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My local bike shop was having a clear out of their "out the back junk" so I took a look and couldn't let this rather neglected Cannondale R400 go to waste.
It was set up as TT bike with reversed Profile seatpost and matching base bars.
It has some aluminium corrosion as most neglected aluminium bikes do, so I'll have to take it back to bare metal .
It was fitted with 6500 crankset, callipers and mechs, all really scruffy.
Luckily the bb threads were good and the octalink BB came out although it was pretty stiff in there.
The headset races were pretty tight in the headtube and took a bit to tap out.
So, it's out with the wet and dry and some arduous evenings prepping it for paint.
I'm not certain which way I'm going to go with the build once painted. Maybe a period groupo or something 11 speed.
Also I'm tempted with a flat bar build as I have a few TT bikes and drop bar stuff already.
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