What model is this?

[Lucas]

Hey guys,

I've been looking for the model, I bought last week. I studied every catalog from 2000 to 2007 and couldn't find it. Serial number doesnt fit to those from this website, where should be two letters, this bike has two numbers. Here the (maybe not original) specs:
CAAD5-frame with weird stickers
Shimano Tiagra group
Mavic Aksium rims
SI Slice Prodigy fork

I bought it in Germany, most likely it's not fake, cause a guy from Great Britain sells one as well. Otherwise I have not yet been able to find another exemplar of this model on the internet.

Maybe you can help me find the right name of it.

 

[black lightning 1987]

That's a tough one. I'd say it's most likely a 2002 frame that is missing the bar code sticker. I checked my 2002 R3000SI and it doesn't have one either. Metallic Silver was used on some frames that year but I can't explain those decals. Slice Prodigy was used on 2002 CAAD5s from the R700 to the R2000SI. Of course if the frame was repainted it might not be a Slice Prodigy. The outboard bottom bracket cups are not consistent with 2002, as Shimano introduced them for the 2004 model year. Is the drive train 9 speed or 10?

 

[Lucas]

Hey Mate,

thank you so much for your answer, it helped me a lot to narrow the search. The drive train is a 9 speed.

Edit: Here's the link to the add from Great Britain. Instead of a tiagra group it has an ultegra group, maybe that is the original one.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/cannondale-caad-5-bicycle-/1414508780
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[Brian]

I agree with BL. transition years with Cannondale are like this. I would also date code the Shimano parts to confirm a 2002 year.

https://vintagecannondale.com/info/shimano/

 

[Lucas]

Ok I am pretty sure I just found out what model I have and it was in front of me the whole time.
The shimano tiagre group is not the original, but because it is a 2x9 I was only looking for every Double models and not the Triples. And now that you told me your barcode is a little weird as well, I looked through the 2000 - 2002 catalogs again paying attention on the Triples as well and surprise, I found the right model in silver with the (for cannondale atypical) decals and a shimano ultegra group mounted.
So what I have is a Cannondale R2000 Si Triple in smoke silver from 2001.
Thank you again for your help, I really appreciate it. And now that I am quite familiar with the road bikes from this time, I will try to help other people as well, that's why the internet is such a nice place sometimes.

http://web.archive.org/web/20061015235835/http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/01/ce/model-1RR2T.html

 

[black lightning 1987]

I tried to access that page earlier today but the site was down. I had pretty much ruled out 2001 because I couldn't see a two letter code with M in your BB shell.