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Title: Bicycling
Notice:Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:JAMIN::WASSER
Created:Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3214
Total number of notes:31946

3208.0. "Cannondale upgrade question..." by R2ME2::SZCZ () Mon May 12 1997 11:58

    My son has outgrown his Cannondale mt bike and recalls reading an ad in
    one of the bike mags about an upgrade plan Cannondale has.  His
    recollection is Cannondale will swap the old frame for an equivalent
    new frame, even-steven.  I am sketical, so I thought I'd ask this
    forum.  Anyone ever heard of this program ?
    
    
    ...Tom
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3208.1CPDEV::SWFULLERMon May 12 1997 15:307
    Is is not a free upgrade, however he can trade it a frame and get
    a new one for a very resonable price.  However you may ask the shop
    if there is a difference on what type of frame you trade in.  I think
    it would be better to give them some junky huffy, then sell your 
    old cannondale frame privately.
    
    steve
3208.2junky huffy in a hurryCOOKIE::MUNNSdaveMon May 12 1997 18:096
    Be real cautious on trading in something as valueless as a Huffy.  Mine
    happens to pass Cannondales like they were in reverse !  Those fat
    tubes must act like air brakes... ;)  There is nothing more pitiful than 
    the face of a Cannondale rider when they are passed by ... Mister Huffy.
    
    It's Monday... Forgive me... I'll leave now.
3208.3MRPTH1::16.121.160.234::slab[email protected]Tue May 13 1997 01:255
"Beep beep,
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 his horn went beep beep beep."

3208.4TLE::LUCIAhttp://asaab.zko.dec.com/~lucia/biography.htmlTue May 13 1997 10:515
I checked into this as a "crash replacement" policy.  Cannondale will give you
credit towards the LIST PRICE of the frame, in my case, ~$800.  The same frame
was on sale for about $429 at Wheelworks.  BE CAREFUL.

Tim
3208.5WMOIS::GIROUARD_CWed May 14 1997 06:481
    C-Dale v. Huffy... Clearly a case of a better motor.
3208.6CPDEV::SWFULLERWed May 14 1997 09:379
    For those of you who are investigating the Cannondale trade-in program
    (which they seem to run this time year, every year), a shop told me
    the customer can trade in anything to get the trade-in price.  
    I assume it is most intelligent to get some beaten up kids bike and
    hand that over rather than a frame with some real value.
    
    Let the jokes continue
    
    steve
3208.7COOKIE::MUNNSdaveFri May 16 1997 12:155
    'beaten up kids bike' ?
    
    My beaten up kid's bike can beat up your beaten up kid's bike...
    
    TGIF.