Cannondale Bicycle Corporation

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. On computers, chess pieces are often 2-D symbols on a 2-D board, although some programs have fancier 3-D graphics engines with more traditional designs of chess pieces. 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. Some small magnetic sets, designed to be compact and/or for travel, have pieces more like those used in Shogi and Xiangqi — each piece being a similar flat token, with a symbol drawn on it to show which piece it is. 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. Sometimes other materials are used, such as bone, ivory, or a composite material. 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. Plastic white pieces are made of white or off-white plastic and black plastic are made of black or red plastic.

The Saeco team is known for their pranks and antics. Black wooden pieces are either made of a dark wood such as rosewood, ebony, red sandalwood, or walnut; or they are made of boxwood and stained or painted black, brown, or red. (Saeco International Group, based in Bologna manufactures coffee machines.). Wooden white pieces of a chess set are normally made of the light wood boxwood or sometimes maple. Saeco's Stefano Zanini won the US Pro Championship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA in 2003. Although the physical color of chess pieces may vary, the lighter color is called "white" while the darker color is called "black.". 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. For games played at the top level, pieces made of wood are common but for lower-level games or very large tournaments, plastic sets are more common.

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. These criteria are from the United States Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess, which is based on the Fédération Internationale des Échecs rules. 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. Squares of size of approximately 57mm (2-1/4 inches) normally are well-suited for pieces with the kings in the preferred size range. Both of these technologies are just now being utilized by other manufacturers with great acceptance, while they are a decade-old technology for Cannondale. The size of the squares of the chessboard should be approximately 1.25–1.3 times the diameter of the base of the king, or 50 to 65mm. As well as being the only company for years to use a 1.5" headtube diameter. The pieces should be well balanced.

Cannondale was the first to produce a crankset that uses externally mounted bottom bracket bearings. The size of the other pieces should be in proportion to the king. The Leftys' are lighter, stronger and steer more precisely than any competitors forks with the same amount of travel. The diameter of the king should be 40–50% of its height. 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. A height of approximately 95 to 102mm (3.75 to 4 inches) is preferred by most players. The "Lefty" is an unusual looking fork, because it only has a left side or leg. The height of the king should be between 85mm and 105mm (3.35 to 4.13 inches) tall.

which is a tightness at the top of the travel that must be overcome to initiate travel, and also reduces overall performance. For actual play, pieces of the Staunton design are the standard. This eliminates flexing of the fork legs, and also eliminates "stiction". The first Staunton style sets were made by Jaques of London (also known as John Jaques of London and Jaques and Son of London in 1849. It uses bearings to reduce the friction for super smooth travel, the bearings telescope inside the steerer tube of the fork. They are available in a variety of designs, with the most well-known "Staunton design" which is named after Howard Staunton (a 19^th century English chess player), which was designed by Nathaniel Cook. It started with the "Headshok" forks. For example, a set of pieces designed for a board with 2 inch (5cm) squares will typically have a king around 3-3/4 in (95 mm) tall.

Cannondale has also developed a suspension fork called the Lefty. Chess pieces used for play are usually figurines that are taller than they are wide. 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. Themed designs are intended for display rather than for actual play. The crank and bottom bracket set weigh 80 grams less than Dura-Ace. The variation of designs available is broad, from highly abstract representations to themed designs such as those which emulate the drawings from the works of Lewis Carroll or modern treatments such as Star Trek or The Simpsons. Cannondale also developed a proprietary bottom bracket technology called Hollowgram which is featured in its high-end bikes since 2001. Pieces capture opposing pieces by replacing them on their square, except for the en passant rule.

Because of the light weight riders would have to add weight to the bike for it to be permitted for competition use. Each piece moves in a different pattern. Cannondale advertised its light weight frameset with the slogan "Legalize my Cannondale". . It should also be noted that the Union Cycliste Internationale has established a 15 lb (6.8 kg) minimum weight limit. In discussions about play, a distinction is often drawn between pawns and more valuable "pieces.". 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. Some chess variants or certain kinds of chess problems call for non-standard fairy pieces.

Its change in warranty policy has also been criticized.
. Cannondale has recently been criticized for its insistence on using aluminum instead of considering carbon fiber, which is emerging in popularity. Each set has six types of pieces:. 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. In chess, each player has one of two equivalent sets of pieces of different colors. The CAAD6 and CAAD7 models reversed the oversized aluminum tubing design and instead used better shaping to retain the efficiency and improve comfort. FIDE Laws of Chess.

Later editions of the CAAD series sported S-bend aluminum seat stays introduced in the CAAD3 model for improving comfort. FIDE on chess equipment. It nonetheless gained popularity in the US criterium circuit, helped by its generous warranty policy. ISBN 0-8129-3559-4. 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. McKay, 1975, 2003. Cannondale started its foray into aluminum racing frames in the 1980s with their CAAD series frames. Burg.

. Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess, fifth edition, edited by Tim Just and Daniel B. 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. U.S. (Regarding the development of aluminum frame bicycles, see also Gary Klein). Also see en passant. 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. The pawn can move one or two spaces if it hasn't moved from its original square.