Cannondale Aficionados / Owners

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Does ale ever sell in cans?

/pedant

John Smiths?

What is Tennants?

Boddingtons?

Old Speckled Hen

My frame is matt black, and so is my electric tape...

Jack Black's brother?

John Smiths?

What is Tennants?

Boddingtons?

Old Speckled Hen

Jack Black's brother?

It took me two years to know what I want/finish this build. It was a journey with rodeo inserts.

It took you two years to make a hybrid?

To choose parts, obviously. This is no hybrid, though. It is single in everything, purpose as well.

Here's my old 'Dale. I bought the frame & forks brand new in 1999.
It's a CAAD3 Martyn Ashton Trials Team Replica. Same geometry as the Beast Of The East.
Built up as a 1x9 street machine from day one.

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Here it is in CX-race-pit-bike mode just before I stripped it to build my Pompino.

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^^^^ interesting rotors. What are they? The static lefty... Hmmm not sure about that.

^ love the Volvo colors. The wishbone stay is awesomeness too.

Unemployment thread –>

Howard, rotors are fresh from Kettle Cycles, SiC ceramic. About the static lefty (must remember this!), I get stopped by many to tell me how wrong this fork is. Some even get quite angry at the sight of it. I find it fascinating. Hi-speed descents are a riot on this bike. It's very stable and very late braking is possible...

Hah - yes, I've read about other people thinking the bike is broken because of the single sided fork.

As an aesthetic only piece I do like the look of it, but as I understand it there's no real advantage to it and a couple of minor downsides (hub selection, wheel removal etc).

There's also a super-curious static-lefty headshok which strikes me as utterly bonkers...

Nice bike though, tidy.

Just ordered a Supersix Evo Red from work. Can't wait to rip some hills on it.

Awesome frame, I love the rear brake cable routing.

Yur, I'm thinking about switching the wheels out for Ksyrium SLRs pretty soonish, and it'll get a Thomson finishing kit on it as soon as it turns up. I need to get some road pedals and shoes too, but I don't have enough dollar so it's ATACS for a bit...

psst..

http://www.stradawheels.co.uk/shop/stans-notubes-ztr-alpha/

1255g tubeless ready.

Bullshit they weigh 1255

No way they weigh that, no way they're better than SLRs

Have you fucking SEEN them?! Ksyrium SLRs are the meanest.

CX Ray spokes - 52 = 234g
NoTube Alpha 340 = 770g (pairs)
Strada hubs = 287g (pairs)

add up to 1291g, not sure where the 36g gone, and I haven't included the nipple.

Unless the hubs is build up with Extralite Ultralite SLX that weight less than 190g for a pairs.