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Brake calipers, crank, front derailleur, bar, stem, look right for an ST500. Rims/hubs: I can't tell but they look original. Rear derailleur is not the Superbe Tech that the catalog specifies.

Check below the crank for a bar code sticker. That should provide the year.

That sounds like a 126 mm spaced (6) 56 cm (56) road or touring frame, the 28th (0028) produced in November of 1989 (1189). That late in the year would make it a 1990 model. All Cannondales were painted at that time, but someone may have stripped the paint. Download the 1990 catalog and see...

My guess based on the XL stamped in the BB is that it's an F series MTB. Guessing that it has less top tube slope because it's the largest frame size. Only thing wrong with my theory is that the only 2002 F series frames seem to be CAAD5. Bad Boy Ultra was 700C and CAAD4, but the catalog...

I hope that you can get a good match.

I don't know if Cannondale would have made as many as 1959 frames the first year, but as far as I know there is no date or frame information in the early serial numbers. What we don't know is if they started the run with numeral 1 or some random number. Great to find an original 1983 bike. If...

I agree, the M1000 came with a P-Bone and looks odd with the Rock Shox.

SunTour continued on for a number of years but with decreasing market share. A shame as their later parts are quite nice. I suspect that they weren't able to meet Shimano's pricing and gradually were excluded from the production bike market. There were still a few SunTour equipped Cannondale...

I think late 1990s is a sweet spot for Cannondale. The Saeco and Volvo years have a lot of appeal.

Was your bike new when you bought it? It's hard to say why the components are not what the catalog says. My guess would be that the dealer changed them but it's possible that they ran out of the SunTour parts at the factory and substituted 105 from the SR500.

That's interesting. Are you referring to MTBs specifically or vintage bikes in general? My impression over the last ten or fifteen years has been that there is more interest in vintage road bikes in the USA (and perhaps Japan) than in Europe. I think that the market for vintage MTBs in the...

The little (carry in one hand) Honda generators are very quiet but pricey. Great for camping if you just want to run a few low wattage things.

Looks to be in great shape. Good luck with the sale.

Sounds like pretty minimal damage considering the conditions. If I was out of power for a day I would have run the generator just to give it some exercise. I need to run mine as it hasn't been started since winter.

Good for you. It's impressive that you have sold seven of them. I find it harder to sell bikes than to buy them.

Are those shift levers 7 speed? I have a 6 speed pair on a GT MTB that I use to get from farm to farm when I'm moving machinery. The 6 speed shifters work fine. Hope you didn't have much damage from the storm. East coast looks a mess.

I wouldn't mind one of those for my otherwise original 1988 SR800. I have the original white Turbo but it's discolored and the cover is coming loose in places. Where are you getting your Panaracers? I see a UK seller on ebay has them, but I've never spent $71 for a bike tire.

Looking good. How many F series bikes do you have?

The cantilever dropouts were first seen on the 3.0 series frames, introduced on the 1989 models. The OP's bike is older. There were SR500 models with both frame types.

Yes, must be a crit frame, I incorrectly assumed that a 66 would be a road frame and didn't check the crit frame chart. I wouldn't mess with the paint as it's period correct and looks to be in good shape. I have several circa 1990 bikes that have similar paint: Cannondale, Nishiki, Yokota...