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Cannondale buildup
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:19 pm
by ACT SC600
Hi, just a few pics of my Cannondale build up
Started with the bike I picked up from evil bay
Stripped it when it got home
Decided on Phantom black for the forks and stem
And Ultimate Green for the frame
Pearl
The proud painter
Part assembled with the original 105 groupset
Then I stumbled on a Tiagra groupset 9 speed on allclassifieds for a bargain
Downtube
Giant stem painted
SRAM 8 from a 9 on a 126mm hub
Tiagra crank
BBB speed bar with cannondale cork tape
Drivers side crank
Hopefully this in the right place (20 plus years young!!!)
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:35 pm
by redrover3
I really like that paint effect. Mind sharing how you did that? BTW, I ride an old Cannondale too.
Tony
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:49 pm
by ACT SC600
redrover3 wrote:I really like that paint effect. Mind sharing how you did that? BTW, I ride an old Cannondale too.
Tony
Cheers Tony... It's quite easy... All done with pressure packs (rattle cans).. Lay down the base color, the lay down the pearl over the base once this is done lightly sand back with 600 then lay on 5 ~ 6 light coats of clear.
I googled the paint code for the Ford RS color then I went into my local auto paint store and they made up the two tins (I had some clear at home)... While I was in the store they had a specials bin with a tin of the phantom black in which I also bought for forks and stem
This is the original crank I painted before I purchased the Tiagra groupset
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:27 am
by ACT SC600
Some specs
Frame - Cannondale 3.0 SC 600 feb 91 build 60cm (orig full 105 groupset)
Forks - Cannondale
Wheels - F - Araya rim with 105 hub R - rim with 105 (126mm) hub running SRAM 9 speed cassette with 8 sprockets
Headset - 105
Stem - quill stem adapt w Giant stem, BBB speedbar and Cannondale logo cork tape
brakes - Tiagra
Seat - Tioga
FD - 105 braze on
RD - Tiagra
Brifters - 9 speed Tiagra with 1st locked out on Rd
Cables - shimano & jagwire l3
Stickers - evilbay special (best I could find to suit this model)
pedals - VP SPD
Some interesting things about it... Don't break the cable guides!!! Very hard to find.. Also my frame has a rear dropout spacing at 128mm
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:45 am
by Mulger bill
Boy, didn't she scrub up nicely
Always was a fan of the smooth welds on the US built 'Dales.
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:17 am
by GaryF
The paint colour really suits the frame and I also like the aesthetics of the build too. Very nice job.
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:26 am
by Ferrovelo
Love the paint. Nice job.
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:44 am
by utedeej
Nice job mate, that looks top shelf. Great colour for a Cannondale.
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:00 am
by utedeej
Lucky you didn't tell me that you were a Broncos support though before i sent that frame your way
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:54 am
by BRLVR.v2
Nice build man. Love the paint job .
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:03 pm
by ldrcycles
Excellent work. Most important question though, how does she ride?
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:36 pm
by jaseyjase
awesome awesome job, also a very big fan of these dales. I believe this model was also one of the higher end crit models back in the day.
still kicking myself for letting one go in my size for wayyy too cheap
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:48 pm
by redrover3
Where do you get the pearl spray can?
Tony
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 4:11 pm
by munga
try autobarn. you need to ask for it and it will be made specifically for you. you won't find it on the shelf.
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:33 pm
by trailgumby
Very nicely done
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:59 pm
by ACT SC600
Thanks for the great comments... In the sun the paint looks awesome... And the ride is nice and smooth (been riding just on my street as I was waiting for my SPD shoes to show up - finally showed up today!!) Since I posted the orig pics I landed some Felt rims which I put on so I now have 18 gears and the 105s on Arayas have been donated to the Pace bike... I have the Syntace bars which are now phantom black but I am still tossing up if I should put them on...
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:46 pm
by ACT SC600
Put 40ks on it today... Man it's a nice ride... I even got up to and held onto 45ks an hour up a long stretch...
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:04 pm
by ACT SC600
Bit of an update for the Dale
It now runs
Quill stem
Nitto bars
Shimano 105 5600 levers with white HUDZ
White cables
Tektro brakes
105 braze on FD
Ultegra RD
Ultegra crankset and BB
Ultegra Chain
105 10sp cassette
Ultegra wheels
Cannondale C2 seat post and White Selle XO seat
Hope you enjoy...
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:50 pm
by brettels
Nice rebuild.....
Re: Cannondale buildup
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 3:43 pm
by ACT SC600
brettels wrote:Nice rebuild.....
cheers mate.....
rode the dale to work today.... nice smooth ride....
a nice sunny pic