Looking to purchase my first road bike (something to get me back to being more active). Saw this Cannondale on marketplace. Seller is asking for $220 and is about an hour and half away from me.
I don’t know much about this specific model but he has made some changes to it which i don’t believe are drastic (but what do i know).
Here are the specs. Please let me know if it’s worth the asking or if i should negotiate a better price:
“Seller description:
Cannondale Cad 2 silktour 700
Vintage style Cannondale
USA Made!
In good condition!
Large size
54cm frame
700 c wheels
24 speeds
3×8 Shimano STX
Bar end shifters*
Brand new handlebar tape
“
I’d be using this to ride on the road for the most part and some light gravel (when entering parks with bike lanes etc.)
Appreciate the help!
by weebea
4 Comments
Here’s more images of the bike. [CAD2 700](https://imgur.com/a/a2Zw10y)
don’t buy some bike with barend-shifters if this is not exactly what you are looking for. for most people this is a clumsy, cumbersome, inconvenient and borderline dangerous workaround solution to a common roadbike-conversion part-incompatibility issue.
(means: most likely this bike didn’t originally have dropbars and got them retrofitted. but halfway through it was realized there are no (cheap) brifters available for the installed group and barends are the only viable solution left…)
(also notice it has v-brakes which would be very unusual for a roadbike and is a huge constraint on the parts you can use. it almost disqualifies the frame to be used as a roadbike…)
a few people enjoy the simple mechanical elegance of these shifters… but this is for the advanced taste.
get something where brake and shifter is in one lever. used bikes with a claris groupset should be plenty in this pricerange, for example.
If the shock is cooked it’s not worth it. Also, I don’t know if it’s worth it if the shock ***IS*** perfect. I think it is a medium/18” frame (unsure) and almost 30 years old. Back then an 18” frame would typically be ridden by someone between 5’7”-ish to 5’11”-ish. Guessing on size range.
The seller should explain how them came to the measurement.
It’s a very old bike with rare proprietary parts and bar ends shifters. If you’re asking, you’re not a collector, and if you’re not a collector this is not the best choice of bike.