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PostPosted: 19:27 - 05 Oct 2026    Post subject: Cannondale Project Reply with quote
Whoops! Posted this in the wrong section...

As if I didn't have enough going on, I'm converting this old Cannondale F500 to rigid forks:

https://i.ibb.co/TBbpd8rt/20261001-165833.jpg

The head tube is an outlandish 2 inches in diameter so I'm dropping in some conversion bearings to reduce it down to a reasonable 1 1/8". The original Headshok fork had seized up long ago so I'm converting it to a rigid fork.

I'm thinking I might treat and respray the corrosion deliberately badly to maintain the "rat bike" aesthetic it seems to have spent it's life evolving into Smile
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PostPosted: 19:36 - 05 Oct 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote
Most of the parts turned up, and it was a lovely afternoon..

https://i.ibb.co/60q74NNJ/20261005-162302.jpg

Slight snag though:

https://i.ibb.co/20bWMpBx/20261005-162308.jpg

I had a word with the eBay seller of the fork and they gave me some money back to buy some adapters to drop the V-brake pegs down a bit, which was nice of them.

Still has a rear brake so err... perfectly safe to ride Smile Even so, I only went up and down the road to test it out but wow, it's certainly agile! My old bike feels like a barge in comparison.
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PostPosted: 22:59 - 05 Oct 2026    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have the Surly version of those forks on my MTB. Surprising how much they soak up the bumps. Steel is real and all that.

I think they're designed for 29" rims, which will be why the brake pivots don't line up

You going to go fat tyres on it?

EDIT: Or go 29" front, 26" rear just to annoy people?
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