kanawa

Beatiful.

spedrunr

Posted my 56cm on facebook Vintage Cannondales for fun and traded frames for this appropriately sized 50cm that I can now ride safely

fasthair

Very cool! Always thought that was a sharp paint job.You sure don't see these everyday. What is the group? Enjoy.

fasthair

audiomagnate

It looks like 105 group. I love the original blue Vetta seat. Lovely.

spedrunr

I'm guessing late 80's Shimano 105 group, sharp shifts, throw you over the the handle bars braking (very light and smooth). I'm told the seat alone is a hard source.

Fun bike to ride

stardognine

Very nice, congrats! That bar-stem-hood combination works, probably better than it should. 😁😉 Now go ride some more, safely. 👍

audiomagnate

I picked this up a couple weeks ago. It was listed on Letgo for $93.01 but I negotiated the seller down to a cool $93 even. The tires were shot and it needed a little TLC but now I ride it every day. On smooth pavement it's heaven on wheels but on the bumpy stuff it's not much fun.

audiomagnate

Someone must have ridden that baby into Crip territory.

fasthair

@stardognine That's a nice looking one for a real cheap price. That is the group? Is it all original?

fasthair

spedrunr

Amazing you can get $1000+ MSRP bikes for $100 nowadays. I'm glad I couldn't afford them back then

lonesomesteve

I recently acquired this 1985 SR500. I was expecting the ride to be a bit jarring compared to the steel bikes I usually ride, but I've been pleasantly surprised by ride quality of this beast.

Fast, you ask? Faster than a jack rabbit in front of a prairie fire!

spedrunr

That's a great color with the black accents.

mstateglfr 

Cool looking paint, really like the blue Nitto stem.
...if that bike fits as you say, can you reach and use the drops? That seems to not fit based on the bars and levers. But if it works for you, rock on.

chico81 

Is a mountain bike ok? It’s a 1992 M700, so original when I got it that it had the original Ritchey Megabite tires! I took them off for safety reasons The paint is a gorgeous blue-to-black fade that doesn’t photograph as pretty as it is in person. It also has the aluminum Pepperoni Fork, that luckily had a steel steerer! I loved restoring this bike, but it was just too small, so I sold it locally

RiddleOfSteel

Beautiful bike from a beautiful era in Cannondale history. Love that green! The green/silver/black composition also looks super sharp. And I see some Superbe Pro on it!

I haven't found these bikes to be harsh either. Firm? Yes. Fast? Yup. Great steer'ers? You bet.

lonesomesteve

Thanks! I believe the components are mostly original. Or at least they're consistent with what they showed in the 1985 catalog. Mine has Superbe Pro crankset, Cinelli bars and stem, Dia Compe AGC-250 brakes. The catalog says derailleurs and shifters should be Cyclone, though mine are alpha-5000. Even though the derailleurs don't match the catalog, I suspect they're original to the bike.

spedrunr

I'm older and less flexible (nice way of saying I'm too fat haha), I mostly ride more upright (hence the stem height) and not as concerned with speed as in just getting from point A to B safely (at night I even ride on the side walk) when I'm pulling a BOB trailer getting groceries for the wife.

spedrunr

I have to agree, the chatter about them rattling the fillings from you teeth I find to be an old wives tale. I ride a 1988 Bianchi Campione D'Italia and I was expecting the "steel is real" compliance but if feels as stiff if not stiffer than the Cannondale of the the same size.

I can't say that the Cannondale is plush, but it's surprisingly comfortable to ride albeit that I've never done more than 40 miles continuously. The aluminum is stiff in the bottom bracket area but somehow is able to absorb some of the road chatter at the same time. Or, it's just my imagination and I'm just trying to rationalize what a cool bike it is

dj Velotiik

mkeller234

Oh, that is nice! The QR skewer on the Seatpost is really cool. Eye candy all around

chico81 

Thanks!! That QR is the only mod I made, or even had to make because this bike just looked so good from the factory!

Craptacular8

Just finished the rebuild on this 1988 ST400. Had the frame and fork powder coated last fall. Converted to 700c wheels (Magic Open Probrims/Shimano 105 hubs). A mix of decent, though nothing fancy components. The crankset was new, but guessing it must have been an oem part, as I haven’t found it otherwise. It’s SRAM 9 speed 48/34. Less than 700 grams w/o the bb. Rode very smooth. Will rack it up and do at least a weekend tour this summer.

rccardr 

MMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmm.
That turned out very nice.

RiddleOfSteel

Beautiful ST! I like the subdued 'coral' orange color. Stock components on an '88 ST400 would have had a Sugino triple crankset and a bevy of Suntour Accushift pieces--nothing that looked as good as what you have on it now, IMO. What SRAM crankset is that? While I am not on the SRAM-for-the-whole-groupset train, they have produced some very nice looking cranksets, ones that I'd not mind on my bikes (Red and Force carbon). Add another one to the list! This looks like it took heavy inspiration from C-Record era Campagnolo. A bit of Athena and Record in there for sure.

sdn40

It immediately reminded me of the SRAM Rival I picked up. It was a take off from a Giant frame that cracked. It is the base from which will drive my Kestrel build. FSA is all well and good but their bottom brackets are too damn pricey, not to mention the cranksets. I'll survive with the extra weight



And that color reminded me of this. If I can't come to terms with the red with white fade of my Kestrel - I was toying with this idea. So I dig your Cannondale build.