While I was contemplating, Cannondale purchase price + new tires + possible shifters, cables. etc. Cannondale sold.
No biggie. I bought 26x1.5" street tires for my old bike. Liked the ride so much I decided to go ahead and replace the original shifters that seem to be stuck every spring. So after adding new tires, new Altus 3x7 shifters and cables, and cleaned and wax plus elbow grease with Mother's aluminum polish; it looks like this.