Saturday, January 23, 2010

Cannondale Prophet joins Your Ride

Hi PureMTBer's

After 4 years of use and abuse my Cannondale Prophet was beginning to show some serious signs of neglect.
The trusty lefty had lost about 40mm of travel. A problem that could not have been solved without a serious rebuild. I judged that it was begigining to get a little too dangerous after one too many trips over the handlebars on trails that should have been a walk in the park. The Hayes Elcamino brakes reminded me of driving a vintage tractor - and were equally as difficult to pull to a stop once a little momentun had been build on two wobbly wheels and
completely bald rear tyre. Like I said this beautiful bike had suffered some serious neglect...

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