Mountain Rigid
Mountain Rigid
Had it since New love this bike has probably close to 100,000 miles on her!
Excellent example, all original except, tires, saddle, peddles, hand grips and bottle cage. Original paintwork and parts.
I bought this bike brand new from Joe at the bike shop in Cocoa Beach, Florida, in September of 1991. I used most of my second paycheck from my first "career" job after college; it came to around $550. Over the next 20 years, I put about a zillion miles on it, many of them on the beach in Cocoa Beach/Cape Canaveral, but I did take it to Europe with me in 1992. It pretty much went everywhere I went.
I've replaced the derailleur and chain/cables, normal stuff, and added the bars to the...
1993 M2000
Made by the people at cannondale for a friend
LX since new.
Org ritchey rims and tyres
Cannondale SM600 with 24" rear wheel. Frame, brakes, brake levers, crank have been chromed. Shooting with Araya RM20 silver.
Time to show you my latest purchase. It´s a 87th SM 500 in yellow with customized airbrush. I found this one on eBay US in Newport Beach, California. Looked halfway ok on the pics, so I wrote the owner and persuaded him to take the bicycle apart, box it and ship it to Germany...
Here are the eBay pics...
Equipped with a mix of Shimano XT 730 / 733 / Suntour front derailleur / IRD seatpost and some other parts. The condition of most of the parts...
Not the most beautiful bike, but rare, so I had to take it. I'm not so happy with the dark chainrings, but those came with the bike originally. Shimano LX shifters.
It´s time to present my latest purchase here. Found by chance at the ibc Forum in the classic section. One of the members found an old Cannondale in his cellar and asked for a price since he had no need for this one…
Here are a few pics of the original state:
As you can see, complete original state and hardly ever ridden in 30 years! So it was no question to me that I had to...