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We new lifed this one for my son Chance. BTW the Catalyst pedals are beyond awesome!
A bike that I got in Africa in 1996 and brought it back to Switzerland. Freshly restored. Beautiful !
It´s time to present my latest purchase here. Found by chance at the ibc Forum in the classic section. One of the members found an old Cannondale in his cellar and asked for a price since he had no need for this one…
Here are a few pics of the original state:
As you can see, complete original state and hardly ever ridden in 30 years! So it was no question to me that I had to...
It's all original except for the seat. A chain measurement says it had less than 1000 miles on it when I got it. The period Cannondale seat bag was still attached. I'm torn between finding the original Vetta seat to make it a catalog queen or modernizing it into it a better daily rider but I love it as is and am putting a lot of miles on it, I just can't stay off of it it's so much fun to ride. It's not quite as harsh as what you read until you hit some bumps, and...
I got this old bike for ~ 50 Euros, but this time I got something in a very sorry state (3rd pic).
The previous owner did a lot goof to the bike so I had to check my parts box... I swapped the wrong V-brakes for cantilevers and removed the Zoom stem and put in a old Tange stem which is not the right year either, but suits the bike better in my book. Then I mounted an old Vetta saddle I had.
The Suntour X-press shifting gets overhaul soon. Also it needs new tires and brake pads, but soon or...
My next Super V rescue...........watch this space
