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Thanks for all the information on the Volvo team bikes, especially concerning the Sachs derailleurs. I had always wondered what the team used over the years but have looked at lots of photos without seeing anything definitely Sachs. If you look at page 22 in the 1998 catalog there's a picture...

Looks very nice. I have lots of commuter miles on a 1993 Beast, one of my favorite Cannondales.

Tourney is probably the simplest solution. You might give your wife's bike a try if you can fit on it. Some folks don't like the thumb button on the lower end STI as compared to the paddle on the upper groups. Doesn't bother me though. Your SunTour freewheel may index fine with the Shimano...

That looks great. I haven't used Claris but assume it works fine.

I'm not sure about the hanger. Believe that #16 is made for the cantilever dropouts. I looked at a frame I have here and those dropouts are milled down on both sides. The hanger is milled out in the center and covers both sides of the dropout where the hub and skewer contact it. The dropout...

I think you are right, a 1994 3.8 series frame. Probably started production way early as it was a new design.

I thought that might be a touring frame as it has bottle cage bosses under the down tube. Dropouts are different than those shown on 1993 touring frames but the touring frames did not have the cantilever dropouts of other 1993 frames. Since it appears to have a sloping top tube, I'm thinking...

You shouldn't really need the Travel Agent with mini Vs. The shorter arms require less cable pull compared to regular MTB V brakes.

I ran a 130 mm hub on a 1987 SR600 for a number of years. It's not too hard to spring the rear triangle enough to make it fit but it's not recommended to do so as the dropouts are forced to bend when the skewer is tightened down. This could eventually result in cracking. If you're not...

Tourney levers should work fine on your bike. It might be worth a try to just put some new pads/shoes on the SunTour brakes and see if that helps the braking. Dia Compe and Kool Stop pads are fairly inexpensive. You can play around with the length of the straddle cable to tune them as well...

I will have to check my parts. Have a new XT headset but it may be 1 1/8". I would think that you could find something on eBay though.

It was certainly common to use drop bar levers with cantis on touring bikes. There are probably some levers that work better with cantis than others. I will have to look at my bikes and see what combinations I have. Are you going to be using down tube shifters? If you want better braking...

All the older Cannondales I've seen use 27.2 posts.

I'd like to have vintage IRCs on my bike but they aren't cheap and may not hold up well due to sidewall dry rot. Some potential buyers might be interested in original looking tires but others may not care. Since you already have the Schwalbes, I'd sell it with them unless you want to keep them...

You never know where NOS parts will show up but ebay is the best bet. I bought several NOS Headshok stems from a bike shop a few years back. You could check with long time Cannondale dealers like Russell's in Washington IL and Big Shark in St. Louis. You might consider looking around Veloswap...

That's a 1997 model year R800 but it may have been manufactured in 1996. Original equipment was a full Shimano 105 group. Shifters, hubs and brake calipers would have been 1055 models, with the crankset being FC-1056, the derailleurs RD-1056 and FD-1056. I have used examples of most of those...

Nice collection. The picture of the M600 reminds me of a road ride we did here about 25 years ago. It was so hot that the melting asphalt gummed up the brake calipers so bad that we had to stop and scrape it out with sticks.

Love the Afterburner fade. If it were mine, I'd keep it as close to stock as possible. That said, I could see doing a complete modern build for riding and keeping the original bits stored away.

Some Jekylls used Fox Float RL shocks. There are a couple on ebay but I couldn't tell you that they will fit. I would run the question by Craig at Mendon Cyclesmith if Brian doesn't chime in.

Agree with Rick, that's a 20" frame with 130 mm rear spacing (the first 0), July 1991 production. Looks like the 9 stamp slipped out of the holder prior to stamping. Nice find, I've been looking for a 22" SH for years.