Updated Cannondale
The air spring in the original fork on my 1999 Cannondale F1000 aluminum-frame bicycle finally gave out. It wouldn't hold air anymore. It needed a rebuild but the design was over 20 years old so no repair/rebuild kits were available anymore. Now, thanks to Pat's 605 Cyclery in Norwalk, California, it has a new lease on life. They removed the original spec Headshok Fatty SL fork and replaced it with a single-sided Cannondale Lefty. It sounds simple but it wasn't easy, requiring properly machined and sized Cannondale adapter parts and careful measuring of lengths and angles. But the shop kept plugging on with it with the help of their Cannondale rep. The result, this 2 decade old model with an up-to-date Lefty front suspension might be one of the very few of its kind. It's rare enough that the Cannondale rep took a photo of it to share back at the home office I'm told.
Was it worthwhile? To me it was because it kept what is a very well-made frame from being junked and the handling has remained great. Plus, it looks great!
Also new are front and rear Shimano hydraulic disc brakes.
The paint on this flips from green to purple depending on the viewing angle. Cannondale called this color, “ChromaLusion Purpleen Gloss.”
Photo by Tristan at Pat’s 605 Cyclery
Updated Cannondale
The air spring in the original fork on my 1999 Cannondale F1000 aluminum-frame bicycle finally gave out. It wouldn't hold air anymore. It needed a rebuild but the design was over 20 years old so no repair/rebuild kits were available anymore. Now, thanks to Pat's 605 Cyclery in Norwalk, California, it has a new lease on life. They removed the original spec Headshok Fatty SL fork and replaced it with a single-sided Cannondale Lefty. It sounds simple but it wasn't easy, requiring properly machined and sized Cannondale adapter parts and careful measuring of lengths and angles. But the shop kept plugging on with it with the help of their Cannondale rep. The result, this 2 decade old model with an up-to-date Lefty front suspension might be one of the very few of its kind. It's rare enough that the Cannondale rep took a photo of it to share back at the home office I'm told.
Was it worthwhile? To me it was because it kept what is a very well-made frame from being junked and the handling has remained great. Plus, it looks great!
Also new are front and rear Shimano hydraulic disc brakes.
The paint on this flips from green to purple depending on the viewing angle. Cannondale called this color, “ChromaLusion Purpleen Gloss.”
Photo by Tristan at Pat’s 605 Cyclery