Originally Posted by
Anonymoose
No. As stated the crit frames use tighter geometry to compliment the nature of crit races.
In the 1990 catalog referenced in #101 Cannondale moved the RR frames to interweave the CR frames with the SR2000 available with either frame, correcting a false impression that the RR frames were inferior to the CR frames.
If there is a marketing gimmick it was a smart one made years earlier when Cannondale, already making touring frames, decided to enter the road market. The most popular form of road racing in the US is/was the criterium, why not build a bike that met the criteria those racers were looking for? Best improvement for 1990 was the introduction of the replaceable RD hanger.
Brad