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There is a Dutch company that specializes in bike (re) painting and carbon repairs. They have a webshop that also includes Cannondale frame stickers. https://www.unlimitedwebshop.nl/c-3486310/cannondale As with most Dutch companies, there are always people that speak English. If however you...

That unpolished raw aluminum looks great. I have a bike with a similar finish, when I was removing the blue coating form a fork I found out by accident I likes it.

It's a 2012 SuperX, seen from a distance it could look like a SuperSIx because of the similar paint scheme of the SuperSix from that era. Compared to racing bikes it has a longer wheelbase. So the bike wants to go in a straight line which gives me a comfortable feeling when cycling on wet...

Today was quite cold, even though there was no wind and it is 5C it feels like sub zero. The part from the Netherlands were I live is above sea level and with a really sandy soil you would not expect so much water. This route has been closed for cycling for almost two months now, that is...

Ow nice, a CODA Magic Crank. These were designed by the famous Alex Pong, known for the Pong bike or V4000 These bb's have become really expensive now when I look on Ebay. Great you have the original chain rings, and to answer black lightning's question, these are separate chain rings. There is...

I also think it is 3 up or 1 down. The other advantage of Shimano. I sometimes brake and shift at the same time. Not really important, I don;t do racing, but it is nice it is possible,

That looks really nice. Other good news, we have a new forum member registering soon?

A couple of years ago I had a SuperX with SRAM force. By that time I had been riding Shimano sti for at least 25 years and still had bikes with Shimano sti. After a few trial weeks I decided to sell the SRAM Force shifters and derailleurs and fit Shimano to the bike. It was the double tap that...

I only now see the kit from improved parts, the loading of the images on the site takes ages so I usually do not wait for that. For my own fork i just printed something similar. I only need to design the part that holds to long bearing blades on place, this gives me inspiration to design the...

Today I remodeled the elastomer a bit more so it can compress better. I have put it back into the fork and it compresses and has some travel. It the weather is ok, I will take the bike for a short ride.

This weekend I rebuild the headshok, the bearing blades are now were they are supposed to be. Also last week the 1 meter elastomer bar arrived. Unfortunately it's size is 25,6 mm so it is to thick to for the fork tube. With a small grinder i got it to 24,0 - 24,5 mm. It feels quite stiff so I...

I pulled this spring out of my 1998 Killer V800. Initially I thought it had just an elastomer serving as spring/damper. But I found the spring and what is left of some kind of, I guess, polyurethane. But there is more work coming up. As you can see on the first image I posted, the blades from...

A couple of years ago I had a neighbor who was in car repairs.(body shop) He had these color charts so we could match a frame (Kestrel) with a color on one of his charts. He made for me a sample for a few Euro's and that was enough to repair the scratches. You may need multiple of these charts...

Surprise, surprise Never expected I would find a spring inside my fork. Maybe that blue that you can see on the image with the internals of the fork should have been a heads up... Anyways, I ordered the 25 mm elastomer anyways, so lets see what that brings.

Some updates from my side. Attached an image of 2 types of dampers. On the left a DD50, this is an oil cartridge with lock out and damping. This one I used in a Silk Road fork with more than 25 mm travel, I think I made it like 40 mm. The frame is scrapped because of small cracks in the seat...

Ow sorry, I thought I had mentioned the price for the elastomer. A 1 meter bar is sold for around $10,- ex shipping. Next week I will order one of those elastomers to see if it is the right size and material. I will let you know about my findings :)

Thanks for asking I found a company that sells 25 mm round, 1000 mm long elastomer bars. No idea if the material have the right specs. But it is not that expensive so I am willing to buy it to see if it is suitable as a replacement part. If it works for me it will also work for other Cdale...

Took out the damper from my Killer V 800 (98 model). I expected to find an elastomer that was just so much compressed that it had no life in it anymore. What I found was a tube full of small bits of perished elastomer. I cannot get this stuff out without contaminating the needle bearings so I...

It was an CAAD Optimo, did not have the name of CAAD7 but after some research I am sure it was a CAAD7. Yes, the play shows when cycling at a low cadence. I could just see it swinging from left to right when powering the pedals. But for me the thing that did it was the fact I found the bike was...

It is because they never made big changes to the geometry that I stayed with the brand. This geometry, stack and reach, fits me. I feel a huge change when it comes to frame material and geometry. In the past I had a Reynolgs 501 which felt really elastic, when I put power on de the pedals you...