Originally Posted by
Ironfish653
Nice find! $100 for a survivor like that is hard to walk away from.
Early ATBs like that always look so interesting. Is that a 26/24?
It’s a Cannondale, they’re all hand-welded aluminum. Those super-smooth welds are a trademark of the US -made bikes; each one carries its welder’s initials along with its sn#; something that carried on until the end of US production in ‘06.
( here’s a link to an article about
Schwinn Electroforged frames, it’s a fascinating industrial process)
Great Link, TY. I have read a fair amount of Schwinn history, but never anything on the EF process. I have a dump find- EF bike in my shed. World Sport, World Traveler...?, i dont recall. Was too nice to leave behind, not even my size. I knew C'dale was big into aluminum, but didn't realize they had Never made steel frames. And those buttery smooth joints look way better than the typical Aluminum welds you see.