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Cannondale Head Shock replacement?


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Hi, I got an old Cannondale F500 that I want to restore.  The HeadShock is beyond repair.  Can it be replaced with a standard suspension fork, and has anyone done this before?  Thanks!

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you dont need a special cannondale reducer or headset. cane creek makes everything you need to fit a standard fork in an oversized canondale headtube. been there...done that.

Combine that kit with a Lefty4all and put a Lefty on it!

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Combine that kit with a Lefty4all and put a Lefty on it!

LOL..as a matter of fact thats exactly what i did. took a headshock off a trail 1 bike back then...got a Project 321 lefty for all steerer tube for a carbon PBR lefty fork, plonked a cane creek headset in there....and i had myself what was called the cannondale "bad boy" back then. Later swopped it out for a rockshock fork and still used the same headset. ^_^

 

looked VERY similar to this. all blacked out...although the one in the pic is the 2019 version. you basically built 700c wheels onto it and made it a badass looking hybrid.

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The F series hardtail doesn't need a lefty4all kit to fit a Lefty. Just a Lefty and a headshok steerer tube. If op wants to go this way I may have a steerer tube that isn't being used. Was saving it for a project but

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