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Insightdriver wrote:
...read the post a bit more carefully.
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I did not imply that Cannondale made steel bikes at all.

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Sorry, my bad.

Since you said "...back when there only were steel bikes", and Cannondale was founded in 1971, you got me thinking and looking.

It is worthy to note that wooden (bamboo too) bikes frames were the norm at the turn of the 20th century. But in more recent time, but still before the birth of C'Dale, bike frame engineers and designers had production frames made of many materials other than steel.

A French company introduced a cast Aluminum bike in the 1890s!

Fiberglass, and molded plastic were produced in the early 60's.

Speedwell of England produced 10,000 Titanium frames in 1973. Ok, after C'dale's birth, but pretty close.

My source for all of the above came from Bicycle Science 2nd edition by Whitt and Wilson. Other source report that Speedwell had production Ti frames in the 60's.

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