Howdy yall! Hoping you guys can help me out! I just got my first Cannondale road bike, but I can't find out anything about it. I'm used to the model of the bike being on the top tube, but it just says Cannondale. The rear triangle just says "cannondale advanced CAAD 3 aluminum design". The front emblem appears to be 2000-2007 according to the Vintage Cannondale website, but there's no sticker serial number and the number on the bottom tube seems to be IRR. It is a Tiagra groupset with a Triple up front. The seat (which could be aftermarket) is also Cannondale Seaco branded... So any ideas? The best guess I have gotten so far is early 2000s R model Trade in frame.
First Road Bike.
- Thread starter Auston
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Looks to be a bit of a mystery. Color and build look to be right for a 2001 R500, but the decals are different and it doesn't appear that your frame has the two letter code for year and month where it should be on that era frame. I can't read everything in the serial number picture. Is there a two letter code upper left?
Appears to be a 52. Bottom left has IRR. I plan to take that cable guide off to see if I can see it more clearly.
There may be a two letter code bottom right under the cable guide. All my frames are either older or newer than 2000-2001, so I can't say for sure where the code is.