Finally, by 1983 Cannondale was positioned to introduce its first bicycle: an innovative large-diameter aluminum-tubed model, affordable compared to other brands of aluminum bicycles--and rapidly added $7 million to its revenues. In 1984 the company introduced its first mountain bike, a style dis...
the CAAD name supplanted the 2.8 monicker; and Cannondale began sponsoring the Saeco team, and in the process, becoming Marco Cipollini’s costume enabler. The CAAD process was labeled as “CAD” on the frames themselves, proving that the people who wrote the Cannondale catalogs were not allowed...