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gsxr1
a Cross Country Rider
from Kildare IrelandDate Reviewed: September 7, 2010
Strengths: The weight. Its impressive even by todays standard.
stiffnessWeaknesses: standard bits.Bottom Line: I got rid of all the standard bits.
Put a lefty on and binned the old 80mm fatty.
It climbs like a mountain goat. I love it. it looks different and is a quality bit of gear. turns very fast in the woods.
Next upgrade will be a XT shadow derailer.
Its a bike you will own a very long time
Favorite Trail: Donade Forest
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$300.00
Purchased At: private seller
Similar Products Used: Giant terrago
Bike Setup: Lefty FF 140mm, XT hydro brakes, XT crank and rings, XT hubs
DMR V8 mountain bike pedals. Mavic rims
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baggsby
a Cross Country Rider
from Tallahassee, FL USADate Reviewed: June 15, 2009
Strengths: HeadShok, lightweight, good component groupWeaknesses: NoneBottom Line: Absolutely bulletproof XC bike. Ridden hard for over a decade (North Florida=banging over roots, sugar sand but few drops or jumps).
Light, fast, climbs well. Now I've upgraded to a Scalpel
Favorite Trail: Cadillac / Tom Brown
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$1200.00
Purchased At: Ken's
Similar Products Used: Cannondale M800
Bike Setup: '97-'01 Box Stock
'01 upgraded to FirePro XC tires, Avid Ti brakes
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Arnar Johannsson
a Cross Country Rider
from Reykjavik IcelandDate Reviewed: June 9, 2006
Bottom Line: good
Duration Product Used: 3 months
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Ben
a Cross Country Rider
from Bonney Lake, WA, USADate Reviewed: November 16, 2005
Strengths: This bike is an excellent climber, it's stiff light frame makes steering almost telepathic. Super fastWeaknesses: I've had trouble with almost every component with the exception of the shimano drive train. The first item to fail me was the cruddy coda disk brakes, they left me hanging in the middle of several rides before i had them replaced with a set from Magura. Works flawlessly now. Then I blew the crank bearing shortly after, for reasons unknown. I wasn't dropping off cliffs or anything like that. Bent the Coda disk rims, had them replaced with Vueltas a little heavier but much more durable. And the nagging problem thats drving me crazy is the leaky head shok. I had it serviced,torn down and rebuilt several times and it always starts leaking air. I maintained this bike not anally but good enough. I made sure crud didn't get under the shok boot, i cleaned and lubed the stantion regularly.Bottom Line: Other than the crappy cannondale components the bike is great. perhaps this bike is not really suited for the real-mountain environment of the northwest. my freeride is quite up to the task, but then again the twin stanchion fork is built like a tank and the only coda parts are the handlebars, seat and crank. i love the frame, and i would like to replace all the components but coda specs makes this impossible and a new fork would cost almost as much as a new bike. So i hate to say that this is probably my last cannondale. I'll put road tires on it and hope nothing else breaks. Definitely not a bike for west of the Rocky Mountains. Maybe i'll reconsider if cannondale starts using standard head tube and crank dimensions so it's not held hostage to CODA.
Favorite Trail: victor falls
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Purchased At: Milton Bicycle Shop
Similar Products Used: Cannondale FR-1000, Gary Fisher Sugar
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Konstantin Levitsky
a Cross Country Rider
from Madison, WIDate Reviewed: September 7, 2000
Strengths: Super light,
Great paint finish (nearly impossible to chip),
Locking head shock,
Great looking bikeWeaknesses: Can't think of any.Bottom Line: Awsome bike. Excellent on turns and downhils. I have the medium sized one (I'm 6'00", 180lb). The handling on the smaller frame is fantastic. It's a tough bike too. Gravity got the drop on me a few times, I got banged up, but the bike was fine, besides needing some new tubes and the rims trued. People notice the bike everywhere I go and give me the "nice bike".
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$899.00
Purchased At: Budget Bikes, Madison, WI
Similar Products Used: Schwinn Moab and Moab 2
Cannondale F800
Specialized Rock Hopper
Bike Setup: Stock, Shimano XT derailleurs, Mythos XRC tires and rims, fatty-D fork and head shock.
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Kristian Ristell
a Downhiller
from Melbourne AustraliaDate Reviewed: February 22, 2000
Strengths: Frame Finish, very light, tackles trails easily, almost uncrashable.Weaknesses: Standard rims are weak, tires have insufficiant tread to start with. CODA cranks were incompatible, CODA Disc-Brakes went off after 100km.Bottom Line: This is the best Bike I have ever owned, I find myself getting way more air than I thought I could, it`s just so light, I weigh about 75kg and I have bent rims, maybe Im just too hard on the poor thing, Disc-Brakes now pull up like a Formula 1 car, after new pads! The Headshock is cool, This bike turns heads in the city, on the rare occasion that it is there, Cannondale F900 99 is the McLaren of the bush.
