Cannondale Aficionados / Owners

Magnolia?

Baby blue, obvs

Howard knows

A friend of mine is going to look at this CAAD5 tomorrow: https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/custom-built-cannondale-caad5-road-bike/1256133693

What do you think? Is that a Cannondale fork? Reckon it's good value for money?

I reckon you can get similar for half the price on eBay regardless of value

Fair enough. Are CAAD5's good frames? It's got a bit of a mixed bag of components, all a few years old but decent quality. The frame does appear to be in pretty good condition as well, what do you think it's worth?

I don't know enough about them. They're good frames.
It may well be worth that. I've just seen some go cheap and personally unless it was a frame I was really after, like the one I just bought, I'd wait and watch them on eBay. That's just me though. 2 mates of mine have had CAAD 4 and 7s, complete for under £200 on eBay

Hi!
Recently I bought a Cannondale R1000 (CAAD 8 frame), according to specifications it should be from 2005. I checked the 2005 catalogue and everything seems to be in order (Ultegra 10 speed, Mavic Ksyrium Elite, colour scheme, forks,...), but the diameter of the seat post is strange. According to the data found on the internet it is supposed to be 27.2, but mine has 26.8. I was wondering if anyone could tell me whether they made frames with different seat post diameters or the information is wrong?
I have attached a photo, maybe it will help.

Thanks!
Marko

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Check the slot at the top of the seattube. Is it parallel? My guess is it's been over tightened and closed a bit. It should be 27.2

Thanks for the reply. That was also my first thought, so I checked and it seems OK. I even tried to insert a 27.2 carbon seat post, it went in about 5cm with a lot of strugle, I barely took it out again and it was really badly scratched. Will try again with an alu post.

Cheers,
Marko

Spotted in classifieds

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/308098/#comment13759321

I'm looking at getting a new road bike. At the moment I'm tossing up between the CAAD and the Synapse. Any preferences?

They have a sale on at Hargroves and looking at getting this on the cycle scheme. Both versions have 105 groupset and disc but I'm also kinda thinking about the Tiagra as well. Any insight would be great. Cheers

Not cheap.
This one went for £250 recently, caad7 too
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cannondale-CAAD-7-Saeco-Size-56-/172778967895?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=XjZx3KzodAeO05pHVTCpODjtCvM%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

^ Its ended so you might have to click View original listing to see

I wouldn't bother with the ally synapse

Are the alloy ones pretty shit house?

I had an alloy syanpse disc i built as a winter bike and hated it. It also slowly tried to destroy my knee.

I have a CAAD12 disc now and really like it

None of the good frame features of the carbon version really made it to the ally version. The geo is the same though.

I like my knees!

This is the one im looking at http://www.hargrovescycles.co.uk/bikes/road-bikes/cannondale-caad-optimo-disc-105-2017-road-bike.html

or am I being a bit too optimistic getting a decent one under a grand?

Would you guys rate the supersix evo bikes then? Been looking at these recently...bit wary of them due the creaks and moans I've read particularly on ere

Hi-mod?

This is the one im looking at http://www.hargrovescycles.co.uk/bikes/r­oad-bikes/cannondale-caad-optimo-disc-10­5-2017-road-bike.html

I thought those looked great, but then I've never really seen one in the wild or spoken to anyone who has ridden one!

non Hi - mod? i assume the hi mod frames are good too?

It seems to be pretty decent spec. Even the Tiagra version has disc brakes etc and is only £700ish pounds.

I'm a fan of the colour as well.

The hi-mod frames are excellent (I've got one). Dunno about the standard version.