After sitting dormant for nearly 25 years, last night I put my Cannondale back on the road. It just needed tires and tubes. The headset has a pit, but for now I can ride around that.
After sitting dormant for nearly 25 years, last night I put my Cannondale back on the road. It just needed tires and tubes. The headset has a pit, but for now I can ride around that.
Pics?
What size motor are you putting in it?
Oh, about 200lbs, fueled by biomass, roughly 1.2 peak horsepower. It should fly!
David S. Wallens wrote: After sitting dormant for nearly 25 years, last night I put my Cannondale back on the road. It just needed tires and tubes. The headset has a pit, but for now I can ride around that.
I just refurbished my old Trek. 12 cog, non-indexed shifting. very old school, but it was hundreds cheaper than buying a new one. I have already lost 5 pounds, going for 20.
pinchvalve wrote: What size motor are you putting in it?
A small one. It only makes 1 editorpower.
Took it for a semi-real ride this evening. Yeah, I might have to replace the headset sooner rather than later.
Rode a few miles this morning. Aside from the headset, I'm happy. The headset isn't that bad, but every now and then I'd find myself right turning on the edge of a pit.
It might just need a good greasing. Mine did.
It's almost certainly the crown race thats pitted or brinneled - since the likelyhood of finding a crown race at the LBS is essentially zero (though I probably have a bunch) you can take it off and re-index it 97 degrees. Just put it someplace where the divots don't line up with the corresponding divots.
As an impoverished bike messenger/racer back in the 'day I did this often.
^ ive seen this done. good to hear about some good biking on here!
Last year, I hauled out my old Cannondale mountain bike, cleaned, lubed and aired up everything and took it out for a nice long ride in the dirt.
It was a great day. Until I endo'd into a swamp. I'm pretty sure that was also the day that I contracted Lyme Disease.
Cannondale did make some nice bikes back in the day, though.
motomoron wrote: It's almost certainly the crown race thats pitted or brinneled - since the likelyhood of finding a crown race at the LBS is essentially zero (though I probably have a bunch) you can take it off and re-index it 97 degrees. Just put it someplace where the divots don't line up with the corresponding divots. As an impoverished bike messenger/racer back in the 'day I did this often.
You know, I was considering that, too.
I did a short ride tonight. I'm digging it. No wheelies, though.
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