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Putting "Normal" Shock on Cannondale Frame, Help Please (6 posts)
|  Putting "Normal" Shock on Cannondale Frame, Help Please | B.R. Simmons
Mar 18, 2003 3:21 PM | | Hi guys,
Has anyone done this and have pics? Is it hard to do? Can you use a normal 1 1/8 headset? How the heck does it work? LMK, thanks! |
| re: Putting "Normal" Shock on Cannondale Frame, Help Please | Phat Head
Mar 18, 2003 4:48 PM | | it is possible, but you have to use a headtube reducer. not sure who even makes them anymore. the problem is that it causes the stack height to be higher and slows steering down. it can be done though. |
| re: Putting "Normal" Shock on Cannondale Frame, Help Please | flatusboy
Mar 18, 2003 4:52 PM | | Check out this site.
http://www.clcconcepts.com/products/cdale.html
My friend has a old Super V and just did this.
Sorry no pics...yet. |
| CLC Concepts, the best solution! | japanrider
Mar 18, 2003 5:13 PM | | Headtube reducers are still available from many on-line sources, but I recommend the CLC Concepts C'Dale adaptor. Visit the link in the post above.
I installed my own in about an hour while drinking a beer, but a bike shop could do it quicker with better tools.
I've been riding my Cannondale on some really rough trails since adding a 100mm Judy; the bike has become a very capable trail bike instead on an XC racer. The C'Dale adaptor is well made and will never need any more attention, and the Cannondale sealed bearings are pretty much maintenance free, compared to a standard 1 1/8 inch headset.
Would like to post a pic, but I'm on the road today, and away from my own PC. Maybe can upload some tonight..
Make the swap, you'll be happy with your decision! |
| CLC Concepts, the best solution! | B.R. Simmons
Mar 18, 2003 7:41 PM | | Thanks for the info guys:) |
| CLC Concepts, the best solution! | Darko
Mar 18, 2003 10:52 PM | | The new Cane Creek's DoubleX 1 1/2 and 1 1/8 headset is also an option - see their homepage (price?). You can also make your own design with the standard headsed (ordinary - outside (problem with the bigger height) or integrated). I am constructing the adapters for integrated headset right this days. It takes some measuring/combinating and a skilled worker with the lathe. |
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