What is it?: ebay 199? M???

[IdahoBrett]

M800 Pepperoni fork ebay

I thought it would be fun to pass the time perusing the catalogs while drinking my morning coffee to identify this frame.

The seller claims it’s a M800, BOTE. It has low quality white sprayed over blue. Seller also claims 14 or 15 inch frame size.

I see a black Pepperoni fork: 1992&1993 had a recall. Was it swapped by a dealer? Or what?

I see a right chainstay chain slap protective “sticker”.

I see what appears to be factory paint with wear at the rear dropouts.

I see Force 40 routing for the rear brakes.

I don’t see evidence of decals. No Cannondale or model identifier. So maybe it was stripped and painted blue before the lousy white paint.

There was never a blue BOTE as far as I know.

I can’t identify the crank or derailleurs with the low quality photos.

Let’s have fun. What say all you Sherlock Holmes type Cannondale addicts?

 

[ryedog]

It is difficult to tell. I do know that were blue versions of it in that era though. I have this little oddball. The best I can tell from my serial number is that mine is a 1993. Which is a little strange, because to me it looks to be Cobalt Blue metallic, which is a 1994 color. Another little oddity with my frame is that doesn't say M800 on it on either side of the top tube. Perhaps it was a warranty frame for someone in late 93 or something... I'm not certain. Anyway, sorry for hijacking your thread!

 

[ryedog]

 

[IdahoBrett]

That’s not a hijack @ryedog . That’s a perfect clue for the discussion!

If you have more pictures of your BOTE I would love to see them added to the thread. It’s a great looking blue!

 

[ryedog]

That’s not a hijack @ryedog . That’s a perfect clue for the discussion!

If you have more pictures of your BOTE I would love to see them added to the thread. It’s a great looking blue!

Sounds good. I will try and add some more pics this evening. Thanks!

 

[ryedog]

It is actually an earlier build date than I remember. EG, so July of 1993. There is also some other code on one of the seatstays. I have no idea what that one is about.

 

[IdahoBrett]

Beautiful frame! Thanks for sharing. I have no clue what the numbers on the seatstay is. Some kind of production code would be my guess.

 

[ryedog]

Thank you! I've actually had it for around 10 years now. One of these days I will finally build it up. I do have a 1-1/4 Pepperoni fork for it already.

 

[JohnnyD]

Thank you! I've actually had it for around 10 years now. One of these days I will finally build it up. I do have a 1-1/4 Pepperoni fork for it already.

Hopefully you have the headset to go with it. They are getting super hard to find now.

 

[ryedog]

They are. Luckily I managed to grab a NOS black Onza Mongo II for it a few years back. It's actually a pretty neat looking headset.

 

[JohnnyD]

I scored a NOS XTR one for mine. It was probably the cheapest XTR component ever on E-bay.

 

[ryedog]

Nice! I have always fancied one of those. Great looking classy headset no doubt.