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One of my old riding buddies used every descent as an opportunity to hit 50 mph. He passed a H-D motorcycle once and surprised the rider. It never appealed to me to go that fast. With all the wildlife on the roads in my area I want as much time as possible to react. I've been over the bars...

We will never know as there's no way to get a pro tour rider on a CAAD9.

They were popular but there were maintenance issues with them. I think that the spokes were proprietary. I'm not sure they are generally available now if you break a spoke. Might be fine if you land a good pair and you don't have any problems. What are the wheels that you're thinking about...

It's hard for me to think of a CAAD9 as vintage because I think it's still a frame that any race in the world could be won on.

I need to check head tube length on the frame but might be interested in the Manitou.

I think that all the '89 bikes had 1" steel Tange forks.

So some 1994 models were in production late summer of 1993. I wonder if they were in stores when the magazine was published.

Roller cam brakes were last used in 1989 I think. 1990 had a U brake in the rear and cantis in front. Cantis were then used until V brakes came about. 1996 BOTE had V brakes.

My earlier take on the BOTE decal was mistaken. I looked at my 1991 SM800 and it has the decal on the left chainstay. It has a 1" head tube.

In general Cannondale MTB frames were measured in inches from BB center to top of seat tube. 18" was called a large in 1999. Road frames were measured in cm from center to 1" down from the top of the seat tube.

Or buy the '91 M600.

Typical for single pivot calipers. Most if not all dual pivot calipers have a screw that lets you center the pads after the mounting nut has been tightened.

I hope you got through the tornadoes OK. Don't know how close they were to you.

I don't recall any team bikes that were unpainted but Cannondale supported lots of teams. I have road frames from two different teams but no team MTB frames. A friend raced for a Cannondale sponsored team but only on road I think. I'll try to ask what he remembers.

Too big of a project for me right now.

You might be able to use the conventional threadless adapter with a rise stem to get the bar high enough. It seems to me there are some long adapters available. I would check the Nitto catalog.

I would keep the old boot if still in good shape.

Possibly three times?

I think they were only called B of E in the catalogs prior to 1993 models, just had the SM800 or M800 model decal in the early years. 1993 and 1994 bikes had 1 1/4" forks and B of E chainstay decals.

I have some doubts about it being a prototype due to the January 1994 build date code. Super Vs were in the 1994 catalog and some would have to have been made in 1993 before the catalog photos were taken. My guess would be that prototypes would have been tested in 1992. Nice example of an...