Cannondale Aficionados / Owners

Honestly for a winter commuter, you best be getting CAAD12 with Shimano hydraulic brakes.

Do cannondale's stack and reach measurements include the conical spacer?

Measured my serotta, stack including headset is 60cm, reach 38.5, so am thinking the 56cm synapse would fit me better than the 58. Currently I use 1cm spacer on the serotta, am hoping that would be the conical spacer on the cannondale.

Do cannondale's stack and reach measurements include the conical spacer?

Nope, Synapse have massive headtube.

I'd be interested to hear your opinions post Synapse test-ride. A friend of mine rode one and absolutely hated it, he said the bike felt completely noodly and the steerer was slack enough to be a low-rider. He said descending was a joke. Having said that, he's used to racing geo.

Or probably used to what he was using generally.

It didn't look like Sagan had issues with it when he rode it.

TBF, with Endurance bike, the pro often sized down to gain similar headtube length as their race bike.

It didn't look like Sagan had issues with it when he rode it.

You can't buy that bike or the s-works roubaix .. only Domane Koppenberg

I trust his judgement, he builds bikes for a living.

p.s. Sagan rides what his sponsor gives him, he'd probably still manage to come 2nd on a kids trike.

I rode a Synapse alloy disc last night. Sure it wasn't as low as my spine destroying Cervelo S2, but I need it to be a winter trainer/commuter. I liked it so much that (pending a defy advanced test ride) I'll buy it. However if you want to a bike for death-defying black ice tail whip descents, I suggest looking elsewhere.

p.s. Sagan rides what his sponsor gives him.

To a larger extend I suppose, some like Cancellara were given the choice and went for the Domane.

Where can I see a Slate?

Don't do it.

Trying to find out where they are so you can avoid seeing it?

Sagan's bike was custom made for him. Nominally a size 54, but with a 58 cm top tube and a 140 mm stem.

It's not exactly representative.

So, you're saying Ed was talking crap?

I got that, geometry is still largely the same nonetheless (beside the small bit says maximising the brake clearance with the Red calipers).

I trust his judgement, he builds bikes for a living.

Or you could ignore the negative anecdote floating in the sea of pretty positive opinions.

I've never ridden one -lolz- but I've bought the Denk cool aide

Which is why I'm asking DJ for his opinion, as he has also had a fair few bikes :)

I'm not likely to try or buy one, but I'd be interested to know.

My criteria are going to be fit and comfort, the stiff rear triangle of my commuto x bike hammers the degenerating discs in my spine. On paper the reach and stack of the 56 is almost identical to my serotta. The serotta has a much more compliant rear triangle than my Lynskey commuto x.

I also want a bike with Di2 and hydraulic discs. Am not racing so comfort>stiffness. But if it's utter noodles I will not take the bike.

I guess more of the perceived flex will result from the wheels and tyres than the frame but perhaps an engineer will have a clearer understanding of this.

I got that, geometry is still largely the same nonetheless

It really isn't.

p.s. Sagan rides what his sponsor gives him

He really doesn't. He rides bikes that fit him regardedless of the brand's catalogues.

Seemingly endless chatter about the Habit going on - and a factory rider has already one some weird xc/am mashup race on it.

I'm coming round to it

Out of curiosity what size seat post does the linsky have? Could a narrower one or one of those fancy Syntace ones help to take the edge off?

It's a 27.2 am contemplating getting the canyon/ergon leaf spring post for it.

Been building this up very slowly over the last year, originally went with gears - too much faff for me - set on SS now with a Beer Components EBB. Just waiting on Sugino 46t front chainring, pedals and bar tape.

I'm still not sure what wheels to go with, it has ultegra tubeless at the mo, a little on the heavy side but hassle-free, have some carbon tubulars which are nice and light but would obviously not be commuting-friendly.

No, no, we've never seen a Santa Cruz