Tandem Cycling - Help needed....Question about Cannondale Mountain Tandem!

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scouse
01-02-09, 02:11 PM
Hi

I have spotted a used Cannondale mountain tandem but there is something weird about it. Here is the link....

http://www.therecyclery.com/bikes/cannondale

I think it is a 2004 but it has a straight top tube and every single image of a Cannondale MT I can find until the current 2009 model has a bent top tube as in the following link.

http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/BikeSpecs.aspx?Year=2004&Brand=Cannondale&Model=Mountain+Tandem&Type=bike

Does anybody know if and when Cannondale made a mountain tandem with a straight top tube?

I need to try and figure out the geometry as I will be buying unseen.

Help! Thanks!

TandemGeek
01-02-09, 03:52 PM
Does anybody know if and when Cannondale made a mountain tandem with a straight top tube?

Yes, the larger sizes of the '99 model year and up Cannondale road and off-road tandems have a straight top tube. Off-hand I don't recall at what exact size.
Metal Man
01-02-09, 07:20 PM
I don't know much on this, but I'm going to guess only an xtra large will have a straight top tube. I have have a 2008 L/S Cannondale and it has the lowered top tube. :)

PMK
01-02-09, 10:46 PM
This bike was on Ebay. Someone won the thing for $1000. In the description it listed it as a 21.5" captain seattube and a 14" stoker seattube. The adds title stated X/S.

http://cgi.ebay.com/2004-Cannondale-Tandem-XL-SM_W0QQitemZ120354127066QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item120354127066&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A13|39%3A1|240%3A1318

Here it is from Cannondales archive

http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/04/cusa/model-4MT1.html

geometry specs
http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/04/geo-29.html

Based on the description in the add, it is likely a XL/S size frame as the seller listed. A modern Cannondale size XL is probably for someone around 6'2" or more, the small is probably 5'4" or less.

PK
scouse
01-03-09, 10:04 AM
Based on the description in the add, it is likely a XL/S size frame as the seller listed. A modern Cannondale size XL is probably for someone around 6'2" or more, the small is probably 5'4" or less.

PK[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the input. I was watching the auction but in the end I decided I wasn't comfortable bidding without a test ride. Seems that this was a good price though!
Old Army
01-05-09, 06:59 AM
Our 2007 L/M Street Tandem (same frame as the Mountain tandem) has the strait tube.

-Old Army