Cannondale Aficionados / Owners

thats a CAAD12 not 10

mad hype yo

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You're a CAAD12

pls

I can do plain

I can't do somewhere in the middle

Good wheel choice, tyres though, dissappoint.

It has Ones now, in a nod to practicality. I wanted to like the bonkers skinny Mavics...but alas no.

Whatevs all the choices were aesthetic when that was taken

Needs stickers.

Needs to be ridden

more like

I haven't stepped on a pedal since Thetford :-(

I suggest fixing that by taking part in an XC race.

What could go wrong? Other than complete demoralisation and subsequent denial / depression spiral

Yeah - Mavic tyres (aka Hutchinson shite) are terrible - that is screaming for gumwalls - 40c look even better set off with some gum. All black bikes should always have some gum.
#gumwallz4lyf

looks awfully fine thanks for doing this ahem research for me ...

+1 for the gold chain

Literally how I want it beside not being fussed about the paint job.

Or get the shortest reach handlebar possible and get away with a bike one size bigger with a normal length stem (100-110mm).

(Shortest reach bar I think is 65mm Pro Vibe).

complete demoralisation and subsequent denial / depression spiral

I can get all that from any old bike ride tho.

I much prefer how a smaller bike with a longer stem handles, I have found that most 56's (other than my Trek) seem sluggish and unwieldy, and considering most of the geo of the 54 is the same as my 56 trek, other than a bit of a short head tube, it should be fine, and I'm just being a drama queen. Will probable have at least 10mm of spacer tho.

Usually smaller bike have a slightly slacker handling due to using the same fork throughout the sizes.

Some have two fork option (45mm for 52-62cm, and 50mm for 42-50cm), very very few have at least three different fork.

Cannondale use the same fork rake in all the sizes (45mm base on old CAAD10/SuperSix from memory), but the difference in handling is like feeling the pea under the bed; some might notice it, some don't.

I've got Victoria rubino pro 2s in 28c on open pros on my caad10 and they fit fine. Maybe from for 30 with the right tyre.

Hope that helps

Yeah, I guess I'm more afraid of having a bike that's too big, that I can't make smaller, than having a bike that's perhaps a slight bit too small, that with a bit of stem, post and some spacers I can make a bit bigger.

Despite my "correct" size always having been 56 I've always gone for a 54. Just always seems right and never had any trouble. We'll see - Evans have a 30 day no quibble returns/swap policy anyway, so I will probably be able to sort out a larger size should the 54 actually be "too small" although all the measurements point to 10 - 20mm spacers sorting the slightly shorter head tube.
Good to know the technicalities behind my (wrong) presumptions!

If it feel right then it's right, that's all that important.

Edit; CAAD12 got same fork rakes too.

So no instagram? :(

Yeah I'll know after 5okm whether it's going to rape my back and shoulders!

Have I ever built a bike that's not been gram-worthy?

I will happily photoshop the spacers out

Deal