Goodbye old friend..

With Tracy's new bike (see below) the parking problem in the apartment was becoming bothersome. This was alleviated somewhat by the sale last night of my Cannondale. The Cannondale was a Caad4 frame (very light, stiff, expensive) with full XTR group components. I bought it in 2000 through an on-line classified ad at mtbr.com, from a professor in Indiana who owned it for about a year.

During my time with the bike, I converted it to disk brakes, then swapped out the Headshock for a 100mm travel fork, and ultimately stripped it down into a singlespeed. I thoroughly enjoyed the bike in every configuration, but it couldn't make the jump to the next level (and thus achieve perfect enlightenment): it isn't convertible to a 29'er.

A friend had recently announced his interest in Cannondale hardtails at a dinner party, and being a taller guy, the match was made. Shimizu-san's interest though is in light, stiff, racing hardtails, so I converted the bike into this form for sale:





(Notice how the color changes from green to purple? It also can shimmer gold with the right light... It's DuPont's Chromaleen Purplusion.. Or Purpleen Chromalusion?)

Shimizu-san took delivery last night, and promises to ride everyday. Gambatte!