Originally Posted by Lemond1985

I have an '88 Criterium Series that's my current go-to road bike. Absolutely love it.



I have upgraded everything on it from the original Shimano 600 components, and added a straight steel fork, which was polished and then painted clear with Spraymax 2k Clear Glamour. Sort of a poor man's chroming job.

Great bike, but I have been wondering what Cannondale did with some of their later aluminum frames, performance-wise. The one I have now is as perfect as I could ever ask for, but I see some pretty reasonably-priced CAAD versions, some of which originally sold for $4,000 or more when new. I'm curious whether these new versions perform any better than my current frame.

So my question is, did Cannondale improve the performance of these frames appreciably during the 90's and 2000's?