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BUILD 003

Cannondale Cyclocross

Year
1997
Size
56 cm
Status
archive
A dark Cannondale cyclocross bike with a frame bag, standing on a frosted meadow track with a red-and-white cottage and autumn trees behind.

The story

Built for cyclocross when cyclocross meant a road bike with knobbly tyres and no clearance to speak of. Ours has clearance now.

A frame bag, a wide-range cassette and tyres it was never designed to take. It has been to places its designers would not have signed off on.

Specs

Frame

Material
Cro-moly steel, lugged
Year
1997
Size
56 cm

Fork

Type
Original rigid
Steerer
1 in threaded

Drivetrain

Shifters
Shimano, 2 x 9 speed
Cassette
11 to 34 tooth
Crankset
46 / 30 tooth

Brakes

Type
Cantilever
Levers
Integrated

Wheels

Rims
26 in, double wall
Hubs
Sealed cartridge

Tyres

Front
26 x 2.0 in, tan wall
Rear
26 x 2.0 in, tan wall

Cockpit

Bar
Drop, 46 cm flared
Stem
70 mm
Tape
Cork