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I Agree with Johan Borman. We use Red Rubber grease at work for Pneumatics and Hydraulics in our factory. Never had any issues. I service my DT Swiss M210 rear shock and always use Red Rubber grease, no hassle to date.

Hi There is only 1 bike for large riders Cannondale. Look for an old Cad 3 or Caad 5, super strong frames.

I was looking for Mavic rims for my road bike, couldn't see anything on their site. I emailed them and they told me they have an agreement with Mavic that they don't sell anything Mavic to South Africa. All I can think of is the local importers have been complaining about their local sales. I presume the same goes for RaceFace.

Powder coating is great, but I have been told by a few guys to not do it on Aluminium frames. The heat they bake the powder at messes with the tubing and weld areas, running the risk of cracking the frame in those areas.

My custom Cannondale Cad3 Original paint peeled off so had it resprayed. No Decals, all spray painted on.

Bactroban ointment its the best, doesn't leave horrible scaring from drying out.

Ride a 1988 Cannondle Criterium series "Black Lightning" Single chainring, 6 speed. Love riding to work, save loads on fuel bills My area too hilly for SS

Awesome find. Keep it original, paint still looks good, for the scratched areas go to someone that does really good airbrushing, they will be able to tidy those areas up. You could restore but it would loose value. I would say keep it as it is, I have seen loads of Treviso road bikes, but not a track bike. As for the pedals, most track guys in the day preferred to use toe clips and double straps. So I would say those pedals wouldn't have been used on that bike.