I have a Motobecane mountain bike from Bikesdirect that the aluminium frame appears to be identical to the aluminium frame of Cannondale mountain bikes but for the cable routing. One of the reasons I bought the Motobecane. $200 less with slightly better components with a choice in color, while I had not choice of color for the Cannondale at the time. Was a no-brainer. It's been an excellent bike.

QT