‘92 Cannondale Delta V 1000 / The Race Bike

[MSYT]

I own way too many bikes already but this popped up and I though… ‘Ah… new race bike!’

So I bought it after a bit of negotiation with the seller. The story goes he used to race on Cannondale back in the day and the Delta V was his race bike… but not this one. This one was a ‘spare’ and was imported from the US as apparently they were extremely hard to get parts for. A year (or two) later though he began racing in the Super V so this went in to retirement.

It’s clearly not original anymore. The LX drivetrain, Deore rear wheel, Risse shock, XT front mech and saddle. They’ll all go. I have a Suntour XC Pro group sitting around doing nothing so I though this might be a good frame for it all to hang on along with a pair of Rider T1s and a Flite.

Then it can become my retro race bike. I’ll still be slow but at least it’ll be comfier than full rigid.

 

[Thias]

That Risse shock sure is interesting! I've never seen a CD with one of these! Is it maybe even custom made? I'd absolutely leave that one.

 

[MSYT]

That Risse shock sure is interesting! I've never seen a CD with one of these! Is it maybe even custom made? I'd absolutely leave that one.

I'm not 100% clear on the history of that part. The previous owner just mentioned how it had been installed with the valve in a terrible position so you can actually access it to pump it up in the frame. I'm guessing it was done before him but either way... it has zero pressure in it at the moment and gurgles/farts when I compress it. It needs a rebuild!

 

[MSYT]

Bit of an update.

Got to working on the bike over the weekend, leaving it way too late. It came apart nicely although I seem to have lost the tip to my crank extractor so that’s something else to order..

The LX rear looks like it’s taken a whack and the pin has gone missing as well as part of the lug to hold the pin back. Might be one for the parts bin.

Suntour XC brakes are currently soaking in Evaporust to clean them up a bit… but maybe I put XT on? I’m going XT everything else instead of XC sport just to make things easier with changing cassettes.

I think the only other thing I found was the rear triangle pivot is held in with a 5.5mm Allen key… or a 7/32. Haven’t checked with the imperial yet. With it being a US frame I do wonder if it is imperial.

Oh and the Risse shock. I bought a rebuild kit and some extra tools. They’ve all arrived so fingers crossed I can get that shock running!