The Ultimate 90s Cannondale Gravel Conversion Is Finished!
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2022
- After months of planning, collecting, cat treats, painting and re-painting I've FINALLY finished the gravel project!
And what a project it's been, never have I done a build this involved and there's been times I've been disheartened but it was all worth it as I think this is one of the best looking bikes I've ever had!
HUGE thanks to Lucy at Indiprint
www.indibike.co.uk/
Ande at Vandal Metalworks
www.thevandalmetalworks.com/
Wayne Walton and my sponsors Light Bicycle and Hayes for all their help getting the bike finished!
I don't plan on doing much filming on this bike as riding gravel tracks isn't the most exciting but I hope the build series has kept you entertained!
I'd love to know your thoughts, let me know below.
Thanks for watching and see you next week, I hope you have a good one!
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Tan bar tape and saddle would look sweet, great build
That’s a good shout
I agree, tan leather saddle and bar tape would look smashing. Tan and blue work fantastic together.
Fantastic call. That would look mint.
@@Ali_Clarkson If you DO make the change, would you be so kind as to do a little show and tell? I'd love to see that (as I'm sure others would). Cheers!
Y pick yellow
Happy to help glad it’s finally done and looking so great! Beauty of our graphics are being vinyl wrap so you don’t need that much water with them. Especially with the clear application tape. Still a top job!
So good job! Respect! Hello from Ukraine
The bike is the right colour too! 🇺🇦
Screw Putin much love from Canada
@Rodrigo not on dude bad form
Feltétlenül ide kellett böfögni, hogy ukrajnában baszódsz... Sokat tesz a kommenthez, és nagyon releváns a tartalmat nézve. Ugyan olyan bohóc lehetsz mint az elnököd.
@Rodrigo very uncool.
You win. This is the most intelligent best build I've seen on UA-cam. Thank you
Stunning build. 👍👍
Epic build Ali! The thing that impressed me the most is that you found a hanger for it, so hard to find hangers for retro bikes!
Leaving another comment to make sure you see it, Cable ties on the heashok boot!
It does have two but I need to reposition the bottom one slightly lower 👍🏻
that came out so well! extremely beautiful build! now don't forget to film some rides with it, we want to see that for sure!
Sooo cool man!! Frame looks sick! A tip to avoid the 2001 vibes (which has been awesome btw, tho) is to install cups separately (and it may be painful anyway) because both together are quite impossible to get it straight
Seeing this build reminds me of flipping through bike mags decades ago. This was somewhat of an iconic colour for Cannondale back then. Nicely done, man.
my favourite colour scheme, however, not my fave Cannondale frame through!
I seriously like that! I had an Iris blue (really dark metallic blue) killer v800 from new back in 1998, kept it until the early 2000's. Fantastic bike and those headshox are very tough and long lasting as well as having incredible small bump sensitivity. To keep it smooth invert the bike, pull back the shock boot and dribble lube into the fork, those 88 needle bearings will thank you for it.
Hey Ali Clarkson! Really resplendent retro ride! Ride ride ride!
1:07 bloody hell Ali, you legend :D
Nice build !
Love those bars
Great build, best yet! Love the retro mod style! 👏
Those bars look just like the Surly corner bars!
What a beauty
Cannondale was the first brand to adopt the 1.5 steerer standard when Manitou revealed it with the original sherman fork specifically BECAUSE it was slightly smaller diameter than their existing headshot steerer tube size (if I remember right it was 1.56") and it only required changing the headset bearings and upper and lower steerer tube races to fit the 1.5 steerer tubes.
You're spot on with the 1.56" original steerer tube size.
So cool! I love these old cannondales. Lookin great
Fantastic bike! God, how I miss the 90s❤
For a 68mm bottom bracket shell, you need a 2.5mm spacer on each side for those XTR cranks to work. Please use the XTR cranks, Hollowtech bottom brackets are so much better than anything SRAM can do (most other bike mechanics will likely agree).
Also, those bars let you run conventional grips on the "drops". My recommendations for comfort would be grips made by Oury, nice bike silicone grips, super squishy. I never get numb hands or wrists when I'm riding.
You built a masterpiece! And what a great frame. Reminds me of the good old times of cycling. Very well done!
Like sending a chav to a private school 🤣🤣 had me in stitches! I don't think a lot of chavs would be able to afford private school, however they have big TV's and iPhones on credit. (I love apple by the way) Awesome bike.
Ohh man!!! That's so gorgeous!!! I live this retro build!!! You did a great job!!!
Fantastic build Ali. Enjoy getting out on the gravel!
Extra points for using yellow cable ties on the fork boot 👌
These builds are almost magical, I love the dedication to detail, such a great build, nice one Ali !
looks so good and different love it
I think the rear adapter for the disk brake should be okay since it gives additional thickness by itself so I don't expect cracks in the rear brake area of the frame. You have done an amazing bike build and the bike looks great! I enjoyed watching the video!
I think it looks great. Those bars are epic!
Great restoration build with modern componentry! It’s really nice how you put up all the transitions along the build as well. Very pleasant to watch. Stay stoked!
One of the best builds you did, so cool how it came out
I'm very envious, well done on the build.
incredible build
Looks so good and I really like those bars . Actually look super comfortable.👍
Beautiful build!
Mint! Great retro colours and love the bar setup.
Super nice - this was worth the wait! 🚲🔥
I'd suggest intertwining (double wrapping) blue and yellow bar tapes. Would look sweet IMO. Also please do a video of you riding this beast in anger on some gravel trails!
