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@hma
hello all,
i've been a fan of the lefty fork design for quite a while now, but i was never really into mountain biking (sure, it is fun, but i don't have the time/place to go and use an mtb properly), so i mostly lusted after one and that's that.
but when the slate came out, my knees trembled a bit.. it is just so silly and not really good for anything, but then again: why do you need a porsche?
since i'm not prepared to pay the price of a proper slate, i began to outline a workaround, thinking i could convert a bad boy or some old cad mtb frame with a drop bar, but the geometries are far from optimal for road riding: they are too long, designed for flat/riser bar use and the angles are way too slack.
the solution came in the form of an ebay-kleinanzeigen ad that i saw: an unspecified, factory drop bar, disc brake cannondale with a fatty headshok. i had no idea what it was, but some googling later i found out it's called streetx and that it's rarer than hen's teeth (just my usual style..). since the seller wouldn't post, i began trawling the classifieds/ebay and a few months later i got lucky. it was poorly listed on ebay with 96x76 pixel photos, but the seller answered every question and sent a few better pics - a deal was struck and i became the owner of this thing (pic shows it post first ride - original knobby tires were replaced by kojaks and i put on my flite saddle):
i sold almost all the bits, halted my day-one project (being the #saarfofcannondales can be harsh) and started gathering the missing parts to finish this. got a super cheap lefty, a slate wheelset, an os clamp 1.56" stem and i've completed my rival hrd groupset (picture was taken before i got the calipers).
to lower the pointless-factor, i intend to use it as a tourer (with the original forks) and maybe a full-fender, bad weather bike in winter.
ah, and i have to mention the chap that already built a streetx-based slate before it was cool:
i found this on the vintage cannondale community, the chap who built it is most likely located in england, but he and his post both vanished from the forum (there was another pic, but i didn't save it)