Road Cycling - Cannondale Trade In

Hi, does anyone know anything about Cannondale "trade in" offers?

I saw on the back of the newest Cycle Sport magazine an offer from Cannondale - trade in your old frame for a new frame (apparently without cost!)

Does anyone know about this (especially someone in Ontario Canada?)

Hi, does anyone know anything about Cannondale "trade in" offers?

I saw on the back of the newest Cycle Sport magazine an offer from Cannondale - trade in your old frame for a new frame (apparently without cost!)

Does anyone know about this (especially someone in Ontario Canada?)

My LBS told me about this when I ordered my R600 last week. He said that whenever you want a to upgrade bikes you can trade in your old Cannondale. I think he said you'd get like 20% of your bikes original value, or 20% off the new bike, or something like that.

The back of the newset cycle sport has a Hincapie ad, what month are you talking about i want to see!

The back of the newset cycle sport has a Hincapie ad, what month are you talking about i want to see!

Strange...

I think my friend's magazine might be January 2004? (It features Lance on the cover)

His magazine is probably shipped from Britain though, since I noticed the Cannondale trade in program has a British phone number on the back...back I'm wondering if there's a North American version of the program.

Cannondale has had this program for years, it's just not something that's well advertised. You trade in an old frame for credit on a new one. I was looking at a CAAD7 last year and my CAAD3 would have been worth a couple of hundred bucks. Not a bad deal, easy to get rid of an old frame. Talk to your lbs about it, or email Cannondale. I don't know the specifics.

Cannondale has had this program for years, it's just not something that's well advertised. You trade in an old frame for credit on a new one. I was looking at a CAAD7 last year and my CAAD3 would have been worth a couple of hundred bucks. Not a bad deal, easy to get rid of an old frame. Talk to your lbs about it, or email Cannondale. I don't know the specifics. Check with the dealer. Use to be you could trade any frame, even a kids frame from a dumpster or something from a thrift store, and get a hefty discount on selected framesets. Some dealers did not even require a frame in trade,because it was something they just had to dispose of. Some dealers tried to insist on a good Cdale frame trade but that was just rubbish,and they were trying to make extra money selling the trade ins. If you have a decent frame, that you can peddle yourself,you do even better.

Hi, does anyone know anything about Cannondale "trade in" offers?

I saw on the back of the newest Cycle Sport magazine an offer from Cannondale - trade in your old frame for a new frame (apparently without cost!)

Does anyone know about this (especially someone in Ontario Canada?)

I talked to my LBS here in Vancouver, BC last year about this and they told me that it would be about $25%. However, it is difficult to know what the frame price in CAD is because it is not well advertised. When I was in their shop, I was looking to trade up to a 2003 CAAD5 R600 frame. Well, they told me the price was $1400 for the frame, but I saw the bike on sale in the same shop for $1699. It didn't make sense to me that the frame was so expensive and the complete bike was only a few hundred bucks more. Also, if the frame is on sale at the time you get you do your exchange, they won't honour the trade-in (at least my lbs wouldn't).

If you come across any additional/more accurate info on this, please pass it my way. I'm also interested in this trade in program.

I'll probably check my bike shop

Unless it's a killer deal, I probably won't trade in my CAAD7 frame :)

This is from Cycling Plus magazine over in the UK.

"Take any frame (it doesn't have to be a cannondale)
to an authorised Cannondale dealer, and you are entitled to 25%
discount on selected Cannondale framesets."
end quote.

That seems pretty definitive.

www.belfastandbeyond.com

Quintana Roo also offers trade in, I think the price they give for an 2003 r1000 double was about $850

besides which the new frame is the same as the old caad7 anyway isn't it? they haven't released the carbon tubed one yet have they?

I'll probably check my bike shop

Unless it's a killer deal, I probably won't trade in my CAAD7 frame :)

Please let me know what your LBS says and what the prices are if you can. I still want to do the trade-in, but I have a feeling my LBS is screwing me over. I'd be nice to have a comparison (only 1 chain of shops in Vancouver is an "authorized Cannondale Dealer" and they are the only one I can go to for this deal).

Thanks.