Nice buid. I had one back in the day, stars & stripes printed, like Tinkers in the Olympics
that's a really beautiful and unique build dude. it's been great watching you create it, cheers!
Great build vid, and fantastic result. The work you did on removing the v-brake mounts was particularly superb. Enjoy!
I had a Cannondale cross bike with the headshok in the 90's...such fun on smooth single track. The rear wishbone seatstay was brutal on my spine and I wound up buying a titanium frame. I missed the headshok though. Currently on a Slingshot cross bike as I'm a sucker for nastalgia
Great build and attention to detail. I have a secondhand 'dale Silkroad, which is a 700c bike they built for the Paris-Roubaix in the early 2000s I think. Same blue colour and yellow decals, and an early headshok (only 1" travel and carbon stays, and yellow boot). I hate drop bars so put an Easton carbon XC90 flat bar on it with barends and also found a Bristol bike shop which cnc'd adapters for Shimano barend shifters so they could be fitted as traditional thumbshifters. So it's a classic roadie frame and skinny tyres but setup more like retro mtb. Only 1 hr or so mins north of Glasgow if you want to see it or meet up for a gravel ride. Have 2 other classic dales from early 2000s, both CAAD4 xc bikes, no frame failures but headshoks need serviced as seals have gone now.
That's sick! I love the bars. Using 90 degree hose fittings, you could tuck the hoses under the bar tape. Is there a way to get the shifter cable tucked away too?
It's a very elegant solution to running drop bars with mountain bike gearing!
Sweet looking bike. I’m currently doing one myself thank you for sharing yours. I will continue to watch to see what’s next.
This is a brilliant build, nice one Ali!!
I LOVE those Vandal Metalworks handlebars
Excellent work, congratulations, I look beautiful
Turned out great!! looks beautiful too!
Absolutely love it!!
very nice build. Looks so good. A looot of Work - worth it!
Beautiful retro restoration. Well done. 👏
It made me so happy to see you reference 2001 in detail!
I'll always have special place in my heart for the hardtal V. I was just thinking about Headshok's earlier and how I would not be surprised if Cannondale tried to revive it for gravel, and then a couple hours later I see this.
It looks absolutely great.
Oooooooooofffffff , so far best retro build seen so far on you tube , very inspired to the same w/ 650 wheels , impressive & great job , subscribed
Fantastic job
This is one wicked cool bike man. Thank you for sharing.
Absolutely love the 90's decal; reminds me of my friends lefty!
Great bike.
If the rearbrake is not completely centered you could use the half round rings/spacers that are on V-brakes. use them on the bolts that connect the brake with the pad, you should be able to centre it better. Let me know if it helps 👍
Nicely done!!! Looks gorgeous 🏆
Well worth the wait looks fantastic
It looks awesome, Ali ! I'm a big fan of the Cannondales of 20 years ago. I could see Tinker riding that bike at a Norba race in the USA. I look forward to videos of you exploring on that bike. Nicely done!
So awesome! I recently threw together a 98’ SuperV Comp 500. With a lefty from 2012ish, with high rise bars. I use it as my commuter/town bike. This is on a whole other level than mine but it’s super inspiring. Great job, ready for a long life of rolling.
It looks awesome. I like the quirky bars with the frame! Seat was a nice score.
Turned out so sweet 😮
Great job. It looks fun.
Loved your video, thanks for sharing.
What a build. An absolute beauty. Not a huge fan of the headshock fork, but that is as good a use for one as I can imagine. Makes me think there might be a use for my old Cannondale Chase frame... hmmm!
Enjoyed it a lot! Very nice result 👍
That actually looks awesome! Good job on that.
Super great work!
this was so good! satisfaction levels going off the charts!
x2
Great job on the build! I was wondering about how good cutting off the brakes would work, but it was a bang on job! I think now you just need a ride video to end this gravel bike series! Also, I just love those old Cannondale frames. I hope to get my hands on one someday!
Congratulations Ali, beautiful bike...
This looks so good. Nice one, Ali!
Love it. Black seat and tape.
That’s a sweet bike
Super posh rig grandmaster,
truly one with the bike!!! 👊👊🙏
Sick. Makes me want to build a vintage gravel bike as well.
I genuinely airpunched seeing the 650Bs and XTR ... super build!
Looks amazing Ali!
🤩 So happy to see the Dominions. I've been through many, nowhere near your experience I am sure, but sooo enjoy them too.
Came out really nice in the end Ali, so well worth it, even if it did take quite a bit longer than expected. I'd love if C'dale started to offer the HeadShox forks again as after market to fit 29x3" setups, it's actually all I've ever wanted to make the bestest ever "rigid" bike - just a little travel, but the big part, adjustable dampening to help control the front end from the balloon bouncing you can get.
wow! fantastic job, it's beautiful,bro.
It's awesome, Ali!
That turned out something special didn't it!? Wow. Lucy is awesome for sure, just waiting on a couple parts to arrive before applying my custom Die-Cuts!
Awesome project! I like it 🙂
Looks absolutely sick!
That rear hub sounds awesome!! Gotta love Chris king.
Man, looks great, happy riding!
Nicely done. 👍
100% agree best brake feel I've ever had
My top 5 favourite bikes yet
gorgeous!
Looks mint!!
Great job!
Omg..stuff of dreams. Kudos, envy.
Great project...the corner bar is the most comfy on the market !!!