Date: July 1999
Price: $1399
Purpose: Dual-suspension, trailbike
Home Phone: (203) 749-7000
C Value
C Weight?28 pounds
B Frame design
C Fork performance?2.7" HeadShok Fatty
B Rear suspension?Fox Vanilla shock, monoshock swingarm,
4" travel
C Component selection
C Climbing efficiency
C Cornering ability
C Descending prowess
Teacher?s notes: After producing the V 500 in 1999, Cannondale reconfigured its Super-V frames with longer top tubes, more fork travel and slacker geometry for Y2K. The V-500 needs all of these to be a top choice as a trailbike. BMX riders loved it as a woodsy playbike.
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