I've been doing some searches, seems to be an R800 frame. Anyone can tell me more? What would a decent price for this kind of frame be?

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Not necessarily thinking of buying it, but I do think it's an awesome looking frame with some potential...

Nice frame. Polished 2.8, back from 96 or so.

https://sanaandterry.com/cannondale/year/1996/1996.pdf
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R800 is not a frame marque, but an equipment level. That is a 2.8 frame, just like my R500. Cantilevered rear dropouts and the rear brake cable run under the top tube.

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So how does a 2.8 frame feel/handle?

My 1990 model (built in '89) Cannondale has the cantilevered stay design. Not sure when they stopped using it. Looks like the frame pictured here has a tapered downtube which I believe would make it newer than mine.

Oh, Oh, I know this one! I just finally got rid of mine!

It's a 2.8, as stated above. Ride wise, it's slightly stiffer than a very stiff brick. I may be one of the few people who gush about how smooth my CAAD9 is, because I rode that thing for so long.

Good frame though.

The rear end is reasonable, the front end is a bit stiff. Carbon forks help it out. Rigid, climbs well, sprints well. Good "racing" bike. Much better than the originial 3.0 frame (oversize straight downtube, versus the 3.0 road frame), which are super super harsh relatively speaking.

A friend and former teammate rode his R900 polished frameset for about 10-15 years. His wife got him some super duper bike for his birthday, else he'd have kept riding that thing. Regarding comfort - he's ridden it at least once a year from CT to NH at one time (18-24 hours riding, one ride, 300 odd miles). His daughter's first job as a kid was polishing the bike before races. Now I think she's in college.

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What's the stock weight (approximately)?

I'm getting more and more interested in this frame...

Don't know, but mine only came out like 22lbs, built with REALLY ****ty suntour components, heavy wheels, and an alu fork. I'll bet you could get a 56cm under 18lbs pretty easy with a decent gruppo and some nice wheels.

I can see this one in my mind already with either Shimano 105 (black) or Campagnolo Veloce on it, with a nice contrastcolor added like red or blue for instance. I'm liking what my imagination is giving me

my 1993 2.8 build weighs about 21 lbs with stock shimano 600 parts throughout (including hubs), bottle cages and a saddle bag. stiff and responsive, and not as harsh of a ride as i was led to believe from those on the forums.

They named it 2.8 because they claimed a 54cm without the fork weighed exactly 2.8 lb. Real world owners disagree, though.

As I recall, the series names were supposed to represent the target weight of the road frames. Cannondale claimed the 2.8 frame alone ended up weighing in at 2.7 lbs. (I think the 3.0 was about 3.1 lbs. in their ads). My 3.0 with Shimano 600 (now Ultegra) components is just under 20 lbs.

My 50 cm 2.8 weighed about 2.7 on an admittedly questionable scale. However it seemed to reflect reasonable numbers in the 3-4 years we had it in the shop. With tubulars my bike was around 17 lbs. I ran some stupid things but most of my equipment was normal.

Stupid things = Sampson Ti BB; some carbon post (Aerosports)
Regular things that were light = GEL280/Alkor and GL330/Isidis rims (paired by weight), alloy spoke nipples, 1.8 db spokes, aerolite pedals
Normal weight things = brakes, cranks, derailleurs, saddle (Campy mainly), and later, Syncros posts. Tubular steel or alum stems. Whatever aluminum fork came on it. Maybe it was carbon, but it was painted red like the rest of the bike.

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Thanks for all replies guys. Only thing stopping me from buying this frame is a huge fight with my wife over actually buying something I want instead of something I need.

Yes, she's Dutch.