Old Cannondale Catalogs

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> 1973 (cont)

Here is their "bugger" trailer. I wonder if this sold well in the UK?

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> 1973 (cont.)

One Bugger model carried kids

> 1974

Nothing really new in this catalog but you see the bike touring products come before the hiking equipment they were primarily selling in 1973. The shift towards a cycling company

Here is an image of a train station at the end of both the 73 and 74 catalogs. You can see where the original Cannondale logo design came from

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>>1014400
picture

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> 1980

Still not making bikes. But lots of new pannier options

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> 1980 (cont)

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> 1981

Spiderbags

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> 1981 (cont)

* Moonshadows
* Quicksilver LTD
* REDALERT

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> 1981 (cont.)

Cannondale laid down some Surly-level manifestos before those guys were out of diapers

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> 1981 (cont.)

More manifesto with a strong helping of Patriotism

>Going from absolute garbo surly to based cannondale,manufacturer of literally the best alu frames in existence.

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> 1982

I am in love with this model. Big hair.

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>>1014428

>1982 (cont.)

Drillium racks ya'll

>>1014420

To be clear I'm not a Surly fanboy but I thought their history was important. I am in love with pre-outsourcing Cannondales though, I've owned four

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> 1983

Cook your taint with the new Cannondale Sheepskin Seat Cover

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> 1983 (cont.)

COWABUNGA

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> 1983 (cont.)

The year of the touring shoe. you can still find these on eBay

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> 1832 (cont.)

New England WASP aesthetic is too good here.

Also: remember when women were all skinny and cute?

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> 1984

THE BIKE IS BORN

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> 1984 (cont)

First blurb

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> 1984 (cont)

Technical blurbs. The take-away is that their claimed goal was stiffness

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> 1984 (cont.)

The picture

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> 1984 (cont.)

Geometry details

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>>1014441
>>1014440
>>1014439
>>1014438
>>1014436

I fucked up, these are all from the second 1983 catalog, not 1984

Keep that in mind. First cannondale bike was 1983. the 1984 catalog is next

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> 1984

The Cannondale SM-300. 24" rear, 26" front. Rumor has it that they couldn't get the rear triangle right and were forced to use 24". Unsubstantiated.

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> 1984 (cont.)

SM specs

>>1014442
What was the reason they gave for selling this thing?

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> 1984 (cont.)

The Aluminum Advantage

Really makes you think (about how this sounds like a modern Carbon Fiber press release)

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> 1985
Aluminum
NOT STEEL

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>>1014446

'Our 24" rear wheel increases traction for climbing in steep, muddy terrain'

> 1985 (cont.)

This has to be the most insane PR blurb I've ever seen...

1. "The stiffest production frame in the world"
2. "Ride 100 miles without experiencing the bone-jarring fatigue of harsh riding steel frames"

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> 1984 (cont.)

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> 1985 (cont.)

specs

$595

Inflation adjusted this bike was $1,300

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> 1985 (cont.)

Touring model

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> 1985 (cont.)

24" wheel continues

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> 1984 (cont.)

I think this one has been overlooked by history, but it looks like a modern flat bar touring bike.

It's a town/country bike. But looks awesome for touring. Widest tires of the bunch at 26x1.5"

This bike has dual 26" wheels, so I think the myths about the 24" rear on the ATB can be silenced. Cannondale probably actually believed in the 24 rear design

>>1014464
>>1014467

Now I'm remembering the conspiracy theory about the 24" rear had to do something with the brakes and the seatstays.

Looking at both of these I'm wondering why they aren't canti in the rear

Maybe there is some truth to it. The canti's flexing the seatstays too much probably

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> 1984 (cont.)

Interesting claims:

1. Aluminium is stiff AND shock absorbant

2. Aluminum does not fatigue with time

[spoiler] but it will with "use" [/spoiler]

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> 1986

20.25 lbs

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> 1986 (cont.)

*inflation adjusted: $1,758.05
*half step gearing?
*ideal 92 saddle
* 28/44/48 x 13-30 freewheel
* high gear 99.7"
* low gear 25.2"
* 27" wheels

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> 1986 (cont.)

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> 1987

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> 1987 (cont.)

the Black Lightning

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> 1987 (cont)

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> 1988 more of the same

> 1989 criterium frame

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> 1989 (cont.)

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> 1990

700c x 35mm . pretty cool

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> 1991

estays

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> 1991 (cont.)

STIs

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> 1991 (cont.)

Tri

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> 1991 (cont.)

Crazy grip shifting in the lower model touring bike

Hi SRAM

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> 1992

Delta V appears

Very interesting thread

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> 1993

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> 1993

2.8 series was 2.8lb at size 56cm

1 1/4 headset, all aluminum fork

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> 1994

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> 1994

first CX bike

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> 1994

Silk Road 3000

The Slate is just a recycled meme

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> 1994

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> 1995

first BMX

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> 1995

Wood fenders
suspension
cannondales fop mobile?

