that's what you are asking.

As a hobby though...It could be fun, but it would never be worth more than the $50 you bought it for. So hobby/fun/love of cycling would be the only reasons it would make sense for me if I had an itch to fix it up.

Beer/bar bike? Probably an ok, low stakes purchase. IMO

ThermionicScott 

Rims look like Weinmann Concaves to me. So no immediate need to replace them if you buy it. Not that I'm saying you should or shouldn't...