What year is my Cannondale??

[leonatico]

I´ve got a Cannondale frame somewhere (not here with me at the moment) and I haven´t seen any other one like it. It´s a M600 Beast of the East with 1.5" full aluminium Pepperoni forks, Force 40 brake system. The original paint was blue, white and red (front, middle and back). It´s got the "long" rear dropouts and a 27.2 seat post. I know it´s exactly the same frame as the M800 Beast of the East that was painted in red but as I said I can´t find it anywhere.
I´ve checked the catalogue on the web but I can´t find it. I remember buying the bike in December but I´m not sure if it was 1993. Anyone out there that has had/seen one?
The frame is now stored somewhere at a friends bike shop, when they find it they´ll give me the serial number.

Saludos from Spain y gracias.

 

[B3]

A friend of mine had a red white & blue beast, it was a warantee replacement when his one broke on the seat tube. This was about '91/'92.

Hope this helps.

ATB

John

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

I´ve got a Cannondale frame somewhere (not here with me at the moment) and I haven´t seen any other one like it. It´s a M600 Beast of the East with 1.5" full aluminium Pepperoni forks, Force 40 brake system. The original paint was blue, white and red (front, middle and back). It´s got the "long" rear dropouts and a 27.2 seat post. I know it´s exactly the same frame as the M800 Beast of the East that was painted in red but as I said I can´t find it anywhere.
I´ve checked the catalogue on the web but I can´t find it. I remember buying the bike in December but I´m not sure if it was 1993. Anyone out there that has had/seen one?
The frame is now stored somewhere at a friends bike shop, when they find it they´ll give me the serial number.

Saludos from Spain y gracias.

Bienvenido

I believe your cannondale, as you describe it, is a 1994. They came in a three tone paint scheme that year. The red, white and blue make me think it might be one made to celebrate the '96 atlantic olympics, but I wasn't able to find a m600 for that year.

Are you sure it's not an m800 with some of the decal rubbed off to look like m600 just kidding

My best guess would be 1994, but check out this site with their many catalogs:
http://www.vintagecannondale.com/catalog.html

good luck and hope this helps.

 

[leonatico]

Thanks for the replies, I painted mine after a few years of racing, maybe 2 or 3 years, and I painted it red with yellow decals, the same as the oficial volvo-cannondale that year, but I think they kept those colours for a few years. I think it might be 1991/92/93 but as I can´t find it in the catalouges maybe someone here had one and can remember the exact year, mine is 6 hours drive from here so it will stay there for a while .