Recent content by willmill

Wow, what beautifully-preserved frost-blue (gloss) paint and how nicely the SKS silver fenders match. I think you are right -- the Road Warrior 400 had some spec choices that made it a bit of a unicorn touring option. The upright-bar touring bike of 2006? Some examples that I see immediately...

I agree that the paint on that tandem is bold, but it fits right in with the RAGBRAI vibe. A few years ago I rode RAGBRAI on my 1999 T1000 and enjoyed seeing all sorts of boldness among the 30,000 cyclists making their way 500 miles from the Missouri to the Mississippi River: big-wheeled...

That's a beauty! Ah, the CAAD3 vs. CAAD4 question comes up every so often in this forum. I just did a quick search and found some old threads that cover it fairly well. https://community.vintagecannondale.com/threads/team-saeco-cannondale-caad4.285/...

Hey all. Rode my 1999 T1000 in yesterday's NYC Century hosted by Transportation Alternatives. It’s an open-road, car-sharing urban century through 4 boroughs with lots of waterfront and lesser known parks in Queens and Brooklyn. My T1000 is a 30-lb tank, but comfortable for this kind of ride. Of...

Hello Italy. If the bike was designed for 26-inch wheels and still has 26-inch wheels, then any V-brake should reach the rim properly on those cantilever brake bosses. If not, Paul Component Engineering makes the Moto Lite V-brake that lets you adjust the pads up and down to solve exactly this...

@ Jon L. Thanks for this list! Something I've never understood about the 1996, 1997 & 1998 touring framesets is: why did the catalog call them the CAAD2 ("double-A" for C'dale advanced aluminum design), but the bike's decal (near the back of the top tube) said CAD2 (single-A)? Also, may I...

I appreciate this history. Who woulda thunkit when we got our CAAD2 & CAAD3 Touring frames that the line (and US prod'n) would be extinct in a decade? I am friends with the former president of Pacific Cycle (the bike division of Dorel Industries) involved in the 2008 acquisition and decisions...

What a beautiful part of the continent. Well, in that case, I'd strongly urge you to "upgrade" to a bigger-cog freewheel. I was reminded of something else: I can't tell you how many times when I was riding the Pacific Coast Highway that it seemed the final mile to the campground was straight...

The Coda 22/32/44 is a great crank and optimal for loaded touring. For the rear freewheel, I found the 28T max cog too small, and for the touring you are describing, I'd replace it with a 13-32T from IRD or get a cheap one from Shimano and plan on replacing more often. But I guess it depends...

Nice find. We had a 1998 C'dale tandem of about the same geometry as yours. It was HUGE eating up a lot of my little 1920s-era garage. Funny to see it look so small next to a modern F150.

We're twins! (Your measurements match mine.) And I agree with letsbike's comments. I faced this dilemma when I bought my T1000 in late 1998. 26 years later, I'm glad I went with the 25". But you could go either way (23" vs. 25"); the answer kinda depends on whether you prefer more...

About the “Dura Ace RD only,” since every Shimano 9-spd cassette has 4.34 mm spacing between cogs, what-da-ya-guess this is leftover from 1997 when Shimano released 9-speed only as Dura Ace and every top-end time trial bike got these shifters? The “Dura Ace only” would have been true until...

Hello again. Update: after 11 months and hundreds of miles on the restored T1000 that stated this thread, I conclude that friction shifting is not for me. So, paying homage to the 1992-1998 T1000, today I installed Shimano indexed bar-end shifters (Dura Ace SL-BS77 9-speed). Just a small update...

I love this philosophy. Like cast iron skillets and leather saddles, performance comes from a little simple maintenance. What wax are ya usin’?

What a restoration! What a head-turner! I appreciate the detailed step-by-step, and I share the question about clearcoating. In the late aughts, someone in the Rivendell Owners Bunch did something similar with an Atlantis frame: polished steel + clearcoat. It looked stunning with Honjo alloy...