Originally Posted by duane041

Yep, someone dumped a really beat up early Cannondale road bike behind our building yesterday. Its all black, with the Cannondale train station headbadge. No model name or number, which leads me to believe it's an early model. The problems are numerous: no wheels, chainring gears are bent (looks like an anger thing, as they were bent with a channel-lock), brakes are missing parts, saddle is damaged, etc etc etc. But the frame is great. Should I spend the effort to do something with this bike, or is it not worth it? I have no idea how it would ride once I was done with it, but I'm not too hip on spending big money ona very used and abused bike. Any advice is appreciated.