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The fact that Cannondale are well known for the alu tubing and are rated as good bikes both for training and racing?
If I buy the Kinesis, I would have to buy it a new groupset at some point, when my SRAM Red goes back over the a summer frame. I don't think that it will come out much vastly than 1,500, whatever I stick on it.
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Also will it actually be much cheaper to repair expensive thin walled alu tubing over carbon? Or do you mean Cannondale do a crash replacement for 1st owners?
Alu dents and a that's that. Keep an eye on it and keep riding. You can't really see the damage done to carbon so judging it's safety a bit tricky. To be totally safe it needs an x-ray or putting in the bin.
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^^Kinesis are well known for their alu tubing and are generally rated as good bikes both for training and racing. The old version which could only take 25mm + 'guards and a 1 1/8" fork was well loved.
Surely a bike that can take 28mm + 'guards, with actual mud guard mounts is much better than faffing around with compromise mounting systems and having less clearanc, no? They're also made by a UK company if that's important.
Also surely price is a relevant factor.
Also will it actually be much cheaper to repair expensive thin walled alu tubing over carbon? Or do you mean Cannondale do a crash replacement for 1st owners?