Cannondale Bad Boy Ultra Headshok
Until about 2014 almost any cannondale mountain bike with a cannondale headshok or lefty fork used a headshok size stem which is a proprietary size to cannondale.
Cannondale bad boy ultra headshok. I have a vintage 2001 bad boy ultra with headshok and only recently re built it 2013 that s 13 years of reliable operation. Features headshok super fatty ultra dlr fork with 80mm of travel cushions the ride whether dodging potholes jumping curbs or heading off road. Fast forward to 2012 i finally find a 2001 caad4 bad boy ultra project with a 70mm ultra dl headshok. They had them back when i was riding caffeine s and they still haven t fixed them.
Headshok kit list info. There is virtually zero stiction and the damping is butter smooth. You can easily say i nearly purchased a new bad boy ultra. Unlike most forks the headshok cartridges can be upgraded sometimes resulting in more travel.
I love my cannondales. I don t want to tear off the headshok fork and si external cups only to find out they re not the same diameter internally. With the introduction of the supermax lefty lefty 2 0 and lefty oliver cannondale has switched to 1 5. The alloy seatpost and flat bars has since been replaced with cannondale c2 carbon save parts.
The bad boy ultra has fork suspension with 2 75 80in travel. Cannondale s consummate bad boy ultra tears through town with grace and precision thanks to a cushy front suspension fork and disc brakes. The bad boy ultra comes with mix shimano and sram mix components including a cannondale stem a threadless oversized cannondale headshok headset and trigger shimano deore sram shifters. The frame was in rough shape cosmetically.
The problem is i don t know if the inside diameter of a 2004 bad boy ultra headtube is the same as a 2013 cannondale bad boy 5 headtube. The following is a list of what was released for that year some forks were carried into the next year. The headshok fork will not twist and bend around while under load like most conventional forks. Headshok is super stiff light and solid.
All headshok stems use a headshok size stem. Part 1 on how to service a cannondale headshok. Please subscribe and thanks for watching. After thinking it over i think i will venture into overhauling the headshok myself.
Which cost me 300. I think they are the finest bikes on the planet but boy oh boy do headshok s have issues. The original paint had lots of scratches and chipping.