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Cannondale 2000 Super V Raven 900SX Full Suspension Bike
Product Descriptionmountain bike, front & rear suspension, Mountain Mix components, Headshok Lefty DLR, 4.0" travel fork
User Reviews
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faceplant44
a Cross Country Rider
from Pleasant Hill, CA Date Reviewed: January 7, 2011 Strengths: Light, still unique, fun. Weaknesses: Frame may break when torqued perpendicular to frame spline. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Shell Ridge to BBQ Terrace Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $2600.00 Purchased At: Santa Rosa Cyclery Similar Products Used: Too many to list Bike Setup: Original, except for Terry Fly Ti saddle, Shimano XT Crank, F&R derailler upgrades and Mavic rim upgrades. 
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Desert Track Rider
a Cross Country Rider
from Phoenix, ,AZ Date Reviewed: December 11, 2003 Strengths: Lightweight, stiff frame; excellent long-travel Lefty fork, good rear triangle setup; Weaknesses: for the money C-dale could spec better components; despite the stories I've had little trouble w/the CODA Expert brakes - despite hour-long downhills off Mt. Hood, OR and all over Northern AZ, mud and desert grit, I've replaced only one set of front pads due to misalignment that caused uneven wear. I hammer the bike constantly, and at 205 lbs am not a lightweight. And, yes, due to the frame design it does resonate sound like a tuning fork, but if all is set-up properly this is minimized. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: any extreme AZ Rim trail Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $2100.00 Purchased At: Soutwest Bikes Similar Products Used: Gary Fisher, GT, Pro-Flex, Cannondale Delta-V 2000, Trek, Specialized Bike Setup: still all-stock CODA components after 3 yrs of HARD abuse, but looking to upgrade brakes first, then the rest
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lostpilot28
a Weekend Warrior
from ventura, CA Date Reviewed: November 1, 2003 Strengths: The Lefty is sweet, bike is lightweight, great components, little maintanence required. Disc brakes work great...not sure why everyone complains about them. Weaknesses: The stock seat is a crotch killer. Bike seems light in the front end which makes the front tire pop up very easily when climbing...I dunno, maybe that's a good thing. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Chesebro Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $1000.00 Purchased At: used from some other guy Bike Setup: All stock parts (Coda & Shimano) except for the seat (nice soft aftermarket seat!) and replaced the tires with Panaracer Fire XC Pro's.
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Haro
a Cross Country Rider
from Middle of Nowhere, KS. Date Reviewed: July 8, 2003 Strengths: Allaround great ride. Tons of travel, but you don't feel like your on a pogo stick either. Climbs pretty well, 27.5 lbs for 9 total inches of travel, with disc brakes. Sweet. Most hardtails weigh in the 25-26 lb. range, so all in all, weight is good. Weaknesses: If you do what I did, there are no weaknesses. Scrap all theat Coda crap, and hang some Shimano in it's place. I swear, Coda has to be the worst crap out there. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 2 Years Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: Tons of different bikes. To many to mention here. Bike Setup: Full Shimano, Hayes brakes.
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Ewan Chalker
a Racer
from Kailua-kona, Hawaii, USA Date Reviewed: November 2, 2002 Strengths: Extremly plush ride over the rough stuff. Nice and stiff rear end makes it a good climber Weaknesses: Had to switch out nearly EVERY part for something more ideal (wish i had opted for the 4000 model). Defective front hub, brakes, and ultimatly frame; large crack on upper head tube. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: any technial single track Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $1800.00 Purchased At: B&L Bike and sports Similar Products Used: Cannondle jekel, scalple, and super v 'freeride'. Bike Setup: XTR drivtrain, magura luise disc brakes, mavic x-317 rims, stratos helix rear shok with lock-out.
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Stephen
a Cross Country Rider
from Springfield, IL Date Reviewed: October 31, 2001 Strengths: ...aw c'mon...it's an innovative product. True, it's no longer going to be available, but this product defined the problem and offers a solution...full suspension in a lightweight, responsive and attractive package... Weaknesses: ...hmmm...well, just the effort to bring an innovative product to market offers it's own set of inherent weaknesses...some of the components aren't what they ought to be...but hell, isn't that true of every bike out there !?? Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: anything challenging... except maybe tight uphill switchbacks to my right... ;-D Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $2200.00 Purchased At: R&M Cyclery Similar Products Used: I've ridden a C'Dale SuperV...almost 8 years with this beauty...perhaps the originator of the successful single-pivot frame design...and also a Homegrown hardtail, admittedly different, but it helps to form a perspective for riding a full bouncer... Bike Setup: Strictly original equipment, for the time being...oh, I did upgrade to an XTR rear derailleur. My personal debate rages on regarding the CODA Expert Disc Brakes...perhaps I haven't sufficiently broken them in yet, but I'll give 'em to next spring to get their act together... 
