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Cannondale Bicycle Corporation

The Cannondale Bicycle Corporation NASDAQ: BIKEQ is a major American bicycle manufacturer, headquartered in Bethel, Connecticut USA and manufacturing in Bedford, Pennsylvania USA. The company was founded in 1971 by Joe Montgomery to manufacture backpacks and bags for camping and later bicycle trailers for bicycle touring. Today Cannondale produces many different types of bicycles, specializing in aluminum (rather than steel) frames at mass-market prices, a technology in which they were pioneers. (Regarding the development of aluminum frame bicycles, see also Gary Klein).

Recent years saw Cannondale attempt to enter the motorcycle business and failing miserably, causing the company to declare bankruptcy to get rid of its motor sports division.

Road racing frames, Headshoks and Leftys

Cannondale started its foray into aluminum racing frames in the 1980s with their CAAD series frames. The earlier models sported oversized down tubes for increased stiffness and resulted in frames that are super-stiff and super-efficient, but considered by many to be extremely uncomfortable. It nonetheless gained popularity in the US criterium circuit, helped by its generous warranty policy.

Later editions of the CAAD series sported S-bend aluminum seat stays introduced in the CAAD3 model for improving comfort. The CAAD6 and CAAD7 models reversed the oversized aluminum tubing design and instead used better shaping to retain the efficiency and improve comfort. Interestingly, this change coincided with the transformation of Team Saeco's (a Division 1/ProTour cycling team that rides on Cannondales) from being essentially a lead-out train for uber-sprinter Mario Cipollini to a more balanced team, with grand tour and all-around riders like Gilberto Simoni and Damiano Cunego. Cannondale has recently been criticized for its insistence on using aluminum instead of considering carbon fiber, which is emerging in popularity. Its change in warranty policy has also been criticized.

The six13 model was introduced in 2004 which uses carbon tubed sections in the main triangle but still uses aluminum rear triangles, contrary to the usual practice of using carbon rear triangles and aluminum fronts. It should also be noted that the Union Cycliste Internationale has established a 15 lb (6.8 kg) minimum weight limit. Cannondale advertised its light weight frameset with the slogan "Legalize my Cannondale". Because of the light weight riders would have to add weight to the bike for it to be permitted for competition use.

Cannondale also developed a proprietary bottom bracket technology called Hollowgram which is featured in its high-end bikes since 2001. The crank and bottom bracket set weigh 80 grams less than Dura-Ace.

In 2005 Cannondale announced its first all-carbon frame in a model named "Synapse." This is also the first Cannondale road bicycle to be built outside of the United States, in China.

Cannondale has also developed a suspension fork called the Lefty. It started with the "Headshok" forks. It uses bearings to reduce the friction for super smooth travel, the bearings telescope inside the steerer tube of the fork. This eliminates flexing of the fork legs, and also eliminates "stiction". which is a tightness at the top of the travel that must be overcome to initiate travel, and also reduces overall performance.

The "Lefty" is an unusual looking fork, because it only has a left side or leg. It uses the same technology of the Headshok, but wanting more travel led to moving the the telescoping unit off to the side to have enough room for the travel. The Leftys' are lighter, stronger and steer more precisely than any competitors forks with the same amount of travel.

Cannondale was the first to produce a crankset that uses externally mounted bottom bracket bearings. As well as being the only company for years to use a 1.5" headtube diameter. Both of these technologies are just now being utilized by other manufacturers with great acceptance, while they are a decade-old technology for Cannondale.

Pro sponsorship

Cannondale's sponsorship in the Division I road racing circuit started with the sponsorship of Mario Cipollini's Saeco (cycling team) team in the late 1990's, memorable for Cipollini's 4 consecutive stage wins in the 1999 Tour de France. The image of Mario Cipollini approaching the TV camera right after a win to say, 'Cannondale makes the best bikes!' propelled Cannondale's popularity among road racers.

