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Wow Kramazeek.... thanks for sharing your Beast of the East story, it was such a pleasure to read; your mix of modern components does nothing to offend, it's just makes me happy to see it given a new lease of life. It's fair to say I'm a little more than obsessed with this particular model of Cannondale. It's played a constant in my life for 25 years and will continue to do so until my dying day. Yes there are probably better riding bikes out there, but for me, nothing captures the imagination of true mountain biking more than this bike. Riding it immediately transports me to a time and a place where everything is blissfully alright again, a time and place where the world is a little less complicated than it seems nowadays.
I'm so pleased that you've found another and I look forward to following its progress. Have you received your new acquisition yet or is it still winging its way across the pond? It's pretty cool that this machine began its life Stateside, has spent the majority of its life over here in the UK and is now returning home to its place of birth.
My '91 SM800 story continues with another build. Just this weekend I've picked up another machine from a well known and respected frame restorer in Bristol. They've transformed what was a really tatty black with orange spots BotE in to a fresh jade green example. You may remember that this was the other colour option for that year. My black/orange Beast is now 100 per cent catalogue spec (geeky I know), but the jade green will be full XT with various other bling, (build to follow).
I grew up in Bristol and I took the opportunity to spend the day riding there on my original SM800 revisiting some of the spots which meant so much to me as a kid.. here are a few pictures of the day. Hope you enjoy and please keep us up to date with the progress of your build.
Craig
Wow Kramazeek.... thanks for sharing your Beast of the East story, it was such a pleasure to read; your mix of modern components does nothing to offend, it's just makes me happy to see it given a new lease of life. It's fair to say I'm a little more than obsessed with this particular model of Cannondale. It's played a constant in my life for 25 years and will continue to do so until my dying day. Yes there are probably better riding bikes out there, but for me, nothing captures the imagination of true mountain biking more than this bike. Riding it immediately transports me to a time and a place where everything is blissfully alright again, a time and place where the world is a little less complicated than it seems nowadays.
I'm so pleased that you've found another and I look forward to following its progress. Have you received your new acquisition yet or is it still winging its way across the pond? It's pretty cool that this machine began its life Stateside, has spent the majority of its life over here in the UK and is now returning home to its place of birth.
My '91 SM800 story continues with another build. Just this weekend I've picked up another machine from a well known and respected frame restorer in Bristol. They've transformed what was a really tatty black with orange spots BotE in to a fresh jade green example. You may remember that this was the other colour option for that year. My black/orange Beast is now 100 per cent catalogue spec (geeky I know), but the jade green will be full XT with various other bling, (build to follow).
I grew up in Bristol and I took the opportunity to spend the day riding there on my original SM800 revisiting some of the spots which meant so much to me as a kid.. here are a few pictures of the day. Hope you enjoy and please keep us up to date with the progress of your build.
Craig