The 90s come back to life at Cannondale with retro designs

Throwback is the order of the day at Cannondale: a retro edition features a modern frame/fork set under the hood and a design that clearly says 90s. This should really warm the hearts of fans of Tinker Juarez, CAAD frames and Headshock.

Cannondale presents two new F-Si Hi-MOD framesets: With matching Lefty Ocho forks and retro colorways, they celebrate Cannondale's successful racing history in the 90s. In the glossy Viper Red and Team Blue paint finishes, these state-of-the-art framesets pay tribute to the brand's early days in cross country.

The Viper Red version pays homage to the hardtails with Headshok forks that Cannondale's mountain bike racing team rode between 1994 and 1997. The Team Blue colorway with the yellow stickers pays tribute to the CAAD3, CAAD4 and CAAD5 framesets that were at the forefront of the racing circuit from 1998 to 2002. In its eight-year history, the Cannondale team collected a host of victories; including 11 World Championship titles, 17 World Cup titles, 16 US Championship titles, 33 NORBA victories, two Olympic medals (silver and bronze) and two gold medals at the Pan-Am Games. The team also earned numerous podium finishes:: 184 times at World Cup events, 35 times at the World Cup Series, 21 times at World Championships and 84 times at NORBA events.

"It's been a very exciting 25 years. It's really great that Cannondale is reviving the good old days with these frames. It brings back a lot of great memories," says Tinker Juarez, a mountain bike athlete at Cannondale for many years. "I'm very lucky to still be part of the Cannondale family. It was a dream back then to be able to support something that I loved doing. Today it's still a dream, but it's coming true every day."

"Like so many others, I was absolutely crazy about these bikes," said Peter Vallance, Cannondale's Head of Product Management. "These retro framesets are like a gift to the 15-year-old greenhorn in me."

The retro-look Cannondale F-Si frames have the same features as current F-Si models, including the OutFront geometry, the agile Ai rear triangle, dropouts with quick-releases and of course the Lefty Ocho, the world's first single-leg suspension fork with just one fork crown. The F-Si retro frames are offered in sizes S to XL and are only available in limited quantities.

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