PSA: 80's black Cannondale ... could be a Black Lightning?
02-07-15, 05:51 PM
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PSA: 80's black Cannondale ... could be a Black Lightning?
I was scouring the interweb today and ran across a 58cm 80's vintage black Cannondale road bike. It's in the Louisville Craigslist. The ad was posted 19 days ago and I haven't checked to see if it's still available.
58cm Cannondale Road Bike
58cm Cannondale Road Bike
02-07-15, 06:08 PM
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I was scouring the interweb today and ran across a 58cm 80's vintage black Cannondale road bike. It's in the Louisville Craigslist. The ad was posted 19 days ago and I haven't checked to see if it's still available.
58cm Cannondale Road Bike
58cm Cannondale Road Bike
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02-07-15, 06:32 PM
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I agree it may be BL frame but the black Suntour goodies are long gone.
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That's a nice frame be it a BL or your other Criterium Series offerings.
02-07-15, 11:51 PM
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Don't be so excited about a black lightning. ALL of the SR frames were the same. The SR300 cheep suntour equipt frame was the same as the SR2000 Dura Ace frame. The only thing that made a black lighting a black lightning was the black componants. Dependingon the year, anything from Suntour cyclone to Superbe. GREAT bike either way. Without the black componants you have a run of the mill cannondale.
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Don't be so excited about a black lightning. ALL of the SR frames were the same. The SR300 cheep suntour equipt frame was the same as the SR2000 Dura Ace frame. The only thing that made a black lighting a black lightning was the black componants. Dependingon the year, anything from Suntour cyclone to Superbe. GREAT bike either way. Without the black componants you have a run of the mill cannondale.
I bought a Criterium Series frameset and set out to build my own. It's black and it's bad, ride this stealthy beast in the dark and you would never know it wasnt a Black Lightning.
Mere grouping of parts and decals is the only difference to set the coveted Black Lightning apart from all other Criterium Series bikes. And they are sweet bikes.
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