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2000€ sounds like a lot to me for a Tiagra bike but I am 20 or 30 years behind the times in terms of what I think of as reasonable prices for bikes and components. I didn't attempt to analyze whether all the components would function well together but in general I don't see mixed component...

Welcome. Three great bikes. I especially like the Delta V 2000.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.