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Roller cam brakes were last used in 1989 I think. 1990 had a U brake in the rear and cantis in front. Cantis were then used until V brakes came about. 1996 BOTE had V brakes.

My earlier take on the BOTE decal was mistaken. I looked at my 1991 SM800 and it has the decal on the left chainstay. It has a 1" head tube.

In general Cannondale MTB frames were measured in inches from BB center to top of seat tube. 18" was called a large in 1999. Road frames were measured in cm from center to 1" down from the top of the seat tube.

Or buy the '91 M600.

Typical for single pivot calipers. Most if not all dual pivot calipers have a screw that lets you center the pads after the mounting nut has been tightened.

I hope you got through the tornadoes OK. Don't know how close they were to you.

I don't recall any team bikes that were unpainted but Cannondale supported lots of teams. I have road frames from two different teams but no team MTB frames. A friend raced for a Cannondale sponsored team but only on road I think. I'll try to ask what he remembers.

Too big of a project for me right now.

You might be able to use the conventional threadless adapter with a rise stem to get the bar high enough. It seems to me there are some long adapters available. I would check the Nitto catalog.

I would keep the old boot if still in good shape.

Possibly three times?

I think they were only called B of E in the catalogs prior to 1993 models, just had the SM800 or M800 model decal in the early years. 1993 and 1994 bikes had 1 1/4" forks and B of E chainstay decals.

I have some doubts about it being a prototype due to the January 1994 build date code. Super Vs were in the 1994 catalog and some would have to have been made in 1993 before the catalog photos were taken. My guess would be that prototypes would have been tested in 1992. Nice example of an...

Perhaps it's a warranty replacement frame. I'd guess that they didn't have model number decals.

I definitely should have tried to sell some bikes 3-4 years ago. I knew it at the time but didn't make the effort.

It wasn't unusual for bikes to be delivered to dealers with parts that were different from what the catalogs stated. That may have been due to supply issues, changing the spec, or simply running out of a part and substituting another.

Nice find.

I couldn't tell what brand of pedals you have. Everyone falls at least once. I met up with friends from STL and Alabama for a ride in southern IL a few years back and the AL guy (on a Synapse) failed to unclip at a stop sign and fell over. He wasn't new to clipless pedals. I change bikes all...

I had never heard of a patch ride before. Good point about racers doing centuries as a fast training ride. A safer option for competitive riding would be time trials. One of my local bike shops stages a weekly 10 mile/16 km time trial on public roads. Riders are sent off at one minute...

I'd guess that Shimano 105 level road bikes and LX mountain bikes were traditionally among the highest volume sellers, but the higher end vintage bikes do turn up. My last bike purchase was a 1994 Trek 5500 which was the top of the line road bike at the time. It even had an upgrade wheelset...