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Cannondale
Delta V 1000 94'
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Submitted by
Jay Glass
a Weekend Warrior
from Phila,PA
Date Reviewed: December 14, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Jim Thorp | | Duration Product Used: |
more than 3 years | | Strengths: |
very comfortable, forgiving with just enough handling and sport feel to ride controlled almost anywhere. I have Contental Goliath's which make this a do anything bike. The frame geometry is especially efficient to maxamize pedal efficiency. This is a climbing machine with excellent weight to effort ratio. It is just hard to find a better toy. I keep looking. The lock out front shock is supurb. I favor the frame geometry because it is lean and less complicated than most. It loads and stores easier. | | Weaknesses: |
Worry about getting it stolden! I wish the handlebar height was adjustable, for serious down-hill or sight seeing. I have a cane creek air shock rear, I wish had more adjustments on the fly. Expensive and complicated toys require more maintenance and expense.
If you can't pay to play go to Wal-mart. Buy a great lock! I wish they made velcro covered duck tape to make it look less valueable. | | Similar Products Used: |
Raven, GT, hardtails with seatposts. | | Bike Setup: |
Cane creek rear and Cannondales excellent tubular baring front | | Bottom Line: | I own several hardtails, road bikes, and junk bikes. I never broke a frame, lots of wheels, but the fun is in trying. The delta v is the one for almost any high, partly because it feels like it fits me. Get a machine that fits you like a favorite sneaker. Then ride the paint off it! | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael
a Weekend Warrior
from D.C.
Date Reviewed: July 13, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
not telling | | Duration Product Used: |
more than 3 years | | Strengths: |
Light
bb pivot point
looks bad ass
best design C-dale has made yet | | Weaknesses: |
Aluminum loses feel over time | | Bike Setup: |
Delta V frame
Indexed Headshock
Indexed rear shock
XT/XTR w/ Grip Shift Xray | | Bottom Line: | This bike rocked. I belive it is the best bike C-dale ever built and one of the best full suspension bikes ever designed. I do not know why they abondoned this design, but can only image it was to look as strange as the Trek Y frames coming out at this same time. My bike was blue with a silver rear triagle.
The pivot point was a beefy XT bottom bracket. The bike HOWLED down hills and was decent going up.
The earlier poster was wrong though, this was not C-dales first full suspension - I had a C-dale EST, their first full suspension, that I purchased in 91 about 6 months after they came out. Mine was silver, most others were black with a neon green rear triangle. It had a girvin flex stem, pepperoni forks, and a big spring in the back. When I busted the frame, C-Dale sent me my Delta V.
Unfortuinately - some A-hole stole it out of the copier room in my office earlier this summer. 8-(5 flaming hot chilis for the bike.
One big middle finger to the s**thead who is riding it now. I hope you crashed hard! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dustin Reed
a Weekend Warrior
from Reno, Nevada
Date Reviewed: June 8, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Flume Trail Lake Tahoe | | Duration Product Used: |
more than 3 years | | Strengths: |
Light weight alluminum frame with front & rear suspension. Bomb proof!
Old but still looks cool! | | Weaknesses: |
Original shocks were a little squishy...but easily replaced with newer high speed gear. | | Bottom Line: | Old school...Cannondales first full-suspension Mt. Bike. After replacing the Head shock with a newer one, and the rear shock with a adjust on the fly model, this bike is as good as any newer full-suspension bike. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dotan Shahar
a Downhiller
from Kfar Saba
Date Reviewed: May 4, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Just Great. Very Powerful ! | | Weaknesses: |
None. | | Similar Products Used: |
None. | | Bottom Line: | They Are worth to ride and very hard to get them they are old but great bikes. | | Overall Rating: |
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