Cannondale proto surfaces!

May 11th, 2006 by Cloxxki

For those that missed it : the rumors are true! This is a proto that will be ridden in the Great Divide Race this year. No more info right now.

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1 monk3y mike on May 11th, 2006 at 9:42 am

Damn that’s an ugly paint job! I always thought the Lefty would make a wicked 29er fork. Wonder if they took a standard Lefty and built the frame around it or redesigned the 26″ version?
2 Tim Grahl on May 11th, 2006 at 9:45 am

Yeah I’m with ya on the paint job but it’s always cool to see another major player jumping into the 29er fray.

And I’ve never ridden a lefty fork… are they any good?
3 bergie on May 11th, 2006 at 10:55 am

Is that bike being ridden by Mathew Lee?
4 monk3y mike on May 11th, 2006 at 1:35 pm

Lefty forks are amazingly rigid (kind of like the Headshoks) contrary to the appearance. The only downside is all the proprietary parst. I know a couple who both ride Lefty’s (on a SS and a gearie racer) and they have let me putt-putt about on them. I was skeptical at first but quickly became a believer. I just loathe alumnium frames though…
5 Guitar Ted on May 11th, 2006 at 4:58 pm

bergie: Yes, It’s the one he will be riding in GDR.

Tim: Check out what Mike Curiak has to say about the Lefty on a 29″er Leviathan on the mtbr.com 29″er forum. The thread was a sticky on top of the forum last I looked. In short, yes, they are awesome! Jeff K and Carlos at the shop I work at are both on C’Dale Rush’s with the Lefty Carbons and they rave about them.
6 Oliver on May 12th, 2006 at 12:24 am

Love C-dale’s! I know what my next bike will be if it makes it into production. Unless they have a Rush 29er up their sleeve.
7 jeffrey on May 15th, 2006 at 11:31 am

the guy on a cannondale team sed he would have the first pictures next week and you guys have it now I LOVE YOU
8 Cloxxki on May 15th, 2006 at 11:45 am

Gee Jeffrey, I think you’re a really swell guy yourself!

Really, I just got a tip that the pic was out in the open on an MTBR forum.

There’s still a rumor floating around of a lady racer having been spotted testing a Cannondale FS 29″er. Perhaps the team guy make shed some light into that? Also, there may be other hardtails that just this one. Prototypes for a brand new to 29″ers typically don’t come alone. Even my proto Cube frame has an identical sybling in a German basement somewhere…
9 d on May 24th, 2006 at 2:10 am

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