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Old 11-11-2024, 12:04 PM
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Old 11-13-2024, 11:58 PM
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Early 90s Cannondale T700. Going to turn it into a townie grocery bike. Paint in rough shape but chain rings look pristine. My first new mtb was a Cannondale M700 so I’ve got a soft spot for early dales.
That's a nice find. I've owned at least four Cannondale touring bikes but they have all been older caliper brake models. It seems that they sold a lot of touring bikes in the early years, later ones with canti brakes are harder to find. All mine are set up for mixed surface riding and work well for that.

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Old 11-14-2024, 12:14 AM
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Tonight I was working on a 1995 Trek 7000 MTB that I bought four miles from home while delivering hay, for $50. All it needed was a flush of the front shifter and a thorough cleaning. After replacing the cheap Kalloy seatpost with a cheap FSA, I was surprised to find that it weighs under 22 lbs. I have a soft spot for rigid MTBs from the early 90s as my first bike of decent quality was a 1989 Cannondale SM800.
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Old 11-14-2024, 10:15 AM
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I was back on the Look 555 this past weekend. I picked up some sweet DA 10 speed parts here and those were used to swap out the Ultegra parts on the Look. The Ultegra parts worked fine but the shifters were the most mangled I've ever saw. I also put on some DA 7800 series wheels I recently picked up locally. It's got a 50/34 FSA crank with an 11-30 cassette

It's currently at the LBS to get them to deal with the stripped bolt head on the seatpost clamp. I'll be picking it up later today.





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Old Yesterday, 07:44 PM
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The "a" is fine, it's the TT that you need to worry about.

As you can see, I have my work cut out for me.

No idea how it happened, but I brought it home from the local co-op as a "project".
This wil be my first carbon repair gig.



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