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Ahhh…nevermind. I read the ad a little more carefully. The seller is advertising it as an XL 61cm frame. He has all the frame dimensions listed. His 61 cm is the top tube length! The seat tube is listed at 66.5cm. No such thing of course. In reality it’s a 66 cm bike frame. I’m not tall enough...

I like it a lot. I slept on it and still think it is too high of a premium to pay. It would take some time to find, but I could find a complete CAAD5 of that vintage for less or at the very least a very nice complete one at that price. What I am still thinking about it is that it is in a very...

My favorites are CAAD3 and CAAD4. For the simple reason that they are what I own currently. They are the first Cannondale road bikes I have ever owned. I bought them during the same crazy road trip I took with my family. So there will always be a sentimental reason. As I become more familiar...

$742 shipped. Just for the frameset. As much as I like it, that is a lot of money for a paint scheme. If it was $150 lower I might. That is a lot of parts to find to make it complete.

Learned that this frame is a 9/11 commemorative edition. Production number that I found says there were 1100 made.

Short 2 mile sprint through the neighborhood. The Sycamore tree in my front yard is my start/finish line for all things physical.

Having never built a bike I imagine chasing down individual parts could be a chore. Probably would be easier to find a bike or two or more with say, Ultegra level components and cannibal-ize

I found a great paint schemed frame for sale. It would likely cost more than I should or could pay. Its serial number starts with “N” = 2002. How would you complete it? What is a realistic working man’s budget?

The 105 from ebay works. Thanks for the opportunity to post.

Thanks @black lightning 1987 ! For doing the leg work for me. I’m going to try the first one.. I like your idea for FD adjustment. Eliminate cable tension for the initial set up, makes quite a bit of sense actually.

I’m a Chevy guy, so they look weird with the dizzy up front.

“Ride like the wind boy! Ride like the wind!” That voice inside my head……

Maiden voyage in the neighborhood (clipless pedals with old beat up running shoes) a success! I haven’t even touched the RD. Some noise that I may or may not fool with.

Funny. I just noticed my chewed up spoke nipple in the 2nd to last pic. The one I rounded off and had to finish tensioning with small channel lock pliers. Yes. I’m a hack. I didn’t want to start over. Probably premature, but I’m thinking of my next thing to do to my rehab project; bar tape...

Thanks @JohnnyD ! The NOS blemished 105 FD I got from epay cost me half of what I paid for the whole bike. I dreamt about derailleurs last night. While my morning coffee was brewing I went out to the “bike shop” and had a look. I must have stared at the FD yesterday for too long. It was not...

I’m having difficulty with the new FD. First thing I noticed is the return spring in the new 105 FD is quite a bit stronger than the previous Sora FD. Second is the limit screws seem to me as having very little effect in positioning the cage. I can get the L limit screw set up nicely for the...

Thanks. 351W for my wife’s 72 Mach 1. Yet another project….

The 2001 R400 black/yellow CAAD3 cost me $80 USD. The 2004 R500 CAAD4 blue cost me $450 USD. The black one had a broken rear spoke, old tires, and broken front derailleur. I got the seller down $20 from his asking price. The blue one is like new and the owner read me like a book. He thought I...

I dunno. I fiddled with the FD and cable whilst watching a Park Tool video. All 3 gears are selectable. When riding around the block, selecting to go to the largest chain ring it seemed as though cable tension was not there. A second push on the gear selector yielded cable tension and a gear...

I’m not that knowledgable enough or experienced enough rider to know the difference I would suspect. Finding a replacement chainring no matter the tooth count is what matters most to me. Interesting of note: the few vintage chainrings that I was able to find on epay I did find a set that had...