I found this old caad3 in not the greatest shape. I had brought it back to life enough to use for a good long while but after upgrading, i couldn't let it languish and be put into landfill.
The frames themselves are such stunning pieces and I was sure with a little upgrading it could be on par...
Bought this off a friend. Extremely good bike, love how well they age and the paint keeps looking beautiful.
All original parts other than some bar tape and the seat.
Original details can be found page 35 of the catalogue: https://vintagecannondale.com/year/1992/1992.pdf
Second Cannondale and second bike. Adopted a rusting neglected CAAD3 I bought from someones garage. Stunned by the paint and the frame and brought it up to snuff.
Upgraded to a 105 11sp groupset.
also a bonus photo of my mate's identical but much nicer condition R600 with some killer deep dish...
My first Cannondale. All green everything, came with green cable housing, bartape and everything. It was my first introduction to road cycling and cannondales as a whole. Took it to so many places and learned how to do a lot of stuff on it.
Still in use today, a mean fast machine.
Started with...
1996 R600 which I bought as a frame and fork in a deal that Cannondale was running that year - trade in your old frame and Cannondale would sell you a road or mountain bike frame for $50. I traded in my Trek 400 frame for a road frame, and it turned out to be the R600 frame in Ultra Violet to...
Owned from new in 1998 and has been my only road bike all this time. Only original parts remaining are frame, fork, bars and seat tube. Still have the old bits littering the shed just in case I ever want to return it to original.