I'm trying to locate some info on my late 80's vintage Cannondale SM1000. It is fully Campagnolo Olympus/Record (except for Ritchey headset). It is the all silver w/blue decal on full ridgid frame. Pepperoni fork. Rumour has it Frischknect raced on something like this with an Allsop Frankenstem.

Anyone have any idea where to get info? I tried Cannondale themselves in the US and they appear to have to record of it. WTH? Oh yeah - there is no serial number on it? And yes, this is a factory build - I am the original purcahser and bought it from the shop.

welcome to retrobike!.....you will need 5 posts to be able to do it but some photos would be great.....

The best place for general background info is
http://www.vintagecannondale.com/
for that age bike the serial is either on the chainstay or seatstay (as you'll find on that site)

have a look
then come back and show it off

Thx - have already checked out all the vintage Campy sites. No luck. And I can assure you there is no serial number as I checked using the VC guidelines and everywhere else.

OOps! My bad. Helps to remove stuff to check - turns out there IS a serial number. Bike was built Sept 1990

A couple more things (as I build to five posts...) It has Wolber MTB rims and Ritchey headset and seatpost. I've discovered that Djernis (sp?) rode this sort of thing on the Allsop Ritchey team in the early 90's.

Turns out the Campy MTB components include Record OR! Full spec list coming.

Picture!

Oooooo tasty!! A '90 build but most probably a '91 bike as I'm pretty sure that Pep forks first appeared in the 1991 catalogue.

Somewhere I have the original bill of sale. Almost positive it was bought Sept /Oct of 1990. Given its rarity, it is likely a year ahead on some of the parts. I'll dig for the bill.

I was surprised Cannondale in the US could tell me nothing. Disappointed, too.

Parts list:

Wolber AT18 silver MTB rims – 32 spoke
Ritchey Megabite 2.1x26 tires
Euclid MTB gruppo
Ritchey Logic HS
Ritchey seatpost
Cannondale saddle
Euclid triple crankset : 26-38-48
Rear Campy OR cassette: 12-25
Easton Taperlite (Cannondale) E9 bars on Tech stem (Currently fitted with Frankenstem and Scott AT2 bars)

Due to the stem change, I am running a Suntour Power Roller cam for the front brake.

That bike is a 1991 model called '1MB'. It is included in the '91 European catalog.
You can find it from this: http://66.147.244.179/~vintagm8/year/1991/1991fr.pdf (page 13 in the lower right corner)

A LBS where I worked BITD had one and I remember it being really nice & special, although not as sweet as M2000. I wish I could track where it is now so that I could buy it right away.

AWESOME! Thanks for the info and the link. I knew there had to be someone who has seen this thing. I vaguely recall the designation 1MB now that I think about it... Thanks!!

I also bought one of these rare Cannondale/Campy M1000's. Got mine at the US PX in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Fall of 1990 when my daughter worked as a civilian for the US Forces. I've put many miles on it since then and it is still my only mountain bike. Had a suspension fork for a few years but went back to the Pepperoni fork. Only wimps need suspension

The components are clunky and heavy but work ok. The brakes are very strong. Shifters are like old-fashion down tube friction shifters, all it takes is a little "feel" to make them work right. I've replaced the bottom bracket (EDCO many years ago) and stem but other than that it's still original.

Surprised to hear it may be worth $2000 - 2500. About double what I paid for it new.

It's not an SM 1000.
You could see in the European 1991 catalog the “1MB", it was a limited built, with the 3.0 cannondale frame, pepperoni fork and Campy groupo.


But, I don't understand why C'dale built his bike with Olympus parts… It was far from the quality of the Euclid/centaur groupos.