While working the SOC, I spotted a guy who had my first mountain bike, the Cannondale Delta V700. It was the exact size, color and model as the one I owned in 1992/1993. The V700 was my first real MT Bike and I rode it everywhere. I raced the V700 in XC and Downhill races. I rode the V700 up GMR to Mt Baldy, down the Kamikaze in Mammoth Mountain and around the many trails in Big Bear. I rode the V700 to the beach! Seeing it made me wish I still owned it.
i'll need to post a pic of mine. I have the same bike too, my first real bike. held onto it and turned it into a fixed gear / street bike. great design.
ReplyDeleteI am thinking of doing that with my d-v 700. I am looking at White Industries ENO splined fixed/free FF hub. I am also consider Sheldon Brown's idea of double chainrings and double cogs on the FW side.
ReplyDeleteI would be interested in what gear you used and any problems you had doing the conversion?
thank you!
I just finally broke by 93 delta V 700 frame. I put a brake therapy on the back to convert it to disc brakes and it worked great with my hayes nines for the last year and a half. I upgraded to hayes stroker trails and on my first ride with them yesterday the brake therapy tore the brake mount right off the bike. There is a huge chunk of aluminum missing where the old linear pull brake mount used to be on the rear triangle. Atleast this will give me an excuse to upgrade to full suspension. I think I'm going to have the DV700 bronzed :)
ReplyDeleteFor Delta V700 lovers:
ReplyDeleteI am selling a Cannondale Delta V700.
Soutwest France.
michel.du.bager@gmail.com
I have a Delta V700 for sales if anyone is interested.
ReplyDeleteastubin@hotmail.com
I have a Delta V700 for sales, too, If anyone in Germany is interested.
ReplyDeleteWrite to me:
ayame.wow@gmx.de
I miss my Delta v700 sombody decided they needed it more than I did It was gun metal gray w/ inodized blue componets best bike I ever owned !
ReplyDeleteAnybody reckon there is an issue with parts breaking off the frame as stated in one of the comments here, or the whole darn thing breaking as aluminum has a tendency to fatigue over the years and bekome succeptible to breaking? Let me know how much trust y'all put in a cannondale elmost 10 years later..
ReplyDeleteI still have a '93 Delta V700 - the same colors in the picture. I rebuilt it a couple of years ago with all new components (v-brakes, detrailures, crankset). I love the ridgidity of the frame and am not worried about its durability.
ReplyDeleteYes, I’m still riding my beautiful blue Delta V 700 after 20 years. Slickrock in Moab, Northern California Redwood fire trails, tarantula dodging in Big Bend by the Rio Grande, Oak Mountain Alabama single track, Badlands, Canyonlands, Seattle rain, rocketing down pumice trails on Mt. St. Helen's, yep, it's been there. It's now my trusty commuter, bravely delivering me across the pot-holed streets of Cambridge and Boston all year long. You can have this bike when you pull it from my cold, dead hands. :)
ReplyDeleteVery Nice. I miss mine.
ReplyDeleteHey there. I wonder if you could help me find the Cannondale Delta V 700 suspension. I really love my bike and in my country I haven't found the suspension.Thanks :)
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