1997 Tinker Juarez Cannondale team bike

[FirstFlight]

This is a 1997 Tinker Juarez frame that was likely a spare bike. We received it as a frame, fork and stem and then tried to duplicate a team bike as closely as possible. As sponsors and personal preferences changed, the parts spec changed frequently. This makes duplicating a team bike pretty difficult. If anyone has any suggestions/corrections, let us know.

 

[Sithlord]

Very nice ..

 

[Anthony]

Was it a personal preference of Tinker Juarez to run cantis in 97? I thought the 97 frames and forks didn't have canti bridges, so were his frames altered specially?

Still I read once that he had the padding taken out of his shorts to save weight, so I suppose it wouldn't be all that surprising if he didn't bother with brakes at all!

Did you see the thread about him working out in somebody's back yard play area?

 

[densjo]

Wow man this is the bike that I'm after with. I'm very jealous in a positive way. I'm building a replica myself. What bar is mounted ? Coda Expert ?
I know that there is a Selle Italia Flite Tinker Juarez edition. Sometimes you can find it on Ebay. Maybe an black aluminum Syncros seatpost.

 

[FirstFlight]

I was never able to confirm which bars would have been stock, maybe CODA? The bike currently has Answer bars on it. When did the Tinker seats come out? Might make a neat addition to the bike.

This frame was made in late 1996 and did come with canti mounts front and rear.

 

[densjo]

I saw this seat on his bike in the 98 catalogue.

 

[one-eyed_jim]

Nice bike.

The team shots in the '97 catalogue (page 7) show red rims and silver hubs on all the team bikes - though I guess those would be '96 pictures:

http://sanaandterry.com/cannondale/year/1997/1997.pdf

Coda/Hügi hubs with red X517 rims?

On the other hand, you could always "Ask Tinker":

http://www.tinkerjuarez.com/ask_tinker.htm

 

[LTS Biker]

Nice bike!

I had bitd a Easton EA70 bar with "Cannondale" on it.

 

[Augustus]

My fave era of cannondale.

 

[mattbrown]

my fave colour for a cannondale