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07-19-08, 05:56 PM
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calling Cannondale experts
I'm looking for a bike for my friend, I found one on the internet, about a hundred miles away, contacted the seller.
lady says it belonged to her dead husband, she doesn't know the year, dosn't know how to send digital pictures, but she said her husband was 6feet+ and the model of the bike was a criterium 3.0 (r400?), all that sounded good so i asked her to measure the frame, she didn't have a tape, so I told her to get me the serial number, she claims what she can read starts with 65... so it should be a 65 cm Crit 3.0 cannondale "race" bike ?? Right??
my buddy is 6'4"ish and I was looking for a big frame, hate to drive a hundred mile if a bike close to that never existed..
lady says it belonged to her dead husband, she doesn't know the year, dosn't know how to send digital pictures, but she said her husband was 6feet+ and the model of the bike was a criterium 3.0 (r400?), all that sounded good so i asked her to measure the frame, she didn't have a tape, so I told her to get me the serial number, she claims what she can read starts with 65... so it should be a 65 cm Crit 3.0 cannondale "race" bike ?? Right??
my buddy is 6'4"ish and I was looking for a big frame, hate to drive a hundred mile if a bike close to that never existed..
07-19-08, 06:03 PM
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First two are indeed the size.
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Update
so I get all the way down to Miami, and the bike does have a serial number that starts with a "65" BUT it's NOT a 65 cm frame !!
come to find out this 90' dale used serial number sytem version two
(Version 2)
5 18 0392 0847
5 = Rear dropout spacing
18 = Frame Size
0392 = Production Date
0847 = Sequence Number
"Rear dropout spacing"
0 = 130mm
0 = 120mm track
5 = 135mm
6 = 126mm
so there you have it
on top of which, the fram had REALLY REALLY bad corrosion, on all the tubes near where the brazeons and such where placed
so I get all the way down to Miami, and the bike does have a serial number that starts with a "65" BUT it's NOT a 65 cm frame !!
come to find out this 90' dale used serial number sytem version two
(Version 2)
5 18 0392 0847
5 = Rear dropout spacing
18 = Frame Size
0392 = Production Date
0847 = Sequence Number
"Rear dropout spacing"
0 = 130mm
0 = 120mm track
5 = 135mm
6 = 126mm
so there you have it
on top of which, the fram had REALLY REALLY bad corrosion, on all the tubes near where the brazeons and such where placed
07-21-08, 06:24 AM
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The C'dale Crit series are older, late 80s-early 90s if memory serves. Since you've already seen the bike and it's in bad shape most of his is moot but unless she was asking small money I wouldn't bother. The Crit series were known as particularly harsh even by C'dale standards (I own an original series 1986 and a 2006
aero frame C'dale btw). They also were prone to failure in the dropouts.
I like Cannonballs but those were not the best idea ever to come out of PA.
aero frame C'dale btw). They also were prone to failure in the dropouts.
I like Cannonballs but those were not the best idea ever to come out of PA.
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