Cannondale also currently sponsors numerous road racing teams, including the Saeco team (now Lampre-Caffita as of 2005) which has won the Giro d'Italia in 2003 with Gilberto Simoni and 2004 with Damiano Cunego. Saeco's Stefano Zanini won the US Pro Championship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA in 2003. (Saeco International Group, based in Bologna manufactures coffee machines.)

The Saeco team is known for their pranks and antics. Cipollini's antics are legendary, including showing up to the stage start at the Tour de France dressed in a Julius Caesar-inspired toga complete with an olive wreath, riding on a carriage pulled by his teammates on bicycles. More recently, the entire Saeco team raced a stage of the 2003 Tour de France wearing a Legalize my Cannondale chaingang cycling kit to protest the UCI's lower bound on bike weight which means that their six13 prototype team bikes were underweight and required the installation of additional weight.

In the mountain biking circuit, Cannondale had sponsored the Volvo/Cannondale racing team (including world champions Anne-Caroline Chausson and Missy Giove), the SoBe/Cannondale racing team and various individual 24 hour racers such as Bicycling Hall of Famer and US National 24 hour Champion David "Tinker" Juarez. Other notable Cannondale sponsored riders include Olympic Silver medalist (and World Champion) Alison Sydor and Bronze medalist Christoph "Susi" Sauser, "Flyin" Brian Lopes, Cadel Evans, Kashi Leuchs, Libor "The Bouncing Czech" Karas, Lance Trappe, Aaron Chase, Myles Rockwell, Cedric Gracia, Roel Paulissen and Frederik Kessiakoff.

Top Competitors

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Other notable Cannondale sponsored riders include Olympic Silver medalist (and World Champion) Alison Sydor and Bronze medalist Christoph "Susi" Sauser, "Flyin" Brian Lopes, Cadel Evans, Kashi Leuchs, Libor "The Bouncing Czech" Karas, Lance Trappe, Aaron Chase, Myles Rockwell, Cedric Gracia, Roel Paulissen and Frederik Kessiakoff. Although child abuse is thought to be lower in countries with a high ranking on this Index, that is not easily proven. In the mountain biking circuit, Cannondale had sponsored the Volvo/Cannondale racing team (including world champions Anne-Caroline Chausson and Missy Giove), the SoBe/Cannondale racing team and various individual 24 hour racers such as Bicycling Hall of Famer and US National 24 hour Champion David "Tinker" Juarez. The UN Human Development Index is a means of measuring well-being used to rank states by these criteria. More recently, the entire Saeco team raced a stage of the 2003 Tour de France wearing a Legalize my Cannondale chaingang cycling kit to protest the UCI's lower bound on bike weight which means that their six13 prototype team bikes were underweight and required the installation of additional weight. While there are problems with such early "streaming", child murder, child abandonment, military use of children and other major social ills are thought to be reduced by a human development approach – as there is a high value assigned to children by the state. Cipollini's antics are legendary, including showing up to the stage start at the Tour de France dressed in a Julius Caesar-inspired toga complete with an olive wreath, riding on a carriage pulled by his teammates on bicycles. Think of Tiger Woods and his early practice golfing.

The Saeco team is known for their pranks and antics. The human development view is more evident in sports, music and other performing arts, such as acting where the child begins training often as early as three years of age. (Saeco International Group, based in Bologna manufactures coffee machines.). Earlier branches of economics see humans in terms of labour for production, means of persuasion or protection, which tend to be skills acquired only in adolescence and adulthood. Saeco's Stefano Zanini won the US Pro Championship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA in 2003. Both the psychological and economic fields share a special concern with education and language fluency including literacy and numeracy, and with identification and development of more unique talents into the economic variable known as individual capital. Cannondale also currently sponsors numerous road racing teams, including the Saeco team (now Lampre-Caffita as of 2005) which has won the Giro d'Italia in 2003 with Gilberto Simoni and 2004 with Damiano Cunego. Human development refers to all forms of development above, often in the context of clinical or developmental psychology, or as human development theory (in economics, an outgrowth of welfare economics).

