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09-02-03 | 06:31 PM
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Originally posted by TimB
anything that says "Cannondale" on the downtube
anything that says "Cannondale" on the downtube
09-02-03 | 06:36 PM
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Originally posted by KleinMp99
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09-02-03 | 09:10 PM
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Well, I am normally a hardcore ht fan but after the trail tonight and getting bucked off like a bronco and just plain eating dung the entire ride on a trail I know and love I don't think my ht will cut it for what I want to do. My back, my knees and the parts on my bike got demolished....dually time.
09-02-03 | 09:55 PM
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Originally posted by TimB
anything that says "Cannondale" on the downtube
anything that says "Cannondale" on the downtube
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09-02-03 | 11:31 PM
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Cracknfail has a bad rep...I don't like them...but I do know some seriously hardcore guys using them and abusing them. They can't all be bad. I bet there were bad batches or something.
09-03-03 | 12:12 AM
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Originally posted by Wilson10
Mountain Bike Action did a "best bike under $700" last year and the highest ranked hardtail(2nd overall) was the Gary Fisher Tassajara. This is a great bike for the $$$. Check em out
Mountain Bike Action did a "best bike under $700" last year and the highest ranked hardtail(2nd overall) was the Gary Fisher Tassajara. This is a great bike for the $$$. Check em out
09-03-03 | 03:51 AM
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I loves my Cracknfail.
bad batches in the mid 90's before they sorted their design with the original CAAD2.
Been brilliant ever since.
Oh and I loves Headshok too.
Lefty gives me a hard on.
Scalpel is cutting edge
Jekyll is schitzo...
and lets get talking about their excellent road bikes.......
bad batches in the mid 90's before they sorted their design with the original CAAD2.
Been brilliant ever since.
Oh and I loves Headshok too.
Lefty gives me a hard on.
Scalpel is cutting edge
Jekyll is schitzo...
and lets get talking about their excellent road bikes.......
09-03-03 | 07:02 AM
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Cannondales get a bad rap, but sometimes they do some stupid stuff. I will say that a lot of people damage their C'Dales by riding them beyond their intended purpose. i.e., hucking on a Scapel. However, C'Dale releases some products before they have done enough R&D just to get the product "Out There". Their Bonded (not welded) swingarms SUCK! They will break and when they do it's usually catastrophic. They KNOW it's a inferior design but do nothing to fix them other than replace them under warranty. The whole release issue of the Gemini was a fiasco. They released them, then recalled a bunch due to inferior craftsmanship.
All in all Cannondale is a great bicycle and a good company. Glad to see they finally got smart and ditched the MX division.
L8R
All in all Cannondale is a great bicycle and a good company. Glad to see they finally got smart and ditched the MX division.
L8R
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"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "WOW, What a Ride!" - unknown
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09-03-03 | 08:28 AM
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thats not strictly true.
They placed a noticfication for owners to get teh bike checked by an LBS to identify which did not conform.
If you know how they work in mass production you would understand how it is not always possible to identify these problems during QC.
They placed a noticfication for owners to get teh bike checked by an LBS to identify which did not conform.
If you know how they work in mass production you would understand how it is not always possible to identify these problems during QC.
09-03-03 | 02:55 PM
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Steel is real. I'd suggest my bike, but they stopped making it in '96.