Cannondale Sm700

[Fenland Dragon]

Hi,

I thought I should introduce myself with this thread.

This is my first retro bike restoration project.

It is a Cannondale Sm 700 - 1988 vintage it is the downward sloping top tube version. It went to the powdercoaters today and will be painted in black.

rgds,

 

[stew-b]

nice,want to swap with a level tube version??

 

[Fenland Dragon]

Swap

Hi Stew - b,

thanks for the offer but i have committed myself to complete this project. By the way my frame is small measures CC - BB to CC seat tube 16.5".

rgds

 

[tshzg]

is that you 3.1415.....,also known as jimmy and the red dale you bought of me
be very carefull this site is extremly addictive
check out the posts by dr s and look at his cannondale-thats another one of my old ones but when i had it, it was a battleship grey monster
good look with the resto and remember to hide the invoices

 

[Fenland Dragon]

Hi

Hi Tony?,

Yes it is me... How are you?. What a surprise to see you here?. This site is great! infinitely better than MSN or Facebook.

I have finally got round to start this project. Frame, Forks and Stem (the top section) went to Powdercoat Jeff's at lunchtime for painting today.

Thanks for your advice. Any new projects in the pipeline? Or bike purchases recently?

rgds

 

[stew-b]

you do know that you can get replacement top tube cable guides and replica decals dont you?

 

[magicmistertea]

whats that an sm 700 with a sloping top tube ?
i thought they didnt exist ?

 

[tshzg]

nothing major,got some 1 inch rockshox for the mrs trek bike
this week end doing mt first mtb event since about 92 or 93 doing the wharncliffe weekender organised by steve peat over at suprisingly enough wharncliffe woods
youngest daughters doing it sponsored 10 km fun event-reckon we will probably be the slowest
excited and scared at the same time-she may be faster than me

 

[john]

Re: Hi

Looks grand. Look forward to seeing it complete. Often think that cannondale get short shrift here. Maybe due to their bad rep or shift slightly down market later in the 90s. Who knows?

better than MSN or Facebook.

Blimey, quite an accolade

 

[Fenland Dragon]

Frames

Thanks for your post John, I will keep the forum posted with the progress. Frame should be back next week from powdercoat Jeff's.

RE: Frame according to the 1988 catalogue there were 2 frame types:

Sloping version with a high BB height. It appears sloped when I had it next to my 1996 Kona Kilauea and 1995 Cindercone both 18" frames and the sloping tope tube was quite obvious.

And

Top Level Tube - the Sm500.