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> 1995

First step through

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> 1995

650C compact road bike

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> 1996

first downhill

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> 1996

first full carbon but can't tell if this was actually sold

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> 1997

Super V replaces Delta V

>>1015290
COLLECTIBLE AS FUCK

>>1015286
>quill stem
Fucking why

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> 1997

Beast of The East fully rigid is still a thing

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> 1997

CODA 701m crankset. The chainrings are all one piece

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> 1997

Multisport frame.

* 75 deg seat angle + 72 deg head angle
* aero bars
* Suspension fork

WANT

Write up says "38cm chainstays" which seems impossible but I think the lower non-suspension models are 650c wheels

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> 1997

Hey cool there's a drug dealer in the catalog

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> 1998

Super V Raven

""more than a half pound light than our aluminum Super V frame, and is built around a lightweight, invenstment-cast aluminum spine. Two carbon fiber skins sandwich the spine"

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> 1998

Seated Sports Technology

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> 1998

S A E C O
A
E
C
O

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> 1999

Carbon-ish Downhill bike

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> 1999

first full-dick standard mtbs

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> 1999

xs800 CX suspension my #1 dream bike

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> 1999

Super V "SRB" (smooth riding bike)

I don't mind it desu

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> 1999

First road triple I've noticed

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> 1999

Travel Agents

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> 2000

Lefty fork

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> 2000

B A D B O Y
A
D
B
O
Y

Disc
700c
suspesnion
1x

16 years ago

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> 2001

Jekyll frames

can't read the text in these shitty scans. Why this frame I do not know

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> 2001

Flat bar "road warriors"

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> 2001

First flat bar touring bikes

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> 2001

Silk City Jekyll

pretty much an abomination

visually similar the the Jekyll Bad Boy option this year

There are Jekyll frames all over the catalog

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> 2002

woody paint

What the fuck is cannondale doing

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> 2002

The Scalpel

This bike has carbon chainstays designed to FLEX

Very ballsy. Of course, I think they eventually crack. But I know someone with one from this year that is still fine

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> 2002

First recumbent

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> 2002

Bad Boy Scalpel is too weird not to post

29er when? You're putting 700c wheels on mtb frames for christ's sake

I think cannondale officially lost their way in 2000-2002, looking at these catalogs

The basic road and MTB offerings are solid. The rest of the line looks insane. Also the paint jobs have become hideous

Cannondale filed for bankruptcy protection in 2003. They'd been trying to sell Motorcycles and ATVs since the late 90s

I think you can tell by the quality of the 2001-2002 catalogs that things had turned to shit and bad ideas were getting passed along the line due to negligence, financial issues, etc

>>1014431
that looks like it could either be super comfy or destroy your gooch

>>1014467
Just slap a Rivendell badge on it and it's modern af

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>>1014474
>that paint job

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> 2003

Is this a Cannondale catalog or Aliexpress page

>>1015325
SLACK
L
A
C
K

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> 2003

Pretty much nothing new at all in 2003. All rehashed stuff. Except this sweet single speed MTB the FG1 headshok

Forgotten cannondale that I wish I had. Also came full rigid

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> 2004

1FG ultra is shown very early in the catalog and has unique edge typography. Maybe it sold well in 2003

Catalog shows eccentric BB

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> 2004

ONE
( NOTHING WRONG WITH ME )

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> 2004

TWO
( NOTHING WRONG WITH ME )

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> 2004

THREE
( NOTHING WRONG WITH ME )

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> 2004

One track frame was being sold as a "messenger" frame. Carbon fork. Can't tell if the geometry was different

This year was mostly a train wreck, aesthetically

The motorcycle division was sold off and the company is now owned by Pegasus Capital Advisors - an investment firm (who are going to start outsourcing frame production and capitalize on the Cannondale name.)

Very sad

>>1015332
those wheels are DANK

>>1015338

They are gippemme. I had a set on the 2003 r800

They were kinda heavy and once the rear went out of true I sold them

As far as I know I've only seen them on 03 and 04 cannondale and they were weird looking but not particularly good

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> 2005

Oddly asethetic imo

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> 2005

first trials geom

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> 2005

new MTB frame is the prophet

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> 2006

Carbon + aluminum frame

In 2006 we also have a SS trials bike

In 2005 they also added disc CX and a police cruiser that looks like a silk city Jekyll.

Nothing exciting going on

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> 2007

Strange suspension cruiser bikes. There are some BOS shit-tier models making an appearance as well

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>>1015360

*2006

> 2006

first IGH model the fifty fifty

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> 2006

Euro-only townie bike

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> 2006

Euro only Rolhoff

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> 2007

Caffeine 29'er frames

Surly has had a 29er for five years now

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> 2007

Carbon roadies Synapse with the ugly seatstays

That's about it for Cannondale.

You can see where Surly took over on innovation in the early 2000s.

They were beautiful bikes. If we could have had a Made In USA cannondale still going, beating Surly at their game, they would have been the greatest bike company of all time

RIP

>>1015370
Can you do this with other companies? Godly thread, thanks

>>1015308
The crazy suspension from this era, and particularly the lefty fork still weirds me out to this day.