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01-10-09, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by delicious

those early cannondales are great bikes. especially with the steel forks. i had a '90 criterium edition with an aluminum fork. super fast but could never get comfortable with it. if i ever come across one of an earlier vintage with the stock steel fork i will snatch it up without a second thought.
also you mentioned liking a tight cockpit- cannondale's 58 is probably more like a 56 top tube i believe. have you measured it?

I have a 56 in yellow in the basement ... a bit beat up from a year of racing. And a 54 in red in the shed, in much better shape.

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