Thanks, you are correct that it is a step-down conversion - someone on Retrobike said the same (http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=418534&p=3069650#p3069650).
But it doesn't look to have had a respray and I doubt anyone but Cannondale could match the colour of the frame for...
Thanks for the input. The colour is definitely a green/blue - I can't get a great photograph of it, but it is very apparent 'in the flesh'.
As for the fork substitution, has this been a normal thing for Cannondale? I ask, because the fork is clearly made specifically for a Headshok-sized...
Can anyone enlighten me, as to what model this is? It is from June 97, is a very dark blue/green colour and appears to have factory-fitted rigid forks, in a Headshok suspension frame.
I can't find any reference to this anywhere. Was it a normal thing? Why? What model is it (the spec matches...