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JK and his Cannondale

Farewell to my Cannondale

Requiem for a much-loved bicycle: in November, my vintage Cannondale Super V 1000 mountain bike made its final ride while we were doing trail research in Marion County.

January 2, 2017    John Keatley

JK and his Cannondale
Me and my Cannondale at Silver Springs State Park

While working on a project for Marion County about family-friendly hiking and biking trails, my vintage Cannondale Super V 1000 mountain bike made its final ride. After riding it for so many years, I will miss it.

It’s an example of planned obsolescence. The bike was built using a shock that was only around for a few years. After much searching, I learned that replacement shocks and rebuild kits are no longer available, and the mounting points were unique to this model Cannondale bike. So it’s impossible to repair it. After consulting a couple of local bike shops, it was strongly suggested that I begin my search for a replacement.

Sunnyhill Restoration Area
Taking a break while biking 7 miles through Sunnyhill Restoration Area

While we were at Santos, the friendly folks at Santos Bike shop gave me a great rental deal, and I was off on a ride on the Santos Trails right out their back door. It was my first ride on a full suspension 27.5″ mountain bike. I loved it!

If we lived closer to Santos I would have bought the same bike right then. Yes, the bike industry has made many improvements since my Cannondale Super V was the cutting edge of technology in the late 1990s. Bigger wheels, dialed-in suspension, more gears, and hydraulic brakes. Oh my.

I still had a couple more trails to ride for our Marion County project after my Cannondale started leaking all over the roof of the car. So I opted to ride the Trek that Sandy has been using. She found it on Craigslist a few years ago. When I lifted it onto our roof rack I immediately felt the difference between her bike and mine. Her bike is a tank!

Carney Island
I used Sandy’s Trek to bike Carney Island

I finished the rest of the rides on her old Trek. I’d love to have a bike like the Giant XTC Advanced I rode Santos with, but for now, where we live, it would be a waste of a really good bike. We just don’t have enough offroad trails where we live.

Category: Articles, CyclingTag: Biking Gear, Ocala, Ocklawaha, Ocklawaha River, Sunnyhill Restoration Area, Weirsdale

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