Well I took the Cannondale out for a quick 9 miles or so this afternoon, it's definitely a quick accelerator and a fun responsive bike. I still need to get it dialed in a bit for myself. I don't care for the super thin bar tape, I'm used to having tape with a little cushion and the original tape is also really slippery. Even though I hate to remove the original I'm going to replace it with something softer and with more grip, that will make it easier to service the cables anyway.
Originally Posted by
neo_pop_71
I know from your initial posting that you were looking for a nice sporty steel bike, congrats on scoring the Cannondale, I know it'll do very well by you! If you were still interested in that steel bike, there is one in as nice of shape (from what you can tell from lousy internet photos), here is a link.
http://cosprings.craigslist.org/bik/4280336853.html
1983 Nishiki road bike 52cm - $125 (West side)
Nishiki Cresta made in Japan, in great shape! Made in Japan, Hand Crafted by Kawamura, with High Quality Champion # 1 Chrome Molyboen Butted Tube Tange Steel.
Not knowing the fit of your new beautiful C'dale, big or small, this nice gem might be on the small side but I figured I bring it to your attention.
Peace,
-D-
p.s. No, I have connection with the seller, I just figured it was a good deal for
turky lurkey to check out.
Thanks for the tip! That does look like a nice bike, I have seen it before and might have been well served with it, though it might be a little on the small side. I usually keep up on the local C.L. pretty good. I'm pretty much at the end of my budget for bikes for awhile, both financially and spatially. The other bike that I had been eying was an 87 Schwinn Super Sport in Pueblo that had been listed for months (you may have seen it, funny it just dropped off the list). The guy was asking $300.00 for it and I had finally convinced myself to spend the money on it, but when I had the guy send me some close up pics. I saw that it had some pretty bad scuffs. For the price he wanted I'd hoped it was almost perfect.
Cool to see this went to somebody on C&V, I'd seen that bike listed several times over the past month but couldn't justify purchasing it myself.
Turky, what part of the Springs are you in? I'm just north of UCCS myself and have all the proper tools to work on bikes of that era if you need any help.
Cool! Thanks for the offer on the tools, I'm just going to go ahead and buy a few more tools. I'll use them, I work on bikes all the time. So far I have been able to get away with minimal specialty tools, many of the jobs can be done with regular hand tools it just takes longer and there is a little more risk of damaging something or scratching the paint. The Cannondale is so nice I'm not willing to take the risk that I normally do.
I live right next to Bear Creek Dog Park, I actually rode up Lower Gold camp road this afternoon, it's about 4.5 miles to where the pavement ends from my house, thats where I give all my projects their initial test run.
I'm a Mechanical engineering student at UCCS, most of my cycling is commuting to school.
If you want to go for a ride sometime, send me a PM, I might be busy this weekend as I have family coming to town, but I am often available.