Cannondale owners - who welded your bike?
08-21-17, 01:17 PM
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Cannondale finish welder
I was a finish welder in 90-91 in Bedford PA. My stamp initials were JK. When we finished welding a bike, we would stamp the rear left dropdown. The welding inspector would come around the welding department and gather finished bikes and inspect them. If it had a flaw, they would return the bike to the welder by looking at the initials. If anyone comes across a 90-91 with JK, I would love to hear from you. BTW, I left Cannondale to go into the army and then later to college. I was 18 when I welded there. I still ride a Cannondale to this day.
08-21-17, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by JJK245
I was a finish welder in 90-91 in Bedford PA. My stamp initials were JK. When we finished welding a bike, we would stamp the rear left dropdown. The welding inspector would come around the welding department and gather finished bikes and inspect them. If it had a flaw, they would return the bike to the welder by looking at the initials. If anyone comes across a 90-91 with JK, I would love to hear from you. BTW, I left Cannondale to go into the army and then later to college. I was 18 when I welded there. I still ride a Cannondale to this day.
08-21-17, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by tricky
Thanks for chiming in! It would be awesome if we could find one of yours. Do you know any other ex-welders? It would be great to get them to chime in.
11-20-18, 11:01 AM
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I was curious to know if this was also done with Mountain bikes, so I just went and checked my 1999 F2000 Caad4 frame. My photo hosting site appears to be down right now, so I will try later to upload a picture, but from what I can see, it looks like someone made three attempts to stamp the dropout with what appears to be F8. The letter number combo appears to be a different system, but may still be a builder's code.
Edit: Image added.
Edit: Image added.
Last edited by Dan Burkhart; 11-20-18 at 03:16 PM.
11-20-18, 11:31 AM
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My 1996 'F-XXX' CAAD-3 has an 'A3' and two more stamps that are buried under the paint. One is definitely an '_8' though. Cant make out enough of the other to have any idea what it says.
Those little details are fun. It reminds you that your bike was made by people.
Those little details are fun. It reminds you that your bike was made by people.
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'87 ST
RS and BS
RS and BS
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93 R500 stamped “KE”
97 R900 stamped “RC”
97 R900 stamped “RC”
