‘98 Cannondale F700
January 25th, 2007My Cannondale family expands again. This time I picked up a late 90s “flaming yellow” F700. The bicycle — like Carrie the Commuter Bike — is comprised of a CAAD3 frame, but this one is the mountain bike version. Yes, finally I own a real mountain bike!
This is not to slight The Tank, my virtually indestructible Raleigh M300 that is sitting in my friend Adam’s garage in California right now. It’s just that without front suspension, The Tank wasn’t the most optimal for really gnarly singletrack. Ditto for The Tanks’ 33 lbs. or whatever it weighs. In contrast, this F700 — despite being equipped with Cannondale’s proprietary HeadShok suspension — only weighs 25.2 lbs. That is one pound lighter than the Reynolds recumbent and even 0.2 lbs. lighter than Carrie when the latter is equipped with a rear rack, lock, pannier, and rat-cage […]
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