Cannondale buildup

[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!!!)

[redrover3]

I really like that paint effect. Mind sharing how you did that? BTW, I ride an old Cannondale too.
Tony

[ACT SC600]

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

[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

[Mulger bill]

Boy, didn't she scrub up nicely Always was a fan of the smooth welds on the US built 'Dales.

[GaryF]

The paint colour really suits the frame and I also like the aesthetics of the build too. Very nice job.

[amrjon]

Love the paint. Nice job.

[utedeej]

Nice job mate, that looks top shelf. Great colour for a Cannondale.

[utedeej]

Lucky you didn't tell me that you were a Broncos support though before i sent that frame your way

[BRLVR.v2]

Nice build man. Love the paint job .

[ldrcycles]

Excellent work. Most important question though, how does she ride?

[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

[redrover3]

Where do you get the pearl spray can?
Tony

[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.

[trailgumby]

Very nicely done

[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...

[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...

[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...

[brettels]

Nice rebuild.....

[ACT SC600]

Nice rebuild.....

cheers mate.....

rode the dale to work today.... nice smooth ride....

a nice sunny pic