Restoring my cannondale track

Tarckives Bikes
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So I bought this cannondale from a guy on ebay. It had a bass boat powder coat job but I didn’t really care. It also didn’t have the original fork which I was kinda bummed about.

I stumble upon an original fork in the right size so I decided to do a full restore.

Here’s a close up of the sparkle:

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This is the latest pic I have of it. I started de-stickering since I got the fork today.

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And the new fork:

Next step I think will be to find decals. Might have to contact Cannondale and see if they can help me out. Then onto paint.

I’ll update as I make progress.

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coooooooool.

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you motherfucker.

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sweet. i hate you. and i hope it wasnt you who put all that shit on there.

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I would totally keep the bass boat style myself, but just because sparkles are kickass.

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neat

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I say strip it, get some original decals and rock it bare alu or repaint it gloss black. Then it could be a Black Lighting Track, which would be ultimate badassery.

Something about the baby blue sparkle, looks nice, doesn’t go with with the Cdale look.

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i think the paint on it now looks pretty good.

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what a damn fine frame. i don’t even mind the way the jacobs cycles fork looks

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i liek it how it iz

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Similar to this?
I know it’s chrome but still.

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I’ve thought about doing something different but I can’t really imagine anything looking better than the original.

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Do something classy and tarcky like the blue one pictured above.
You could leave the sparkle for tarckness and find some cannondale decals to slap on there.

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classic blue is definitely the way to go

sparkle isnt bad

that chrome is probably the only full chrome bike i have ever liked and i pretty much hate all full chromed bikes

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^Not chromed.

Also, you guys care about looks too much.

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I most certainly do.

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What are you suggesting?

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vintagecannondale.com can help with the downtube logos, but they may only come in white or black.

And I kinda like it how it is. That fork looks really good on there.

Sell it to me.

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[quote=“triplesixer”]Do something classy and tarcky like the blue one pictured above.
You could leave the sparkle for tarckness and find some cannondale decals to slap on there.[/quote]

I had it like this for awhile but felt like it was still missing something. The original blue is still better imo.

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[quote=“jim”]vintagecannondale.com can help with the downtube logos, but they may only come in white or black.

And I kinda like it how it is. That fork looks really good on there.

Sell it to me.[/quote]

I’ve been looking at that site and actually found a Word font that is basically identical, just incase I have to get them made.

Really want the fork? Should be ready to sell it early next week.

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so you did put all that shit on there.

ass.

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I know.

I get bored easily and it was just temp. till the fork got here.