Information about Cannondale Bicycles and Used Cannondale Bike

Cannondale Bike was founded in 1971 by Joe Montgomery to manufacture backpacks and bags for camping and later bicycle trailers for bicycle touring. Today, Cannondale Bike produces many different types of high-end bicycles, hand made in USA, specializing in aluminum (rather than steel, titanium or carbon fiber) frames, a technology in which they were pioneers. The name of the company (Cannondale Bike) was taken from the Cannondale Metro North train station in Wilton, Connecticut.

In the late 1990s Cannondale Bike attempted to move into the motorsports business, producing a line of off-road motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles. According to an interview with Cannondale Communications Director, the company was unable to drive down the cost of their motor vehicles fast enough. Sales took off but the company was still losing money on each motorbike they shipped. This gap drove the company to seek bankruptcy protection in 2003, and to sell off the motorsport division. Cannondale bike division was purchased in 2003 by Pegasus Capital Advisors, which supported the company's renewed focus on bicycle production. In February 2008, Cannondale bike was purchased from Pegasus Capital Advisors by Dorel Industries. In April 2009 it was announced that all production would be transferred to Taiwan.

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Cannondale bike currently offers bicycles in the following categories:

Road
Elite Road
Performance Road
Multisport
Cyclocross

Mountain
All Mountain
Marathon
XC Racing
Hardtail

Recreation & Urban
Quick
Bad Boy
Holligan
CAPO
Tandem
Touring
Adventure
Comfort

Feminine
Road
Mountain
Multisport
Recreation

Law Enforcement
Enforcement 1
Enforcement 2
Efforcement 3

Cannondale Bike Frames
Cannondale bike began manufacturing aluminum racing and touring frames in 1983, with mountain bike frames added later. The earlier models sported oversized aluminum tubes for increased stiffness, resulting in frames that were super-stiff and super-efficient. Later, carbon fiber composite frames were developed. Cannondale bike frame components are made in its factory in Bedford, Pennsylvania, as well as in overseas factories in Taiwan and Vietnam.
 

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