Hopefully not a lost cause...

okay,
Have been given this frame by my uncle, got it in pretty wretched condition,
but a few hours with a buffer and some brasso and it was nice and shiny.
Couldn't say why, but i've got a sweet spot for this frame. picked up the Paces for chips from ben haywards,
Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this before i commit to some wheels and whatnot,
i was thinking building up some 26" with a flip flop on the back to switch fixed/free and run thin slick tyres or something.
potential for polo? i have no idea.
SO yeah, any thoughts welcome (:

P.s wheels for display purposes only, just ones from my road bike i put on to see what it looked like.

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Oooooooo 'dale

they Are nice

Aye, I've always liked this frame, i'ts got hench chainstays and a properly tight rear triangle for hill climbs etc.
Weird dropouts which extend quite far away from the chainstay and nice filed down welds.

I think all cannondale welds are filed down, you know that frame has a life time warranty!

gotta love them.

do you know which model it was?

Nah i don't actually, and no i didn't know about the lifetime warranty either,
the frame actually has a small crack somewhere on the seattube, near the clamp according to Jim (uncle). Is lifetime ambiguous? like, the life of the product sort of thing? because it is pretty old, and has been ridden across costa rica in its time.
Quite interesting though, might do a it of research into that cheers.

http://gb.cannondale.com/policies/

there you go, have a look at warranty policy

Hmm, doesn't look hopeful, eh well, thanks though.
i think i found the model though, SM1000 1991 jetfighter silver.
As far as i can see.

Please, please don't use those forks for polo.