here's trouble - 2007 cannondales

[Wonder Woman]

 Cruxie, I had forgotten about that...

 

 

[Man with no name]

Nino Schuter winning the world champs on a SCOTT SCALE 10!!!

 

 

There was, unfortunately, no Cannondales on the day......

Man with no name2006-09-06 09:09:14

[AndreZA]

I will also ride a Scott if I got it for free. Hell, I'll even ride a Schwinn, but if I have to buy it, it's a different story.

[Man with no name]

And I will ride a one-pillared wonder/ lefty if I got it for free. I mean why do you cut your fork by half if you could just ride a carbon frame?

[AndreZA]

And I will ride a one-pillared wonder/ lefty if I got it for free. I mean why do you cut your fork by half if you could just ride a carbon frame?

 

LA had only one nut and look what he achieved. If you don't need it, it's in the way.

[Cruxpearl]

Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!!... Sorry O Nameless one.... Something stuck in my throat!!!

 

According to my information, this is the results of the World Elite Men XC Championships....

 

MTB world championships
Rotorua, New Zealand
August 27

Results, 41.30 kms Elite Men Cross-Country

1 Julien Absalon (France) - Bianchi
2 Christoph Sauser (Switzerland) - Specialized
3 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Sweden) - Cannondale

 

I could find no Nino Schuter nor a SCOTT SCALE 10 in the final Podium Results...

Perchance he was at a different race???

[knappy]

Hey Crux

 

Seems that Cannondale are not that good at delivering if you have been waiting since March!!

 

A little birdie told me that there road bikes will get here quicker..

 

But still don't think that you start buying the 2007 range just yet unless you have a certain TCS delivery man in mind..

 

[Man with no name]

OK OK, so the Nino one was in the Under 23 W/C - BUT a gold in the Under 23 is still better than a Ugh Ugh Ugh Bronze in the Elite I think - especially since Nino normally kicks ol' what his face's butt in the World Cup Circuit. (I could not find a photo of Kessiakoff riding hands in the air over the finish line for bronze at the WC - bad day perhaps??)

 

Nevertheless, the podium still looked like this:

 

Results, 29.5km

1 Nino Schurter (Switzerland)                  1.54.58 (15.39 km/h)

2 Tony Longo (Italy) 0.50

3 Max Plaxton (Canada) 2.34

Nevertheless, the UCI MTB World Cup standings look as follows: 

2006 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup - XCO - Standings - Teams
XC Men
Pl.	Equipe							Total
Pl.	Team	Cura?ao	Madrid	Spa	Fort-William	Mt Ste Anne	Schladming	Total
1	GIANT-RACING-TEAM	92	67	60	59	46		324
2	SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING	75	61	33	40	86		295
3	MULTIVAN MERIDA BIKING TEAM	60	62	67	61	37		287
4	SWISSPOWER MTB TEAM	39	39	34	73	39		224
	(This is the SCOTT sponsored team of Nino Schurter)
5	BIANCHI AGOS	35	40	47	40	32		194
6	CANNONDALE-VREDESTEIN	64	43	17	11	49		184

 

Lucky ride perhaps at the WC's? Indeed so, since Shurter lies above Kessiakoff in the UCI MTB standings

Rang	Code UCI	Nom / Pr?nom	Code ?quipe	Total
Rank	UCI Code	Last Name / First Name	Team Code	Total
1	FRA19800816	ABSALON Julien	BIA	1110
2	SUI19760413	SAUSER Christoph	SFR	830
3	ESP19780824	HERMIDA RAMOS Jose Antonio	MMB	810
4	NED19681010	BRENTJENS Bart	GRT	715
5	GBR19820412	KILLEEN Liam	SFR	552
6	SUI19820218	VOGEL Florian	SPT	513
7	BEL19760427	PAULISSEN Roel	GRT	508
8	SUI19800510	N?F Ralph	MMB	450
9	SUI19860513	SCHURTER Nino*	SPT	421
10	SWE19800517	KESSIAKOFF Fredrik	CAV	382

 

The next CAV rider is in.........23rd place, while SPT has Florian Vogel (unfortunate surname) in 6th place.

 

Happy to provide more information if required!

 

Problem with this post is that it shows Giant to beat both. Give it to me Slowpoke

Man with no name2006-09-06 10:47:27

[Cruxpearl]

[TheLegend]

money, but no clue about cycling = buy cannondale

money and a clue about bikes = not buying cannondale

no money and a clue about cycling = running

 

[steve]

They're stupid unbalanced bikes made for riding clockwise around a mountain..................others just go straight over the mountain.

[Cruxpearl]

No Clue about anything and jealous = TheLegend

No Clue at all and ignorant = steve

[linnega]

 

Honestly, I don't think I would ever consider buying a 'Dale MTB with one of those Lefty forks.  Whether they work or not, I would never be comfortable looking down and seeing a missing fork leg.  The other big issue I have with Cannondale bikes is that there bikes are made in the US.  Mass production in the US simply cannot match the quality produced by the Chinese and Taiwanese.  I would choose any of the Taiwanese brands first - Specialized, Giant, Scott, GT would be near the top of the list.

 

Also, I am with Rock on the innovation issue - for a company that talks about innovation a lot in their marketable material, there is very little to back it up in product development.  The 'Dale bikes are good, solid performers at exotic prices.  You can spend less and get more elsewhere.

 

linnega2006-09-06 14:45:06

[ewep]

Jissie, those MTBs look nice, but as linnega said, I wouldn't trust the lefty.  If you can break a frame, just think how quickly that fork will go.  But the rest is nice!!!

[Thug]

As Crux said...... MTB Porn.

 

Especially that Carbon Scalpel  :Drool Smiley

 

[BikeMax]

  The other big issue I have with Cannondale bikes is that there bikes are made in the US.  Mass production in the US simply cannot match the quality produced by the Chinese and Taiwanese.  I would choose any of the Taiwanese brands first - Specialized' date=' Giant, Scott, GT would be near the top of the list.

[/quote']

 

Not sure I agree with the quality issue; see the quote below from a previous thread on the topic;

 

"I can assure you from personal manufacturing experience, velocipedio, there is a huge difference in QA (quality assurance) between Taiwan and the USA. For many reasons, the quality produced in the USA is significantly better than that produced in Taiwan for virtually all products.

Products produced in Japan are also significantly better than products produced in Taiwan.

Products produced in Britain and Germany are significantly better than products produced in Taiwan"