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Keith
a Cross Country Rider
from Folsom, CA USA Date Reviewed: October 2, 2001 Strengths: Nothing Broken yet with 800mi. Just now took it it to service my lefty, because the rebound wasn't working. Responsive,climbs great, takes the hits and keeps going. Weaknesses: CODA components. Problem with Mythos xc's coming off the rims. Exchanged all coda components right up front except for stem, brakes and hubs. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Porcupine Rim/Salmon Falls Duration Product Used: 2 Years Purchased At: Bicycles Plus Similar Products Used: First full suspension. GT's before this. Bike Setup: Full XT, Mavic X317 rims, Easton Monkey Lite bars. Mythos 2.1 XC's, Thompson Elite post, Time ATAC Carbon Ti pedals. 2.1
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Ken Paul
a Cross Country Rider
from Arizona Date Reviewed: September 23, 2001 Strengths: lightweight, rigid, great ride, sucks up everything in sight. Weaknesses: Typically Cannondale has put on lower quality parts to be able to provide higher quality US build frames and cutting-edge technology. This could be a strength or a weakness. This bike is noisy or downright loud like riding a guitar. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: gooseberry Mesa, Southern Utah Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: LBS Cannondale warranty Similar Products Used: I owned a supeV carbon and broke the carbon fiber swing arm twice in about eight years.I was still in love with the bike when I could no longer replace the swing-arm. That is why I now have a warranty issue. I would still be riding my old super V carbon and would have been perfectly happy with that. Bike Setup: kind of unusual frame is warranty everything else had to be purchased nothing but crank arms, bottom bracket, seat, handlebars could be reused. Lefty DLR fork required disc brake and so did the CAD 4 swing-arm. Upgrade to 9 speed since 7 speed not compatible with any disc hub. I used Hays mechanical disc brakes and they work great. I could not get the Fox float shock to work with my weight so I was forced to use a Stratus XCpro. Works great love the on-the-fly adjustments/lockout of both front and rear suspension. 
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Benjamin
a Cross Country Rider
from Holland Date Reviewed: August 22, 2001 Strengths: Tracks verry well but Caad4 swingarm is not so stiff at all. Weaknesses: Poor brakes. Have done everything to let them work well. Now I have installed Hope Enduro4 on it, Thats way better braking man. Despite all the raving reviews about the Lefty it didn't suite me well. When you apply the front brake it dives way so much for an air fork. Damping is not so great to. I have used special 2W Shell oil from Rond/Magura to rebound it faster!!! Now I ride the Rond/Magura Quake CP110 fork wich I think is the best fork I have ever felt in my whole live. The frame really is a soundmachine but thats carbon and huge volume taking, so hey. It also creaks everywere. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Svaty Petr (czech republik) Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $2640.00 Similar Products Used: Different giant bikes like ATX1100 fully and hardtails. Bike Setup: Hope endur4, Rond CP110, Rolf dolomite disc wheels, CT2 bar, Thomson seatpost and stem, stock crancks and bottom bracket, TA specialites Chainrings (best rings in the world man), Selle italia Flite Ti, SRAM Rocket 9.0sl shifter and XTR rear der.
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Rider Boy
a Cross Country Rider
from Kingwood, Texas Date Reviewed: June 21, 2001 Strengths: Lefty shock, rear Fox shock, weight, response, comfort, and looks! Weaknesses: Coda brakes need adjustments; not a product problem. The LBS is the difference between great and poor braking. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Santa Monica Mtns Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $1699.00 Purchased At: Sun & Ski Bike Setup: Stock
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John
a Weekend Warrior
from NY,NY Date Reviewed: March 7, 2001 Strengths: Frame, Left, Looks Weaknesses: CODA Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $2000.00 Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: Specilized FSR Bike Setup: Stock waiting for stuff to wear out or break to upgrade
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Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Monterey,CA Date Reviewed: February 21, 2001 Strengths: Great looking frame, disc brakes, FS, lightweight, front fork Weaknesses: Price, some of the Coda stuff. You would think for something that cost around $2800 reatil there would be some better parts. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: all Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1925.00 Purchased At: Mike's Bikes San Jose, CA Similar Products Used: 96 Specialized M2 hard tail, Specialized FSR, Klein Mantra, ancient Cdale 700MTB Bike Setup: All Stock, Need new tires though.
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John stroh
a Cross Country Rider
from gallup nm usa Date Reviewed: December 7, 2000 Strengths: suspension, light weight, disc brakes Weaknesses: none so far Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: pete's wicked trail Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $2900.00 Purchased At: mountain bike specialists (durango) Similar Products Used: barracuda hard tail, cannondale delta v Manitou efc, noleen crosslink fork, headshock Bike Setup: stock except:monkey light riser bar, i built new wheelset using stock hubs(dt spokes, bontrager asym mustang rims) easton seat post, wtb saddle, xt bb, oury grips(they rule!!) 
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bob
a Cross Country Rider
from canada Date Reviewed: November 9, 2000 Strengths: good looks, great asym rear triangle design, Weaknesses: frame failure, shoddy hubs, shoddy bearings, shoddy discs, crappy cranks, leaky lefty, Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: anything technical Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $2500.00 Purchased At: buy local!!! Similar Products Used: spec fsr, mntn cycle san andreas, santa cruz heckler Bike Setup: tioga dh's 2.3fr,2.1r. mavic 317's, custom wheel build(ahhhhhhhhhhh....), coda 901(hugi)rr hub, thompson post, avocet seat, titec riser bar, yeti grips, coda discs, 646's, lx cranks(hollowtech w/ spline bb-nice), sachs chain, xt cassette.
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WallMonkey
a Cross Country Rider
from Concord, MA Date Reviewed: July 8, 2000 Strengths: Cool Looks, Sweeeet Fork, Couch like ride... Weaknesses: Um... Frame Failure and Bearing Failures... Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Vietnam / Bear Brook NH Duration Product Used: 3 months Similar Products Used: GT, Santa Cruz, ETC. Bike Setup: mostly stock except for tires (Tioga Factory DH 2.1R, 2.3F) , seat (WTB SST.98), Handlebar (Easton EA70 DH), cranks( R.F. Next LP),Pedals (Shimano 747's)
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