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Finally, my plan is coming together!
After been working at a bicycle shop for many years and selling many Cannondale’s, the Cannondale SE2000 was to me one of the most inspiring Cannondale’s ever.
I did my thesis at Cannondale and worked there for two years. I love the brand and the SE2000 was the bike that I wanted to own…
This is about 7 years ago, but the SE2000 never left my mind. 1,5 years ago I bumped into a NOS frame on Ebay USA, payed to much and fell in love when it arrived at in Holland.
Even the penalty that I had to pay to the customs did not change my mind :? .
During my search for nice parts I found the Retrobike website and I got infected by the retrobike virus. I just love this “old crap” and found my new hobby
!
I found a reasonable priced Ritchey Logic crankset, but it needed polishing. Not perfect, actually it worked out quite well.
It took quite some time to find all the right components, missed the boats quite often and (again) payed to much for some parts that I liked a lot... But I got all parts that I wanted so the building starts.
The idea was to build the bike with as many original parts as possible. The only thing that I did not like was the wheel set. A black set looks much better on the bike to my opinion.
I found a very nice set with black M730 hubs and 36h 231 CD rims. Perfect! Last part was a nice Nitto seat post, it became a WCS version.
I had my first ride already but there were some technical problems that made it impossible for a good review.
I must say that I am very proud to own this bike, for me it is still a very iconic piece of equipment.
After been working at a bicycle shop for many years and selling many Cannondale’s, the Cannondale SE2000 was to me one of the most inspiring Cannondale’s ever.
I did my thesis at Cannondale and worked there for two years. I love the brand and the SE2000 was the bike that I wanted to own…
This is about 7 years ago, but the SE2000 never left my mind. 1,5 years ago I bumped into a NOS frame on Ebay USA, payed to much and fell in love when it arrived at in Holland.
Even the penalty that I had to pay to the customs did not change my mind :? .
During my search for nice parts I found the Retrobike website and I got infected by the retrobike virus. I just love this “old crap” and found my new hobby
!I found a reasonable priced Ritchey Logic crankset, but it needed polishing. Not perfect, actually it worked out quite well.
It took quite some time to find all the right components, missed the boats quite often and (again) payed to much for some parts that I liked a lot... But I got all parts that I wanted so the building starts.
The idea was to build the bike with as many original parts as possible. The only thing that I did not like was the wheel set. A black set looks much better on the bike to my opinion.
I found a very nice set with black M730 hubs and 36h 231 CD rims. Perfect! Last part was a nice Nitto seat post, it became a WCS version.
I had my first ride already but there were some technical problems that made it impossible for a good review.
I must say that I am very proud to own this bike, for me it is still a very iconic piece of equipment.
