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Looks like it's set up pretty well for what you want to do and in great condition. Most any brand of rack (Blackburn, etc.) should be adaptable to fit. Pretty sure you have tapped holes at the rear brake cable stop for the upper mount. I have some new Cannondale racks here, might be coming...

Should be threaded. What year touring frame? I can check a couple of mine but thought they were M5 or #10-32. Yes, the cage bosses are essentially Riv-nuts. They are squeezed into the frame and expanded with a tool that looks much like a pop rivet tool. If you can thread the tool in...

Bottom bracket is the term for the crank bearings and spindle assembly. Cannondale pioneered the BB30 standard, Shimano the Octalink, Campagnolo the Utra Torque, others the ISIS. Cannondale used all of these at some point, and other types as well. I might be interested in the Coda crank if...

There may be production records at the factory that would provide more information but we don't have access to them. Scalpel does not show in the catalogs until 2003, so MD may be the size rather than the production date. If later than 2001 production it should have had a bar code sticker, but...

I have the matching handlebar bag but not the panniers.

Your original ones might be in the top tube. Perhaps you can rattle them out or use a vacuum with a clean bag. It's been a long time since I installed one and don't remember the diameter. I would think you could use something like small tacks. Brass would be good. I wonder if toothpicks...

That is what I would do. Those shifters may still be working when we are both pushing up daisies.

They do sometimes fail, leaving you stuck in one gear. With bar-cons you have the friction option if the indexing gets out of whack.

Getting the bar up higher will help with the reach issue. I have lots of vintage bars here but don't know how they compare to what you have without measuring.

My guess is that the RX100 crank came on the bike even though the catalog shows a Coda crank. RX100 was pretty nice stuff, so it's good that they substituted it instead of the Altus or RSX that they were putting on other bikes at the time.

Glad to hear that you picked it up. Is it Galaxy blue? What is the crank?

No problem. Check back in once you decide what you are going to do. There's lots of 1050 stuff on eBay and I probably have some on the shelves here. If you have a local bike co-op, that would be a great place to start looking for parts.

The original chain hanger was a plastic piece that was pressed into the two holes. Someone probably broke the plastic one and inserted a screw to replace it. I doubt that it will be a problem unless they greatly enlarged the hole.

I doubt that it would be damaged in the short term. Spreading them just adds more stress and contributes to long term metal fatigue. Just have a good look for cracks in dropouts and stays - something that should be done regularly anyway. My dealer in this era told me that these frames are...

I think that's a steel Tange fork in the picture. Check it with a magnet. Since the wheels have been replaced, you should check the rear dropout spacing and the hub width. This was a transitional period with Cannondale using 6,7, and 8 speed rear hubs in 1989. I haven't owned one, so don't...

Yes, 1997 came with 7 speed rear and RSX STI levers. 7 speed bar end shifters were made, they are model SL-BS50. http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=29191E7E-322B-41E7-B96E-47D57B54B88A&Enum=104&AbsPos=28 You could also use the 8 speed Ultegra SL-BS64 levers and add an 8 speed cassette...

Lots of ways to go about rebuilding it. You could fairly easily find the 105 parts and put it back original, use something period correct but higher end, or go with something slightly more modern. Start with the wheels and see if they are something you want to stick with, and decide how much...

I think that's a 1989 SR400, which came with mostly Shimano 105 (model 1050) 6 speed components. There were 3 different forks that year. The higher end frames got the AL fork (likely SR made), and there were two different Tange steel forks. AL forks have less fatigue life and have generally...

What year T900, is it nine speed? 7700 bar end shifters are not too hard to find, I probably have a pair on the shelf. I agree that bar end shifters are better for touring. One of my friends had an STI shifter fail while riding out of state. No local bike shop had a replacement on hand, so...

I don't think you can really go wrong with any of them but I assume you're in pretty hilly country so you might be better off with cantilever brakes rather than calipers. You would have to find a fairly recent Asian made model to get discs. I wouldn't let caliper brakes stop me from spending...