Cannondale Aficionados / Owners

no worries. though at 40$ each, plus shipping, plus the extra bolts... a pair of ultegra calipers is 100£...

I’ve got a set a Shimano post mount callipers for not much money. Pm me if interested.

Has anyone got a spare one of these kicking about?

This came on my caad12 and was already rounded off, just need to top cap bit.

Ta.

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Mine also did that, then broke off completely and fell down into the head tube. I’d just replace it with a normal top cap / nut setup (also cheaper)

Ball end Allen keys are very good at wrecking those.

aren't those expander plugs not the best design in terms of distributing the expanding force over a very small area? So probably just buy the longest one you can find and replace the SI. I seem to remember Luescher Teknik saying they're dangerous but I can't find the link.

edit - found it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bSnbjHiFXc

4.05 here

Should probably replace the one on my wife's SSEHM

They're awful, have rounded off two of them now, last one I had to hammer a torx bolt into it to remove. Replaced with the more solid version and never had a problem since.

Audax bikes.

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aren't those expander plugs not the best design in terms of distributing the expanding force over a very small area?

When I did road bikes I noticed that Cannondale provide some quite different recommendations on steerer length and set up compared to other brands.

I think the Tl;dr was no spacers above the stem - so you don’t need a longer bung.

i know which one i like

Strong

Off to pick up an 2008 X7 tonight. Basically stock.

Any good?

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All sorted, found one like @danstuff has in the toolbox!

I've had a Koga bung in my Caad10 it's not long and I haven't died yet.

I’ve had an SI cap on my CAAD10 going on 5 years and no problems yet. Pulled apart and checked once a year using a quality set of hex keys.

How's it looking? Knew you wouldn't be able to resist

Fully stock apart from seat post and saddle. In bloody good nick too.

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that rear brake cable routing is ..... interesting.

Dibs when you sell

Funny because it’s true... eventually

Would anyone have a spider removal tool for the basic SI cranks that they'd lend me?

Do I need a specific crank puller too?

Yes and yes

Great! Do you have one of those too?

Yes

Nothing that a hammer and a bit of wood cant sort out!