I think if you check my previous posts, you'll find I don't fabricate anything but bikes - definitely not stories

The bike racer in question is away bike racing, but we'll be asking him when he gets back. I seriously doubt he would bother going to the trouble of painting a road bike, he's a downhill racer - afaik it was given to him some time ago by the Cannondale factory or distributor.

The frame is identical in all detail to normal Cannondale frames of that time which is why we are puzzled. If it looked different it would be kinda obvious to us.

I'l try to get some photos. I don't know if the slightly different shade of alloy where the name was will show.

I'm interested in knowing the answer purely for historical reasons. The frame has no value now - we've already butchered it by making track ends for it and welding them on. Then there was the slight problem of the hole my brother ground into it when using a power sander to remove the brake bosses. That's how we knew the tubing is tissue paper thin We've welded it up since then.