Favorite Trail: Rankins Fireline
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Similar Products Used: Repco K2
Bike Setup: Stock, but now I have EBC RED disc brake pads in ..Much better.
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Jeff Lee
a Cross-Country Rider
from Dartmouth, Nova ScotiaDate Reviewed: May 22, 1999
Strengths:
Color
Stiffness
Weight
Suspension
HandlingWeaknesses:
None yetBottom Line: I agree with everything Travis said earlier. Im 61 and 178lbs and haven't felt any weakness in the frame or fork. Bike is very tuff, quick and the travel is very hyper active.
Favorite Trail:
AlleyCat
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Similar Products Used:
Kona Cinder Cone
Kona NuNu
Bike Setup:
Cad² frameset, Fatty D
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Travis
a Cross-Country Rider
from NHDate Reviewed: April 27, 1999
Strengths:
Price
Weight
Durability
Looks
Cannondale performance!Bottom Line: This is a great bike. I bought it leftover this year at a significant discount. I have ridden it HARD since I've owned it with no real problems other than the usual wear and tear. I don't know what everyone is talking about with regard to rider weight. I'm 6'6 and a solid 245 pounds and I haven't been able to break it yet. Trust me--I've tried. For the money I paid, I have absolutely no complaints.
Favorite Trail:
Fort Rock, Exeter NH
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Similar Products Used:
'99 Trek 7000
'99 Schwinn Moab 2
'99 GT Karakoram
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riley
a Cross-Country Rider
from michiganDate Reviewed: March 24, 1999
Strengths:
precise steering
great frt suspension
beautiful workmanship
light weightWeaknesses:
top tube slopeBottom Line: i love this bike! i just bought one of last years frames and built it up with xt components & mavic wheels. i must admit that this frame fits me technically (3 and change, maybe 3.5 standover), i'm just used to a taller frame at the seat cluster. this is not a unique feature to the cannondale, though. i never realized how much my old judy and sx-r flexed. i thought all of the talk of fork flex was a bunch of bunk until i rode this! this fork, i guess it would apply to all of cannondale's forks, is seriously stiff. switching between the (new) sx-r and this is amazing. i can feel that manitou flex and it bothers me. this frame is stout, but compared to the zaskar, it looks underbuilt. this bike truly accelerates faster than anything i've ever ridden. i think i'm hooked.
Duration Product Used:
less than 1 month
Similar Products Used:
gt zaskar le
trek 8000
giant atx 880
Bike Setup:
caad3 frameset, fatty d fork
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Tim
a cross-country rider
from BoulderDate Reviewed: February 5, 1999
Bottom Line:
Shouldn't there be a way to weed out the FAT ASS people who complain about breaking their frame? I own a 97 F500 (that now has full XT drivetrain, Mavic 517 rims, XT hubs, TIME pedals, etc) that has been to hell and back. Numerous crashes, including one 40mph humdinger in which the bike flew at least 40yds through the air, landing in a 10ft deep ditch, with myself landing after about 10yds, has not harmed the frame in the slightest. FAT PEOPLE DO NOT BELONG ON BIKES!!! Go buy yourself a BMX bike that weighs 35 lbs to support your FAT ASS, and stop dragging down the rewiews of perfectly fine AMERICAN MADE Cannondales
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Skinny
a weekend warrior
from Small, DTDate Reviewed: January 7, 1999
Bottom Line:
All those !@#$%^&* Fat people who break their bikes or bottom the shock out need to loose some weight before posting here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CANNONDALES AND HEADSHOCK ARE PRETTY GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WEIGH IN THE APPROPRIATE RANGE.
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Douglas Franz
a cross-country rider
from Misawa AB, JapanDate Reviewed: January 5, 1999
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My F900 is two years old now and I do not have any complaints. The DD60 is great and I use the lock-out feature on smooth uphills, on my trainer, and when I occasionally put on slicks for a fitness road ride. I am now replacing the drivetrain because it is wearing out but the frame still looks good. I still can't help but smile everytime I pull my bike out and go for a ride. CANNONDALE RULES!
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Mike Chatzis
a cross-country rider
from Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaDate Reviewed: December 11, 1998
Bottom Line:
I,ve had my 98 F900 C'Dale for three months. The bike rules period. The headshock out preforms any other forks out there. It's very responsive and does not flex at all. The parts are great, the bikes lite, stiff and has a cool color.
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Steven Thome
a cross-country rider
from vicDate Reviewed: December 3, 1998
Bottom Line:
Cannondale f900 and kona pahoehoe rule the mountain bike kingdom.My cannondale is running fine it's never let me down and the code parts along with the headshok out perform all other brands
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mike bayesa
a weekend warrior
from norfolk, vaDate Reviewed: October 30, 1998
Bottom Line:
My last bike a F500 was stolen and I got a awsome deal on a used F900. This bike plain rips, light, handles great and climbs like a rocky moutain big horn sheep. A definite great !!!!
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