Sunday, December 27, 2009

Tinker Juarez Cannondale

The Volvo-Cannondale team was one of the strongest teams in the mid-late 1990's with riders such as Tinker Juarez, Missy Giove, Myles Rockwell, and Alison Sydor. This is a 1997 Tinker Juarez frame that was likely a spare bike. We received it as a frame, fork and stem and then tried to duplicate a team bike as closely as possible. As sponsors and personal preferences changed, the parts spec changed frequently. This makes duplicating a team bike pretty difficult.







3 comments:

  1. I always thought these bikes just "looked right" - could be Headshok retains a semi-old school look.

    My current ride is a similar NOS eBay special. The Headshok was great until it blew up after a few rides. I was bummed. Replaced it with a Fox fork I had in the garage.

    Thanks for posting these cool old bikes. It's fun to look back at the old iron - or in this case - aluminum.

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  2. Its pretty amazing that everyone that has seen this bike so far says pretty much the same thing about just looking right. Very cool indeed IMO

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  3. To be totally authentic you need to take the bottle bolts out and just fill the holes with a dab of grease, Tinker-style

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