1990 Cannondale SM700 rebuild

[Corduroyboy]

Good to see the progress. However, please for the love of the baby jesus, remove the dork disk, go to your nearest body of water, and skim it across to a watery grave.

Unless it's a Cannondale branded one in which case it gets a free pass. Just.

 

[pedestrian]

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That paintjob looks amazing. I'm looking forward to seeing it put together.

 

[trailwright]

Unless it's a Cannondale branded one in which case it gets a free pass. Just.

Nope, no mercy. Skim harder for sullying a decent brand name.

 

[duncanthomas]

Spent some time on the SM700 project over the weekend. Clearcoat done, and I started to put some bits back on it.

Excuse the temporary silver spacers, I'll sort some black headset spacers for it. The wheelset is also from another bike. I have a nice RM-26 wheelset, I think I'll use for it.

Excited to get it riding again!

 

[duncanthomas]

Up and running. Ended up using a nice set of Wolber AT20s with XT hubs on it.
Always surprises me how light these early cannondale frames are and how fun they are to ride.

 

[27motorhead]

Looks great! and no doubt rides great!

 

[duncanthomas]

Looks great! and no doubt rides great!

thanks! 10km spin around the neighbourhood today and it was great fun. Bit more upright than my other retros, which is a nice change

 

[JCS]

You have done a fantastic job on that. Well done!
Here’s a couple of pics from a cycling book from the 90’s: