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Cannondale M400 XC Hardtail
Product DescriptionM400
User Reviews
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VTGCNDL
a Weekend Warrior
from MD, USA Date Reviewed: January 14, 2011 Strengths: Frame is beautiful (green fade to black) and strong Weaknesses: Brakes, Crank Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Bike Setup: All original except for Shimano crank recall kit (Crank, Front Derailleur, Bottom Bracket, Chain) and Forte Team V-Brakes and Levers 
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jeffkin15
a Weekend Warrior
from Illinois Date Reviewed: September 24, 2010 Strengths: Frame - lightweight and strong. Weaknesses: Original components. Geometry is not ideal for adding a suspension fork. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: John Muir - Kettle Moraine Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $400.00 Similar Products Used: 2001 Schwinn Homegrown Bike Setup: XT rapid fire shifters / brake levers. XT front and rear derailleurs. XT cantilever brakes. Manitou Three fork. Mavic crankset (prototype). Mavic wheels. White Industry hubs. Shimano XT BB. Shimano XT headset. Control Tech stem. TCO seatpost. WTB Saddle. Scott handlebars. Titanium skewers, seatpost binder and derailleur pullies.
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ChrisB
a Weekend Warrior
from Essex, England Date Reviewed: August 6, 2010 Strengths: Durability, strength and the two tone metalic red and silver colour! Weaknesses: Gears, definitely the gears! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $250.00 Purchased At: Cannondale Europe Similar Products Used: None Bike Setup: Completely original (except for handlebar stem)
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fmartin
a Weekend Warrior
from Austin, TX Date Reviewed: February 14, 2010 Strengths: Bike has survived for 15 years. I have tried to part with it, but I can't. The frame is great. Weaknesses: Like others have said the gears, breaks, crank. But again mine is way old. Not the best mtb, but great durability. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Anywhere Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $400.00 Purchased At: Budget Bikes, Madisi Similar Products Used: Other bikes are a Kona Jake and Lemond road bike. Cannondale is for trails and commuting. Bike Setup: Pretty standard. I swapped to slicks a few years back. It is a commuter bike now.
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Sam
a Weekend Warrior
from Lincoln, Nebraska Date Reviewed: July 12, 2009 Strengths: The oversized aluminum frame. Weaknesses: Components...and I'm not too crazy about those Presta valves that came with the stock tires either. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: MOPAC Price Paid: $400.00 Purchased At: Bike Pedalers Similar Products Used: Specialized Hard Rock; Giant ATX760. Bike Setup: Completely stock.
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Kal
a Weekend Warrior
from Edison, NJ Date Reviewed: July 6, 2008 Strengths: Solid Frame. Awesome ride. Weaknesses: Components not so great. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $500.00 Purchased At: Bikestore in NJ Bike Setup: As was.
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wilfried socha
from new york Date Reviewed: April 19, 2008 Strengths: Frame with specifics hidden skills stable,balanced,with predictable stiffness and naturaly responsive it is to me a truly machine of performances at many levels Weaknesses: bit too much trail on front wheel mechanic component standard quality same frame with drop out could also be nice Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Purchased At: 500$ in 1995 Similar Products Used: none Bike Setup: Straight fork chrm
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Adam Truchanowicz
a Cross Country Rider
from Szczecin,Zachodniopomorskie,Poland Date Reviewed: June 24, 2007 Strengths: Marvelous frame.From -45 degrees frost up to 40 degrees heat. Weaknesses: Shimano components.Specially brakes and cranks. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Baksan Valley near Elbrus(Russia) Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $450.00 Purchased At: "Athletica"sports shop Slupsk Poland Similar Products Used: Marin Indian Fire Trail,Focus Black Forest. Bike Setup: Stock
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Mike Dold
a Weekend Warrior
from Kansas City Date Reviewed: February 3, 2007 Strengths: Beautiful fat tubed frame with replaceable derailleur hanger. Paint (black) is powdercoat and tough as nails. Weaknesses: Bought mine as a bare frame so I don't know what the weaknesses were from the factory. I'd like to see 1 1/8 steerer on this frame for ease of fork selection. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $500.00 Purchased At: Tri Tech Sports Similar Products Used: Specialized Hardrock A1/FS Cannondale mtb (freakin' old with roller cam brakes) Bike Setup: The frame was a hair big for me on the trail, so I made it into a super-lite commuter, with fat slicks and fenders. The whole bike is blacked out, or dull gray for a really sweet look. Rigid threadless fork, KORE stem, Ti bars, XC Pro chainrings/Shifter, LX cogs/derailleur. Grip Shift, Vetta lite seat, 987 brakes and levers w/tri-align Continental slicks, Zefal black plastic fenders
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Darryl Singleton
a Weekend Warrior
from Houston, TX, USA Date Reviewed: May 26, 2006 Strengths: Frame Weaknesses: Shifter/derailleur Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: wherever I can leave more blood in my veins than on the ground Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $550.00 Purchased At: Boone Cycles in Houston Similar Products Used: 1983 Stumpjumper Sport Bike Setup: Stock plus a looong stem
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Jim
a Weekend Warrior
from McAllen, TX USA Date Reviewed: April 19, 2006 Strengths: The Frame. Weaknesses: Shifter Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $500.00
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Darrell Cox
a Weekend Warrior
from San Francisco, CA USA Date Reviewed: March 11, 2006 Strengths: The frame, the frame, the frame. And oh yeah, did I mention the frame? It sucks that you can not buy a bike these days without front shocks. Such a light bike and a pleasure to cruise through maniacal city streets or tight single track. Weaknesses: Components were not top of the line but that is not what I bought the bike for. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Tiger Mountain near Seattle, WA Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $600.00 Purchased At: Portland, OR Similar Products Used: I have ridden bikes by Gary Fisher and Specialized and maybe it is just the lame front shocks but I really like being connected with the terrain and you just can't get that with shocks. Why not just call up for a Hummer limo and be done with it?
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Frederich
from Houston, TX Date Reviewed: April 29, 2005 Strengths: M400 = Awesome value, 9.5 years of abuse and all I got is an annoying squeek in left crank. It's beat up but not bent. teeth front and back bent and broken, still works great. Tough and durable, plus reliable so you don't have to visit the bike shop. Weaknesses: Damn squeek in left crank (on mine) brakes kinda suck (shimano brakes, not "V"s), but gives a good excuse for a all too frequent wipeout. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: anything near verticle and dangerous Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $600.00 Purchased At: Frankfurt , Germany Similar Products Used: Cannondale 1995 V900 (couldn't get over the frame resembling a "girl's" bike, so bought a 1995 M400 instead (gotta have something to hit when you slip off the pedals, right??) . Bike Setup: all original with 3 x 5 speed thumbshifts (never quite calibrated, just ballpark shifting control), except just put on Crank Bros Mallet C pedals (until now I never crashed with both feet firmly attached to my pedals - cool but painful), and a new cannondale water bottle (the new ones top pops off when you hit a hard bump, so just to let you know I didn't piss myself coming down the last washout) 
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DP
from Scotland Date Reviewed: June 21, 2003 Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
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T
a Weekend Warrior
from S Date Reviewed: May 14, 2003 Strengths: To repeat the words of every reviewer: the CAAD 2 frame. It truly rocks. Not only is it sturdy and light, but it's so stiff that you can feel every crack in the road and pebble on the ground. Mine's taken quite a bit of abuse over the last 7 years, and it's holding up like new. Weaknesses: As already stated in other reviews: the biggest drawback are the original components, which do not do justice to the potential of this bike. I've been gradually upgrading over the years, and now have mostly LX+ components, which make a HUGE difference (you definitely need to upgrade the derailleur and breaks). The other drawback is that it's hard to find a suspension fork for this bike, but I always wondered whether suspension would kill the thrill of the ride and the control that you have with the stiff frame (it's nice to feel the ground underneath you). It makes for a challenging downhill experience. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $550.00 Purchased At: a bike shop in Northern NJ in 1996 Similar Products Used: 1995 Trek 920; 2002 Cannondale Silk Trail 400; mid 1990's Cannondale Super V700; mid 1990's Cannondale Killer V900 HT Bike Setup: original CAAD 2 frame, lx components (the upgrade to v-brakes was key)
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