Cannondale Single Speed
02-13-08 | 07:44 PM
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Cannondale Single Speed
I saw a beautiful red & white Cannondale single speed in my LBS today. Al frame with composite fork and integrated headset. Does anyone know anything about this bike or have any experience with it?
02-13-08 | 07:59 PM
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Integrated headsets blow.
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
02-13-08 | 08:10 PM
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02-13-08 | 08:12 PM
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yeah i'm curious too. and especially when it's on the "higher" end bike, like a pista concept. I've never met anyone that was a advocate for integrated headsets, and many many haters of the idea.
02-13-08 | 08:14 PM
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I don't really know anything about integrated headsets but it just seems like a bad idea. If the headset wears out does that make the frame worthless? I'd assume you'd have to use sealed cartridge style bearings but still whats the point, give me a loose BB headset any day.
02-13-08 | 08:20 PM
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They're also vastly superior technology. They make the old threaded system look like a Rube Goldberg contraption, by comparison. In this case, what benefits manufacturers also benefits consumers.
02-13-08 | 08:44 PM
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02-13-08 | 08:54 PM
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I haven't seen any of the recent ones, that is nice. I may need to pick one up. Their single speed mountain bikes are also pretty tempting right now.
02-13-08 | 11:18 PM
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