Cannondale Aficionados / Owners

Best replacement fork for a SuperSix? Asking for a friend. Anyone know the steerer tube diameters (tapered) and the rake?

I don't understand this irritation at having to spend a few £ on the right tool to do the job

Imagine if Thomson stems used a 7-lobed version of Torx for all their bolts.

Im in the club

No Slate in the UK for 2018 apparently.

thinking of getting a caad12 for winter, does it have better clearances on the smaller sizes (48cm) than the caad10?

Shame but it's pretty niche. They quietly dropped the hooligan for the uk last year too and it was a rad raw frame/ orange lefty number.

They are under pressure for revenue and the lines that aren't delivering that are getting dropped.

The Slate probably would have sold better without suspension. Or one sided forks. Or 650B wheels...

So a 'gravel' bike like everyone else's.

have to agree. I do still think they are very cool though

Slate will be considered a classic in 10 years. Same as the caad10 will. Although c10 already is to a certain extent

New CAAD for winter and some gravel grinding.

diagnosis of my hollowgram meltdown - looks like my spiderring lockring has cracked. really odd - not sure how that has happened as it was installed by a shop so shouldnt think it was overtorqued

no bank holiday road riding for me :(

Wot?! How?!

2manywattz

same problem here. clicks ocasionally but did not attempt to replace it yet. need the tool.. already bought the lockring but seeing yours does not put my mind at ease. i have the older version and bought this mk3 to replace it, but if these crack too..

Clearly my watts are insufficient- I've never cracked one of those. I have, entirely coincidentally I am sure, always used a torque wrench and loctite when installing

If the lockring is holding back one's mighty watts, one has a very unusual pedalling style.

I move in a mysterious way it is true

I have no idea. but one day I went out riding and it sounded like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyg44M0RUiI

@hma I had a quick google and couldnt find anyone else who had cracked one. I dont think it is common. surprised you have had the same issue

I am just hoping a new lockring sorts it and I havent fucked the spiderring/crank riding it. the interfaces look fine though so hopefully it will be ok

amazingly the bb30 bearings are super smooth still

whoa, that sounds much worse than mine. i get one silent click every 20 turns or so, took me a good while to identify the source..

^^^Fake tan needed

never seen one of those cracked before!

Now the sales have started I'm looking at a CAAD12 Black Inc or a Canyon Ultimate CF SL in the race blue with discs;
https://www.canyon.com/en-gb/road/ultimate/ultimate-cf-sl-disc-9-0.html

I'm pretty much a novice when it comes to buying bikes. So any thoughts or comments would be greatly appreciated!

Prioritise, in this order:

• The colour
  
• Whichever groupset is most aligned with your prejudices
  
• Wheels
  
• Frame material
  
• Frame geometry
  
• Warranty, and reputation of firm for actually standing behind it
  
• That you get on well with the shop you might buy it from