Cannondale pepperoni fork recall

[Mark Huie]

Since I haven't heard mention of it yet, I may as well
let the cat out of the bag:

Cannondale is issuing a recall on all of its pepperoni forks
with aluminum steerer tubes. That encompasses almost
all of the 1992 M700, M800, M1000, and M2000 (if it exists)
US models and some of the similar early '93 models.

Apparently, the al steerer tubes aren't all they're cracked up
to be (sorry, couldn't resist the pun :)

Cannondale is advising anyone with a suspect bike to immediately
stop riding the bike and bring it into a dealer to check it out.
If it is a bad fork, it has to be sent to Cannondale where the
aluminum steerer tube is pressed out and a steel one is pressed
into its place. Optimistic turnaround time at Cannondale (read: not
counting shipping) is 3 to 5 days.

Cannondale claims the suspect bikes were built from August 1991 thru
August 1992. If you can read your serial number, the build date
is encoded into it as the fourth through seventh digits
(ie: 51801923141 was built 0192: January '92).

Aagin, if you have a bike with the suspect fork: STOP RIDING IT. NOW!
(so Cannondale doesn't get sued for any (more?) injuries. Oh,
and so you don't hurt yourself)

-huie

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