Cannondale Aficionados / Owners

Think I've shopped myself Caad 10 without fork but with Hollowgram cranks, so sourcing that which seems easy enough, and trying to find an economical headset, which is proving difficult.

Any advice out there chaps?

Why...would it have no fork?

I think the conclusion of the c10 headset thread on WW was that you suck it up and by the Cannondale spare parts.

Suggests it's been crashed, I would think.

Yep, seller said he had a 'minor spill' but the fork cracked-he's sending me the fork too so I can judge for myself and I paid on condition that the frame is undamaged, which it certainly appears to be. If it is fubared I'll just file a paypal claim, but fingers crossed it's ok.

Only thing I've found that might work so far is https://www.athleteshop.co.uk/xlc-headset-1-1-8-1-1-4-inch-comp-45-gr?gclid=COepo-jX28sCFZUW0wodgrwMlQ which matches the CAAD 10 1.1/4" to 1.1/8" dims.

Yep, seller said he had a 'minor spill' but the fork cracked

Er. Yeah. Of course. Or a head on impact in to a blunt object. What could go wrong?

Sounds like a total waste of time. And where's the original headset?!

I'm just pissed that you'd burn time on something like this when it could be better spent writing satirical internet funnies

I have a 'as new' 54cm CAAD8 ( made in murica racey version ) if you're interested in something slightly older?

if you're interested in something slightly less completely fucked?

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To be fair, there is a small chip of paint on one of the seat stays.

Dunno man, not the most comprehensive pics but looks clean enough? That's a mighty fillet where the headtube meets the downtube too and I've seen forks crack from someone falling over at the lights when they've not clipped out. Headset was lost when he stripped the bike apparently, he's got about 800 feedback so don't think he's a total chancer but you never know. Nothing ventured nothing gained anyway-I got the frame and cranks for a bargainous £225 and firing it back for a refund will be easy if it's fucked.

And I hear you with the blog-best intentions and all that but I'm trying to find work atm and it's sucking the life out of me :(

he's got about 800 feedback so don't think he's a total chancer but you never know.

Insurance write off or possibly stolen I'd imagine. But then I don't know what other stuff he's been selling. Those aren't the original cranks that came with that frame, so at some point someone would have known what they were doing with that bike, but someone who fits old SLs isn't the kind of person who loses headsets.

Seems to be mostly car/mtb stuff-difficult to say really, but positive feedback so I'm hesitant to say it's not legit or that it's fucked till I get it in my hands and have a gander.

Lots of folk buy CAADs as frame only and retrofit groups/componenents and my old alu Colnago CX frame with similar reinforced downtube has been through the wars and is totally fine-the steel mech hanger however cracked and left the stay totally undamaged so I don't think there's quite the same risk as there is with carbon. It'll either be warped and cracked or it won't?

Could be interested pending this one being fucked/too big and colour and price of yours?

Or rear d hangers

It's a top end race frame and bonkers thin in places. I can't see the frame escaping undamaged from an impact that broke the fork. Stranger things have happened I guess.

If you can borrow a headset and fork from someone you'd at least be able to test it all out without sinking any money in to it. The headset is integrated so if it has had a frontal you'll know pretty quickly as the bearings won't sit right and it will creak like fuck.

That too. And who leaves their pedals on?!

And who fits a spiderring to SISLs... then leaves it on because they don't have the tools to remove it.

Too many questions...

Asked about the fork again and he's said it's cracked at the bottom of the steerer tube. I don't know if this makes it less likely to be damaged than if it were one of the blades that's been snapped? You guys are putting the shits up me so I might just ask him to refund me.

He's saying "No mate, I can refund you. The impact didn't even buckle the wheel. I bought it off someone from my club that just couldn't be arsed. I told him that cannondale may replace forks."

Ah. Mad bargain. Possibly fucked. Dunno.

i would roll with it. £225 for the crankset alone isnt a completely awful price. inspect the frame thoroughly then go from there

Yeah, it's just the faff of getting new headset fork to establish this I guess.

if it's a hairline crack on the fork and he's sending me them to verify I guess it's probably ok so will proceed and take a hit on the return shipping if it's fubared.

The impact didn't even buckle the wheel

= "I don't have a clue"

The wheel, hit head on like that is way stronger than -say- the downtube.

The impact didn't even buckle the wheel

I've had two (my only two!) frame / fork braking crashes on the same front wheel, and it survived both totally fine. One a woman pulled out on me, on an old Trek Madone, where the fork was fine, and the HT/DT joint buckled entirely. The other I hit the back of a white van and snapped the steerer tube of the forks.

I'm still riding that frame 4 years later, which had some cosmetic damage to the cf of the headtube, but only because I know what the crash was like and that really, it was a freak accident that snapped the forks.

accurate set of calipers to measure the ID of the top and bottom seats to assess ovalness is a must at the very least

It's this. Think I've posted it here before.

This is rad. Can't believe you haven't sold it yet.