Prototype Cannondale alunimum
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The best part of this bike is that it doesn't say "cannondale" and "caad" 600 times on it.
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If that was a real pro bike, the saddle would be level and that spacer on top of the steerer removed. That team needs some 41 advice.
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Now available in Neon Love Canary Yellow.
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People like this are pros and make money. Maybe we on the 41 should charge for our advice. We shouldn't be doing all this for free, especially for the top teams.
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If he's in the regular ride this weekend, I'll ask him what he thought. (The Incycle racers have been hit & miss lately with the race schedule). The boy can sprint!!! I can testify to that!
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I think Lefty has the best chance at being the lightest design type...I hope they fine tune a variant for off-road/gravel bike use. I bombed a hill of railroad ballast a few weeks ago, pucker factor was high, I'm thinking a fork like that could increase the pucker/speed ratio.
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Spotted: Lefty fork on Cannondale gravel bike
Read more at Spotted: Lefty fork on Cannondale gravel bike - VeloNews.com
Read more at Spotted: Lefty fork on Cannondale gravel bike - VeloNews.com

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Prototype? Brings back memories . . .
We test rode C'dale's prototype tandem back in the mid-80s for 3 months. That was 2 years before it was available to the public and then only as a frameset.
There were no stickers/labels on the bike.
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem
We test rode C'dale's prototype tandem back in the mid-80s for 3 months. That was 2 years before it was available to the public and then only as a frameset.
There were no stickers/labels on the bike.
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem
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My hat's off to Dorel. When they bought Cannondale I thought they would flush it down the toilet like they did most of the brands they bought. I figured we'd see bicycle shaped objects with Cannondale labels in Wally World and the Big Zero. A lot of others on these forums believed the same. But they've really changed their business model and have kept Cannondale a true LBS bike and a real competitor. Bringing an AL bike back to the TDF would be a real achievement for them.
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