[Closed] Can someone help me find a cannondale?

I have to admire your persistence. I have been keeping an eye out for you as well.

Does it have to be an old one?

What about this from the 2010 range.

[url= http://gb.cannondale.com/bikes/10/ce/model-0QS_0QSM.html ]Quick CX[/url]

Hi Pete
We are obviously thinking on the same lines as in my desperation I thought about buying one today. However, due to the limited use I expect i will get didn't really want to fork out that much. I mainly want the bike for the paris roubaix sportive in June 2010 and every two years, plus an occasional hack. Thanks for keeping an eye out.
Andy

No worries mate.

What are the time cut offs like for the P-R Sportif? Generous or challenging?

Have you tried posting on one of the American forums? MTBR.COM possibly?

A CX bike will be fine for the P-R but I've done it on a road bike 3 times. Just nothing too stiff! Double thickness bar tape and 25mm tyres. I reckon a suspension seatpost is more useful than a front shox.

I can't remember the time cut-offs exactly (I was always waaay inside the time limit :D) but I think they are pretty generous.

Thanks to both of you. There are no cuts off as far as i know, its not a timed event after all, but after two full distance runs on a roadbike I just want something more comfortable for the pave. I actually found my back/backside was fine- but its the shaking of the front bars that hurt so much, I have two layers of tape and gel but that only really works for micro vibration, its the shaking of the whole bike you cant stop.

try west end cycles in colwyn bay http://www.westendcycles.com/
i used to work there and they had some yellow silk road in stock for a few years that just would not shift.
i recall that they got sick of the sight of them and hung them from the ceiling.i would bet they are still there.
ask for john no one else will know what you are on about.
i would reckon a deal could be had.

Nonk if this leads to success you will get a gift, thanks so much!

May I jump on this bandwagon? I'm casually after one of the CX frames with Headshok, in the largest size they did (60-63cm, I forget what size exactly)...

They have got rid of them sadly- thanks Nonk anyway.

Hi Bez, dont forget the tobe tubes are really long compared to the seat tube length which is the measured size, the geometry is all available in the cannondale archive on their site.

You've sparked my interest - why does it have to be a Cannondale?

Cheers PR, I checked the geometry a long time ago, I just can't remember the largest size - think it's 61 or 62 but pretty sure it's smaller than the 63cm road frame (which I have and which fits me fine, and IIRC has the same TT as the largest CX).

Dez, the Headshok needs a huge head tube to fit the suspension in it. It's all proprietary Cannondale stuff. Normal frames just won't work. Though you could do it with an old RockShox Ruby fork, if you can find one, and if it still works, and even then it's nowhere near as good as a (working) Headshok.

Dez, Headshok also has very limited travel in the fatty-x guise (15-25mm), and is very stiff, tracking like a normal road fork when locked out- the lockout is the best in the business (it genuinely feel like a rogid fork), even in the fork internals are a bit dated, and for all the road sections I would lock it.
The spares are still available to service the short travel ones so condition would not be vital.

Ah, I misread the original post, so you're actually after a road frame that takes sus forks?
Like this
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You looking at the perfect machine

Also forgot to mention, as cross racing will not be its main use, it could have disc brakes aswell, like their 2004 street x model.