The image of Mario Cipollini approaching the TV camera right after a win to say, 'Cannondale makes the best bikes!' propelled Cannondale's popularity among road racers.
. Cannondale's sponsorship in the Division I road racing circuit started with the sponsorship of Mario Cipollini's Saeco (cycling team) team in the late 1990's, memorable for Cipollini's 4 consecutive stage wins in the 1999 Tour de France. See also: Child prodigy. Both of these technologies are just now being utilized by other manufacturers with great acceptance, while they are a decade-old technology for Cannondale. Also sometimes used are terms that specify one's age in decades, such as:. As well as being the only company for years to use a 1.5" headtube diameter. The age ranges and terms listed reflect 21st century conceptions in the developed world.

Cannondale was the first to produce a crankset that uses externally mounted bottom bracket bearings. Approximate age ranges are shown, but conceptions about the boundaries between different stages of life vary between cultures and periods. The Leftys' are lighter, stronger and steer more precisely than any competitors forks with the same amount of travel. Terms for stages of age-related physical development are listed below. It uses the same technology of the Headshok, but wanting more travel led to moving the the telescoping unit off to the side to have enough room for the travel. It encompasses ages from prenatal to teenagers and even young adults (ages 0-21 years). The "Lefty" is an unusual looking fork, because it only has a left side or leg. Pediatrics is the branch of medicine relating to the care of children.

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Because of the light weight riders would have to add weight to the bike for it to be permitted for competition use. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Cannondale advertised its light weight frameset with the slogan "Legalize my Cannondale". Isaac Albeniz. It should also be noted that the Union Cycliste Internationale has established a 15 lb (6.8 kg) minimum weight limit. Christian Friedrich Heinecken (The Infant of Lübeck). The six13 model was introduced in 2004 which uses carbon tubed sections in the main triangle but still uses aluminum rear triangles, contrary to the usual practice of using carbon rear triangles and aluminum fronts. Child art.

Its change in warranty policy has also been criticized. Developmental psychology. Cannondale has recently been criticized for its insistence on using aluminum instead of considering carbon fiber, which is emerging in popularity. Language acquisition. Interestingly, this change coincided with the transformation of Team Saeco's (a Division 1/ProTour cycling team that rides on Cannondales) from being essentially a lead-out train for uber-sprinter Mario Cipollini to a more balanced team, with grand tour and all-around riders like Gilberto Simoni and Damiano Cunego. Infant Education. The CAAD6 and CAAD7 models reversed the oversized aluminum tubing design and instead used better shaping to retain the efficiency and improve comfort. Music lessons.

Later editions of the CAAD series sported S-bend aluminum seat stays introduced in the CAAD3 model for improving comfort. Learning. It nonetheless gained popularity in the US criterium circuit, helped by its generous warranty policy. Supercentenarian (110+). The earlier models sported oversized down tubes for increased stiffness and resulted in frames that are super-stiff and super-efficient, but considered by many to be extremely uncomfortable. Centenarian (100-109). Cannondale started its foray into aluminum racing frames in the 1980s with their CAAD series frames. Nonagenarian (90-99).

. Octogenarian (80-89). Recent years saw Cannondale attempt to enter the motorcycle business and failing miserably, causing the company to declare bankruptcy to get rid of its motor sports division. Septuagenarian (70-79). (Regarding the development of aluminum frame bicycles, see also Gary Klein). Sexagenarian (60-69). Today Cannondale produces many different types of bicycles, specializing in aluminum (rather than steel) frames at mass-market prices, a technology in which they were pioneers. Quinquagenarian (50-59).

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    Young adult (18-25). Adolescence and puberty (teenage) (13-19). The child in this and the previous phase are called schoolchild (schoolboy or schoolgirl), when still of primary school age.) (12+). Preadolescence (preteen, or late childhood.

    Elementary school age (also called middle childhood) (4-11). Primary school age (also called prepubescence) (4-11)

      . Toddler (1.5-4). Infant (baby, newborn) (0-1.5).

      Child

        . Birth. Embryo; in the later stages also called fetus. Zygote, the point of Conception, fertilization.