Originally Posted by
Henry III
This is my dropbar conversion on a early 90's Cannondale H400 (hybrid). Picked up the frame for $20 from a local shop and built it from the frame up. The paint was pretty chipped up. I'm normally a vintage road bike guy and love Italian race bikes with chromed chain and seat stays and matching chrome fork. So I decided to strip the rear part of the frame and picked up a Kinesis aluminum fork to match the thicker tubing on frame from the normal lugged steel fork that came on Cannondales of this vintage. Laced up the wheels to Sun CR18 rims and converted the 126 spacing Campagnolo Record rear hub to 135 to work with the frame. This allow for almost no dish in wheel and for a stronger rear wheel. I'm not too keen on racks so it's equipped with a Jandd handlebar bag and Banjo Brothers saddle pack.
It's being converted to triple setup and just waiting on the parts to arrive. In the photo which is a just a few weeks old I'm running a 1st gen Campagnolo Chorus crankset(53/42) and 13-24 6spd freewheel. So it'll be going to a 50/39/30 Truvativ Elita crankset and a 14-32 6spd freewheel to make thing more enjoyable and versatile.
Well geez, I thought I had the only one of these! Mine's a 94 (figured out from the color) and I bought the frame and fork for $25 about 3 years ago (no idea what the fork is from). I'd originally intended it to be just a winter bike but I like it so much it's become my default commuter. This pic is from a week long tour in California last summer.
Mine's a triple and parts are still evolving. It's not a fast bike but then neither am I - but very stable platform especially loaded up. Enjoy!
