Another stupid story (this time about Capo)

^ It's a story, not a review!
(Hello emoxfag.)

Doesn't really matter what it is, it's by emoxfag, and that means it's going to be controversial and strange in some way. :)

the point isn't the bike. not really. i disliked the bike. no big deal. that wasn't the point. i wrote two sentences saying i hated the bicycle in question. the point, which i thought was funny, was the rep calling me in to ride the bike, then calling me to complain that i didn't like it.

i didn't qualify myself once. i'm a guy that sells hybrids to old women most of the year. for every 15 crossroads i sell one Scaple. For every one Tarmac i sell 20 Quick or adventures. my qualifications are beng the most honest sales person in the area. i make every customer ride the bike with me outside or 10-15 minutes each bike. thats it. i'm not some bike snob asshole. i'm a nerd that rides fixies and tells stupid stories.

and yeah man if you are going to buy all bikes by product spec have fun. top tube lengths all very despite what is printed. every company measures from different spots on the frame. i'm sorry if i offended you in someway about this bike. if you ride one and like good for you. come around here and it'll be cool becaue you'll be the onyl one on one until a new cannondale dealer opens up because i sure as fuck won't suggest one to anyone.

and yeah man if you are going to buy all bikes by product spec have fun. top tube lengths all very despite what is printed. every company measures from different spots on the frame.

Not by 6 cm they don't. Your Steamroller is around 60cm, the Capo around 54cm. I am just surprised that you can ride a 60ish frame fine yet feel a 54ish frame has you over reaching.

Have to point out I have never ridden a Capo and probably never will so couldn't care either way but I couldn't help pointing out your odd comment about over reaching.
Or did it have a 20cm stem fitted maybe :-)

i'm not comparing steam roller to the capo. the steam roller is known for its long reach. i'm comparing the capo to the 54 sworks langster, the 54 oneway and the 56 converted colnago that my co worrker rides. the ride, in comparison to the langster i took out alot during season and right before i rode the capo, the capo had a very awkward reach. whatever. you want to keep bitching baout good for you. you won. you are smarter than a kid that works at a shop. is that what you want to hear? that just because you don't work at a shop you want to prove you still know more? thast fine. good for you man.

fuck. let it go. the bike has a shity geometry is all i'm saying.

i'm not comparing steam roller to the capo. the steam roller is known for its long reach. i'm comparing the capo to the 54 sworks langster, the 54 oneway and the 56 converted colnago that my co worrker rides. the ride, in comparison to the langster i took out alot during season and right before i rode the capo, the capo had a very awkward reach. whatever. you want to keep bitching baout good for you. you won. you are smarter than a kid that works at a shop. is that what you want to hear? that just because you don't work at a shop you want to prove you still know more? thast fine. good for you man.

fuck. let it go. the bike has a shity geometry is all i'm saying.

As I said, I couldn't care either way, and not trying to prove anything and not saying I know more.
What I am saying is that the geometry of the bike is very much standard being pretty much 54cm square. I was just questioning why you were being so dramatic about the awful geometry and super long top tube when in fact it has very standard geometry. Just doesn't give what you are saying any credibility, that is all.

I'd see someone about your self esteem issue too :-)

I own a Capo 5, and it is demonstrably stiffer than my Bowery.

Both are aluminium framed, but the headset/headtube feels so much stiffer and more reassuring under braking on the Capo.

Yet, I find the feel of the Capo to be very inert. Though it tracks true, and the frame is stiff and extremely strong (surviving a big off with me on it), it doesn't feel entertaining. I don't know why this is, but that's my experience. Acceleration is exactly what you would expect from such a stiff rear triangle. Very fast, and effortless. The frame doesn't absorb any of the expended energy, it transfers it directly into forward motion.

As for the bottom bracket; I felt shimmying in it twice within a few weeks of purchase, and was told by the owner of a different lbs, that it was an expected occurrence from that type of bb (Truvativ type). However, it seems over time to have tightened itself up, and there is no longer any give in the bb at all.

Its a sound, fast bike, but a bit characterless in standard form. I like it, but I don't love it.

Why not ask a nice woman out on a ride on the Capo to see what she thinks? :)

Why not ask a nice woman out on a ride on the Capo to see what she thinks? :)

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See previous threads started by emoxfag.