What Cannondale model is this....?

ExeterSimon
ExeterSimon Posts: 830
edited July 2008 in Workshop
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2239457/

Kit includes:

Shimano 600 Chainset and Cranks
Shimano STX headset
Loder forks (?)
Selle Italia Gel sadal
Shimano 600 brakes
Shimano Ultegra front hub
Shimano Sora Flightdeck shifters/breaks
Mavic SUP Maxtal S 6000 Ceramic rims

Judging by the badge design it's from 1997-1999 but I can't find it in any of the catalogues from those years. I bought it second hand earlier in the year but its just been gathering dust unused.

Any help gratefully received as I'd like to sell it!
Whyte 905 (2009)
Trek 1.5 (2009)
Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Comp (2007)

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  • roger645
    roger645 Posts: 111
    Errrr, a cad3 based on the top tube sticker??
    Current Steed: 02 Marin Tiburon
  • ExeterSimon
    ExeterSimon Posts: 830
    CAD stands for Cannondale Advanced Aluminium Design....ie the material used to make the frame. CAD3 is used to make several Cannondales...from MTBs to Hybrids and of course road bikes.

    I may be a MTBer but I ain't thick and can read!
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    ExeterSimon wrote:
    CAD stands for Cannondale Advanced Aluminium Design....ie the material used to make the frame. CAD3 is used to make several Cannondales...from MTBs to Hybrids and of course road bikes.

    I may be a MTBer but I ain't thick and can read!

    Well it's a CAD3 with the equipment you've said it's got then.

    This how the CAAD9s are named:

    e.g. Cannondale Caad9 Tiagra Triple 2008 Road Bike
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  • ExeterSimon
    ExeterSimon Posts: 830
    Cheers Red...someone else has told me it's an R400...but I can't find anything to back this up.
    Whyte 905 (2009)
    Trek 1.5 (2009)
    Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Comp (2007)
  • roger645
    roger645 Posts: 111
    ExeterSimon wrote:
    CAD stands for Cannondale Advanced Aluminium Design....ie the material used to make the frame. CAD3 is used to make several Cannondales...from MTBs to Hybrids and of course road bikes.

    I may be a MTBer but I ain't thick and can read!

    I wasn't suggesting you couldn't, after seeing the pic I searched on CAD3 and saw some bikes that looked the same. :?
    Current Steed: 02 Marin Tiburon
  • ellieb
    ellieb Posts: 436
    Looks to me like it has been built from different bits. I don't think it is a Cannondale model. There are too many non-Cannondale bits.
  • Bugly
    Bugly Posts: 520
    the forks, threaded steerer, headset shimano 600 would put it back in the late nineties, early 2000s saw Cannondales moving to carbon forks although they were still producing bikes built on CAD3 frames til 2001/2002 from memory.
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Looks like a Cannondale to me - the fact that it has smooth / filed welds - the name on the downtube should be under the lacquer, not a sticker over the top. I'm not sure that's the original fork, and even if it is, aluminium forks generally give a terrible ride - flexy and harsh at the same time, so a carbon fork upgrade would be worthwhile. The groupset might be a bit later - from memory, Sora didn't get launched until post-2000. I wouldn't worry about the model designation - Cannondale generally had one model of frame and the model designation depended on the bits hanging off it, rather than any change to the frame.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,551
    What Monty said - a CAD3 is enough as the Rxxx numbering classification was based on the finishing kit the bike came with.
  • Akirasho
    Akirasho Posts: 1,892
    I think Cannondale came up with different paint and graphics depending on which side of the pond the bike was to be sold... and during that era, here in the States, they were a tad loose (one year's CAAD3 or R600 might be next year's CAAD2 or R400)... but a CAAD3 frame is quite decent and worthy of longterm use (albeit, the 1" steerer might make future "upgrades" a tad more difficult).
  • ExeterSimon
    ExeterSimon Posts: 830
    Thanks for the replies guys...any idea what sort I price I can expect? Want to get what I can for the bike build fund!
    Whyte 905 (2009)
    Trek 1.5 (2009)
    Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Comp (2007)
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,551
    Stick it on ebay with a ten day listing and a low starting price and hope people think they are getting a bargain. If you're lucky you'd get £150-£200 for it I would have thought.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,551
    Or split it and sell it piece by piece - whole bikes don't command good prices so you can normally get more for it by selling like that.
  • Akirasho
    Akirasho Posts: 1,892
    ExeterSimon wrote:
    Thanks for the replies guys...any idea what sort I price I can expect? Want to get what I can for the bike build fund!

    ... while it's still quite a capable steed, there are too many newer models at relatively modest prices about for it to have a draw for anyone save a 'Dale fanatic (I own 6 'Dales so I guess I'm a fan). On this side of the Atlantic, you'd be lucky to sell it as is for $400 USD even though I still feel that the frame alone would be worth nearly as much (at least a few years ago)...

    Are they rarer and more coveted elsewhere and in the UK?

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