What's Hiding In My 1988 Cannondale SM500? 🤯 😱 (Bicycle Rebuild)

In todays video I find something crazy hiding in this old Cannondale. AndI take on the job of fixing up this 1988 Cannondale mountain bike so that it can be passed along to someone who will enjoy it. Sit back, relax and watch me fix this bike!! Enjoy!

[@evgeniydragondog]

Wow a secret pump!

[@TheValueBikeAdvocate]

Thanks for watching!!

[@despeasland4837]

Great build. Thanks for sharing. Just love the hidden pump. I too love old mountain bikes . I have a Peugeot laser and when i cleaned it i found a sticker that said built in Canada but then sold here in England. It looks ugly 😂😂 but i love it.

[@TheValueBikeAdvocate]

Thanks for watching. I enjoy reading the different labels as to where the bikes came from, or were serviced last. I wonder how your Peugeot made its way to you.

[@retrobicyclejunkie]

I'd keep that cool seatpost 😂. Nice find 😎 🤌🏽. Can't go wrong with them older Cannondale MTB's! Aim high 💰! Well done 👍🏽!

[@TheValueBikeAdvocate]

Thanks for watching!!

[@jtech23]

Nice Bike!! Would love to find some similar age components to use on my bike build... BTW, I believe the front brake cable is supposed to be routed between the housings, in the video it is routed on the outside of the drive side housing. Great video and keep up the great work!!

[@TheValueBikeAdvocate]

Thanks for watching! I noticed the cable routing after I finished the video. I felt kind of silly after I saw that and thought nobody would notice watching this. lol. I was wrong.

[@BikeShedBoy]

Nice cannondale good build 👍 I am hoping to get a nice old cannondale for my collection and do something crazy to on my channel 😊

[@TheValueBikeAdvocate]

Thanks for watching!! I enjoy your videos!!

[@vintagebikes3073]

Why did you leave those ugly pedals on it? Nice bike btw. ...and emergency pump in the seatpost.

[@TheValueBikeAdvocate]

Thanks for watching!! My plan is to flip the bike so I didn’t want to put any additional costs into it.

[@MrArtist1971]

9:40 What's hiding . . .

[@TheValueBikeAdvocate]

Thanks for Watching. Spoiler Alert!

[@jerrydavis5934]

how many years did they produce the sm 500 ?

[@TheValueBikeAdvocate]

Thanks for watching!! I’m not sure many years they made it.

[@TheValueBikeAdvocate]

I found this during a quick google search:
Cannondale produced the SM-500 mountain bike for around 7 years, from 1984 to 1991. They later switched the naming scheme and dropped the "S" prefix around 1992.

[@jerrydavis5934]

@@TheValueBikeAdvocate thanks

[@billzielke6798]

The red has to go…

[@TheValueBikeAdvocate]

Thanks for watching! The red was OEM so it stayed with the bike.

[@billzielke6798]

@@TheValueBikeAdvocate Sorry…it looked like a spray can was used. I guess I’d keep it original, too. Good video.

[@TheValueBikeAdvocate]

Thanks for watching, and thanks for your engagement! I really appreciate it!!