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  1. black lightning 1987

    Meine kleine Cannondale Sammlung

    Welcome. Three great bikes. I especially like the Delta V 2000.
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    Desperately Seeking Sansin...late 80s hub dust caps

    I am not an expert on these hubs by any means. I believe some SunTour hubs were made by Sansin. I have numerous NOS SunTour hubs from the same general era. I don't remember the rubber bits but will try to remember to look at some of the hubs I have on hand. PM or bump the thread if you...
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    Restomods!

    I'm having trouble seeing why 29" is preferable to 26" for a gravel bike other than that the industry has pretty much abandoned 26" at the high end. As I see it 29" has some advantages for MTBs in rough terrain as the larger diameter wheels roll over obsticles eaier and smooth the ride out...
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    Killer Delta F?

    I agree. I have such a stock of 8/9/10 speed parts from the 1990-2010 era that I have been able to build and maintain everything I've come across with parts on hand. One of these days I'm going to have to give some modern parts a try.
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    F3000, but which one?

    We really need someone who was with the company at the time to answer these kind of questions. I can only guess. I would think that there might have been some pre-production painting of frames to try out new colors and graphics.
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    Restomods!

    Mechanical function is always a plus. I remember trying several front derailleurs with the Deore 9 shifters on the flat bar build before I got one that worked. I probably didn't have a Deore 9 FD with the right mount and ended up using a Sachs 5000 which worked great. I think MTB frames...
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    F3000, but which one?

    Too bad that the pinkbike listing doesn't show the fork or head tube decals. The head tube decal that you posted was first used on 2000 models. Some questions defy a definitive answer.
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    Killer Delta F?

    A complete bike always helps to identify a model, but Cannondale often made changes to the components listed in the catalogs. Cost of parts may have had something to do with it. There were a lot of relatively new component manufacturers in the 1990s, especially for MTB parts. Some may have...
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    Restomods!

    Welcome. It's great that you are getting neglected bikes back in operating condition. I've done a few odd builds too. I put a brand new Tiagra build on a late 80s SR700 that I picked up from a forum member. Made a pretty nice bike of it. I have a CAAD3 R4000 that I built with a flat bar...
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    Killer Delta F?

    It's definitely a 1995 model as that was the first year for F series models, and 1996 would have had a CAAD2 or CAAD3 decal. Seems likely that the F400 was a mid year introduction with the M400 paint. The frame finishing depended somewhat on who was doing it. I've seen some variation on...
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    Blue dragonfly and bamboo alloy cannondale frame ID

    Thanks for posting. I have only come across one Feminine road frame, which I purchased used in Madison WI for a friend. I was thinking it was a CAAD9 but all the Feminine frames in the catalogs seem to be either Optimo or Synapse. The hole in the dropout was something I hadn't noticed as...
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    Witch road series is this?

    It's possible that both the fork and the finish were mid year additions to the CAAD3 bikes. The lack of a model decal points to it being sold as a frameset, or possibly a warranty replacement.
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    F3000, but which one?

    I would say it's a 1999 model with possible mid year changes to the specs. Did the others you have seen have the same fork? Which head tube decal does it have? They changed between 1999 and 2000 models.
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    Longtime Cannondale rider, new member

    It's a lot of work to take good photos of everything. My Cannondales are on 3 levels of the house, the back porch, and at least 4 more buildings from 1-4 miles away.
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    Hello Vintage Cannondale Community

    Welcome. Sorry for the slow reply. Have you contacted Fox? There may be other options but I've never owned a Jekyll so don't know where to steer you. You might run the question by Craig at Mendoncyclesmith.
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    Cannondale Pannier Hooks

    I looked around for pics of some of the others but didn't find any on this computer. I have a red 1988 ST700, a Continental Blue 1985 ST400, and one I'm not sure of, I bought it as a frameset and the color looks closest to 1985 Rose (see SR500) but that color doesn't show as offered on the...
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    Cannondale Pannier Hooks

    Great bikes that you can use for any type of road use. Here's a 1986 ST400. I picked it up at a grain elevator about 20 miles away.
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    Longtime Cannondale rider, new member

    I think I can top 32 if I include the bare frames, but not 50.
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    Witch road series is this?

    I don't remember seeing that paint color before. From your pictures it looks to be a dark grey metallic. I have an older Cannondale mountain bike that is grey metallic but your frame looks much darker. I did look up the 2000 Euro catalog on the wayback machine, but the colors on the road...
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    Cannondale rider from Norway

    Welcome. See my comments about the frame in your other thread.
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