1995 Cannondale M200?

[ChrisW]

Does anyone know which year this Cannondale M200 was built? It's not listed in the 1995 catalogue (M300 was apparently the lowest priced of the "M-series" this year), but has the typical 1995 decals on it. It's also not a CAD1 bike which started production not until 1996 as far as I know.
It's currently for sale in my neighbourhood for € 150,- asking price and I kind of like it.

 

[black lightning 1987]

My guess is that it's a 1995 model, even though not shown in the catalog. European only model perhaps? Check the 2 letter code on the BB shell for production date.

 

[ChrisW]

Thanks, meanwhile have written the owner and he sent me the serial number. It's as you said a 1995 model. From April '95 to be precise.

 

[black lightning 1987]

Wish we had more European catalog scans, as we seem to get a lot of questions on models that don't appear in the US catalogs.

 

[ChrisW]

There are several catalogs from the early 90s especially I cannot open. ('French', 'Early version' etc.)

 

[black lightning 1987]

Wonder why. I downloaded the French (1990 I think) catalog a couple of weeks ago with no problem. I can email it to you if you want.

 

[ChrisW]

Checked this morning a few PDFs and recognized that
- 1991 Euro
- 1991 Early Version
catalogs aren't available.
(pop-up menu above thumbnails)

 

[black lightning 1987]

I was able to download both of them just now.

 

[ChrisW]

Still no chance.
Maybe it's because I get access from Germany? I don't know.

 

[black lightning 1987]

Happy to email them to you.