Slowbee Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Hey Guys To the all knowing oracle, that is The Hub.... Cannondale used to make framesets from big tubing. Was the only frame I wanted when I was to upgrade from the le turbo frame. What frames did they make before this ? What was the thinking at that time to make frames with such big tubing ? Just scratching around for some info .....
AndreZA Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 All their frames have big tubing but I think it all started with the 3.0 and then 2.8. The think was that you can make the tubing thinner if you make it bigger.
CAAD4 Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Pioneers in their own right. Others soon followed.
nickc Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Yes, they were pretty much the first major manufacturer of big tubed aluminium frames and the rest is history.
Zac.A Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Cannondale are always going to be the 1st to do everything...Everyone else just follows and makes slight adjustments, imo.
101SCC Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Think BB30 and apply it to frame tubing, or is that think Cannondale frame tubing and apply it to a BB = BB30... Those guys at Cannondale are so smart! Big diameter, thin walls = Light and strong Here we go again, LIGHTSTRONGCHEAP Pick two, okay so that's why Cannondales cost allot!
Slowbee Posted October 17, 2011 Author Posted October 17, 2011 do the current models also have big tubing ? and what did the frames look like before ?
nuge Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 they originally made touring equipment, then started making aluminium framed bicycles in the early 80's. the story i read somewhere is that sometime in the 80's they employed some fancy engineer or the other to look into the prospect of this new fangled carbon fibre stuff for making frames. so the guy started by creating something to test a carbon frame against, i.e. the best al frame he could come up with. it turned out that the performance of that aluminium frame was so good that they decided to stick with the metal for the time being.
nickc Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 do the current models also have big tubing ? and what did the frames look like before ? Yes they do - but because all the other manufacturers also use big tubing they look pretty normal. When I first started cycling the Cannondale road bikes were instantly noticable because they were the only ones using big tubing. I don`t recall seeing a skinny Cannondale.
Slowbee Posted October 17, 2011 Author Posted October 17, 2011 where are you retro owners ? Did cannondale start off as tourer bikes ? Did they ever make skinny bikes ?
TNT1 Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 (edited) Bee, try:http://www.vintagecannondale.com/ http://66.147.244.179/~vintagm8/sites/default/files/images/90SR500.jpg Oh, and I'm moving this to the correct forum Edited October 17, 2011 by TNT1
Slowbee Posted October 17, 2011 Author Posted October 17, 2011 eeeiiiiishhh did knot even know where to put it ... chit chat looked good ... is that a skinny frame ?
TNT1 Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 (edited) chit chat looked good ... Yeah, the dumping ground. Tech QA or at least Rant and Rave? Edited October 17, 2011 by TNT1
Slowbee Posted October 18, 2011 Author Posted October 18, 2011 Yeah, the dumping ground. Tech QA or at least Rant and Rave? what ? we have a tech forum ? who owns the cannondale brand ? or the cannondale company ?
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