1991 Cannondale 1MB

[24pouces]

Re:

And some update soon !

 

[24pouces]

Re:

Update !

 

[stew-b]

what a beauty

 

[mamadirt]

Wow!!!

 

[Spankyfart]

@24pouces Do you still have the photos?
I'm curious what it looked like, also do you have any more info on the 1MB bike.

thanks.

 

[24pouces]

I still have the bike and pictures

 

[24pouces]

Here’s some picture of the 1991 french catalog. The bike isn’t shown in US catalog, (instead the SM Omega).
The 1 MB is campy equiped with some cool parts as the big Euclid/Centaur Levers but some crappy Olympus parts as the derailleurs.
Mine is an upgrade built with Euclid/Centaur components.
The 1MB is rare and Cannondale didn’t make a lot of buzz on it. Sold a bit more expensive price than the SM1000, the bike was heavier too

 

[24pouces]

Here’s the museum page of my 1MB.
Got an article on an UK magazine…

1991 - Cannondale 1MB - Génération Mountain Bike

Le cadre aluminium Cannondale 3.0 avec un groupe Campagnolo VTT

generationmountainbike.com

 

[Spankyfart]

Yeah I did find all those, how many would you say there were made from these?
Heard someone say less then 20, if so you'd think these are numbered accordingly right?

 

[24pouces]

The only Cannondale made with a serial number was the Omega series : SM in 1990 (200 bikes) and 1991, SE in 1991(115 bikes) and DeltaV in 1992 (75 if I remember). Those Omega were never shown in catalogs (except sime pictures for showing clothes..)
The 1 MB seems to be a classic serial bike with no edition number written on the frame.
Here’s the article of Mountain Biking UK vol4 April 1991