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Nicholas
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"patch70" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Marc Millstone [/i]
> That is the manual not the warranty.[/QUOTE] Oh, well
> that completely changes the bike's life expectancy
> then.
>
>
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> Marc Millstone [/i]
> That is the manual not the warranty.[/QUOTE] Oh, well
> that completely changes the bike's life expectancy
> then.
>
>
Originally posted by Marc Millstone wrote:
> > I was speaking for Cannondale frames in general not
> > the CAAD7.
>
>
> Given the original poster was asking about the R3000, I
> was referring to that bike. And as Cannondale themselves
> say that it is good for a year or two of racing (again,
> see original poster), I stand by my comment that it is not
> a bike that is built to last.
I haven't seen anyone mention the independent fatigue-
testing of bike frames in Germany. These tests show
Cannondale frames (from CAAD3 through to CAAD7) outlasting
most other frames. The steel frames tested seemed to come
in last. So I guess it's all about the engineering, not
the material.
See http://www.efbe.de/erenn.htm
There's lots of stuff there (in English).
Cheers, Nicholas