Recent content by Jon K.

Well, I did manage to get my heart rate up over 120 for 20 minutes of a 45 minute workout a week or so ago. Unfortunately it was only the once, and it's been tough for me to put it even close to that since. I may be over-doing it a bit. It doesn't help that I'm on so many medications for my...

Point taken. I did look at the BB codes of my R600, and yes, the last two digits of the frame code on my bike are "56". I stand corrected. Well, sit corrected, actually.

According to the info in the serial numbers pages here, 1993-1999 did not have the frame size as part of the stuff stamped on the bottom bracket. Four groups of numbers/letters: 1) Month/Year upper left, both alphabetic 2) Five-digit sequence number upper right 3) Six-digit fabrication shop...

I checked Sheldon Brown's pages re Shimano gruppos through history, and he mentions that reports say that RX100 was basically the same as 105SC, just with a silver finish instead of gray (my 105SC hubs are gray). Oh, and Dura-Ace of that vintage was 9-speed, but that hadn't filtered down to 600...

Twin to mine! Ultra Violet to Black Fade, the colors used by Timex-Cannondale racing team back in the day. It does look a bit smaller than a 56. My 56 has about three fingers-width between the top tube and down tube at the head tube, and that looks like less. Of course the serial number on the...

Buy a smart trainer, that is. I have been waffling about it, since they're not inexpensive. Then I got an email at work that they've decided to allow partial rollovers from last year's FSA into this year's. The rollover was delayed 'til now because they have a three-month window at the start of...

Actually, it's 220-age in all the places I've looked. Of course that's just an estimate, and probably not based on folks who indulge regularly in an exercise routine. I'm 65, almost 66, so for me, 220-age = 220-65 = 155, so Zone 2 (aka 70-80%) for me would be anywhere from 108.5 bpm to 124...

Just saw an update to this Craigslist posting. Shimano groupo has been sold, so price for the rest has been reduced to $250.

I did a search on Cannondale in Craigslist Tulsa, and this is what resulted: https://tulsa.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=cannondale#search=2~gallery~0

Three more posted on Craigslist Tulsa. 54cm 1987 Black Lightning - https://tulsa.craigslist.org/bik/d/tulsa-1987-cannondale-black-lightning/7834028196.html Early 90s R900 with bullhorns. Ridden in 9 Oklahoma FreeWheels, but supposedly not otherwise. Asking way too much, IMO. -...

I'm partial to that purple. That's similar to the purple on my R600.

Yeah, I figured you were probably closest of the regular posters. Wondered if you'd swoop in and grab this lot. ;-) For some reason, I've always liked the Cannondale fade paint jobs - they had a few little details that made them more interesting.... As I tell people now, I already have more...

Hm. How about a powder blue? That would be light enough that the black decals wouldn't get lost in the paint. Of course, there's always white or Rocket Silver. Those are pretty nondescript, though, and you could just leave the frame raw aluminium rather than silver. That wouldn't look bad with...

Speed Yellow or Team Yellow would be my vote. Mango is nice, too, but too close to the Orange, I think.

The white frame, best as I can tell from the catalogs, is a 1986 SR400. The catalog shows a picture of Connie Carpenter posing with a white bike that may well be an SR400. The black frame, I'm not sure. It could be an R200, but there was also an R300 that year with Galaxy Black paint with Teal...