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Haven’t got round to fitting full mudguards on the Principia yet (the stays on my guards were cut to run on the Cannondale with axiom adapters and are too short ) . It’s got plenty of clearance though , currently running some raceblades which defeats the purpose, just being lazy - I hate fitting full guards !
To be honest it probably is aesthetics swaying my judgment at the moment . To my eye the Principia is not as nice looking , colour aside the welds are neat but but still not as nice, the tube shapes and joints aren’t quite as slick etc. With current itm forks the bars are about the same height on both , but if I replaced the Principia fork with more steerer I could add a couple of spacers to get more comfortable . So trying to weigh in cost of new fork and repray vs keeping the Cannondale I’ve already paid for ...
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Love it! How did it ride with the Alu forks ? Don’t see many of them around but always seem to get compliments. One good thing about the colour of mine is it doesn’t stand out , I’ve walked past it a few times in the bike racks when going to unlock it so hopefully it goes unnoticed by theives as well !
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Cannondale got put on hold as fork had to go back to be stripped and re-powdercoated, it was so thick around the dropouts I couldn’t get the wheel in. Also ended up having to get the bottom bracket chased and faced and the bottle cage bosses retapped. Did manage to install the new alu cable guides from VintageCannondale.com , easy to fit once I worked out how and highly recommended . Love this colour , it’s hard to photo but looks amazing up close.
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@yokes I've done it with a HSS drill bit in a pair of pliers from the seat tube side, slow going but did work. Took another frame to local frame builder (Argos) and they did it in a few minutes for free, didn't see how though! Probably with a 90 degree drill chuck
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Principia RSL Linda Mcartney with DA/Ultegra currently £30 with a few hours to go, collection only in Portstmouth though
https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Principia-aluminium-bike-from-around-2000-/263463584389
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Sorry just seen this , looks like you’ve sold it since !