GeneralOsik
Kona Fan
I just picked up this 1991 SM800 Beast of the East. This is my first Cannondale, and I'm excited to finally dip my toes in this side of vintage mountain biking! I just finished a restoration on a 1991 Trek 990, and I told myself I didn't need another black and orange '91 vintage mountain bike, but this was too good a deal to pass up.
This bike is a hodge podge of mostly catalog correct groupset, with some tasteful period upgrades; DX MT61 pedals, XT M735 headset, steel Ringle Cam Twists, a single pair of DiaCompe 987s in the back, a tattered white Turbo saddle, and a loooong ControlStem. The seat post binder pin is titanium/black ano aluminum, and looks half like a ControlTech and half like an Oddysey or Ringle. Does anyone know what the original binder looked like? The handle bar is a cheap, new, AliExpress aluminum bar, tires are also too wide and rubbed some paint off the stays and front brake bosses. The XT headset somehow had a mismatched, loose bottom race, and both of the LX cranks are seized to the spindle with the threads stripped. I have some of the groupset running in an ultrasonic degreaser bath, and two tan wall Smokes on order. Tomorrow, I'll be going on the hunt for some color matched paint and vinyl decal material, to use once I get working on the frame restoration.
This bike is a hodge podge of mostly catalog correct groupset, with some tasteful period upgrades; DX MT61 pedals, XT M735 headset, steel Ringle Cam Twists, a single pair of DiaCompe 987s in the back, a tattered white Turbo saddle, and a loooong ControlStem. The seat post binder pin is titanium/black ano aluminum, and looks half like a ControlTech and half like an Oddysey or Ringle. Does anyone know what the original binder looked like? The handle bar is a cheap, new, AliExpress aluminum bar, tires are also too wide and rubbed some paint off the stays and front brake bosses. The XT headset somehow had a mismatched, loose bottom race, and both of the LX cranks are seized to the spindle with the threads stripped. I have some of the groupset running in an ultrasonic degreaser bath, and two tan wall Smokes on order. Tomorrow, I'll be going on the hunt for some color matched paint and vinyl decal material, to use once I get working on the frame restoration.
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