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• #3227
I was in the specialized concept store in Kingston on Sunday*. They have a cross section of a Tarmac SL - after looking at the thickness of the tubes you would think twice about clamping it with anything, anywhere.
- to pick up and have fitted the compact spider for the s-works crank, finally!
- to pick up and have fitted the compact spider for the s-works crank, finally!
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• #3228
hey all,
Long time no post.
Well I have finally accepted that my long suffering right ankle will no longer suffer the torment of long distance running, unfortunately my body/mind still has other ideas thusly i am thinking of adding to my existing squad of 1 singlespeed commuter by getting a nice road bike for long rides with a view to getting into a bit of racing and/or triathlon etc as I can still thrash a fairly decent 10km running time and not drown and at heart I'm still a dumb-ass competitive male...anyway this is a very longwinded (i.e. justification-ary) explanation for asking whether I would be stupid for considering something such as this (CAAD10):
or for another £300 in dura-ace...(I know for sure I don't need dura ace but the price diff. is pretty minimal considering):
http://www.cannondale.com/gbr/2012/bikes/road/elite-road/caad10/2012-caad10-1-dura-ace-19991I am moving to Australia at the end of the year and things are always way more expensive down in the antipodes so thought it may be money well spent. Or would I be better off to buy something solid but unspectacular for £500?
Or something else completely? Something more practical - perhaps:
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?hl=en&safe=off&biw=1777&bih=887&tbm=isch&tbnid=PyfRwA2fixFpaM:&imgrefurl=http://www.methodshop.com/2007/10/10-stupid-bike-hacks-pics.shtml&docid=wpmfgY75N9HlMM&imgurl=http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2007/10/gallery_bike_hacks/cartbike.jpg&w=580&h=395&ei=t1cQUIbiCKmJ0AWir4DQBA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=162&vpy=143&dur=11933&hovh=184&hovw=271&tx=90&ty=48&sig=105241548934722254904&page=1&tbnh=122&tbnw=160&start=0&ndsp=49&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:70 -
• #3229
Those CAAD10's are amazing.
If you do end up getting one the ones from Westbrook Cycles have never been so much as looked at let alone set up (the box it comes in will not have been opened since it left the factory).
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• #3230
Shame they don't do an Ultegra Di2 CAAD10
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• #3231
Those CAAD10's are amazing.
If you do end up getting one the ones from Westbrook Cycles have never been so much as looked at let alone set up (the box it comes in will not have been opened since it left the factory).
All good if you're competent enough to sort it yourself, if not budget in taking it to a shop to get it sorted.cheers for the heads up on that. I could do a full build on single speed pretty quick by myself these days having built up a couple over the years but gears would be a whole other thing though, and not sure I would want to be as avant-garde as I was in the past with a £1700 bike...but it does sound a hell of a nice bike.
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• #3232
Would be fantastic if they do.
The cheapest bike I can get through Evans with Di2 is the carbon fibre Jamis.
I have a feeling that there's little chance an alu bike will have Di2 (the only one I know is Canyon).
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• #3233
also anyone know where you could get a ride on a CAAD10? I'm thinking Evans stock them...maybe I should give them a call and see if they have any floating around in-store that I could trial. But then if I don't buy from Evans would that make me a bad person??...I could say it is be sticking it to the man but interweb undercutters are probably worse than Evans...
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• #3234
Don't Evans pricematch? If so, take in the web-price, buy from the highstreet.
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• #3235
Don't Evans pricematch? If so, take in the web-price, buy from the highstreet.
cheers, worth a crack...
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• #3236
Cannondale have no DA CAAD10s left as far as I know and as far as Evans go they might not have the stock to price match.
Don't feel bad for testriding at Evans it's part and parcel of being a massive chain that they have to put up with.
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• #3237
sweet...i notice on your bike in london bridge have a goodly amount on CAAD10's of all sizes/specs...anyone dealt with them on the past...also if i could gt dura-ace is it worth an extra £300?...im fairly sure i could get a 105 CAAD10 for about 1100...or else maybe a frameset, SRAM rival gset and a crash course in road bike building?
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• #3238
On your bike can be a bit hit and miss, depending entirely on who you deal with I think.
Get the right person and they are really helpful.
Around this time last year I phoned them up (due entirely to them being a Cannondale dealer) and asked for a price for a set of Hollowgram Si Sl cranks, with bottom bracket assembly.
The bloke who answered said "I don't know mate, why don't you just buy them from the Internet?"
So I bought them from Edwardes instead, who said this when I phoned them "I don't know mate, what's your number and I'll call you back after I've spoken to Cannondale", which he did, and got a £700 sale out of it.
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• #3239
ha...it seems to go like that with bike shops. No middle ground - either super helpful, or absolute pricks.
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• #3240
Canyon ultimate AL > CAAD10
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• #3241
What's the price comparison like for those?
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• #3242
What's the price comparison like for those?
Canyon £1737 (if my memory serves)
CAAD10 £1695 (Westbrooks)
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• #3243
And you get a discount on the Canyon with a race licence?
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• #3244
http://www.canyon.com/_uk/roadbikes/bike.html?b=2505
£1349 for ultegra
http://www.canyon.com/_uk/roadbikes/bike.html?b=2503
£1700 for ultegra Di2
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• #3245
£1269 Campag Athena :)
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• #3246
On your bike can be a bit hit and miss, depending entirely on who you deal with I think.
Get the right person and they are really helpful.
Around this time last year I phoned them up (due entirely to them being a Cannondale dealer) and asked for a price for a set of Hollowgram Si Sl cranks, with bottom bracket assembly.
The bloke who answered said "I don't know mate, why don't you just buy them from the Internet?"
So I bought them from Edwardes instead, who said this when I phoned them "I don't know mate, what's your number and I'll call you back after I've spoken to Cannondale", which he did, and got a £700 sale out of it.
hang on.. you paid 700 quid for cranks? Wtf
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• #3247
They're good cranks.
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• #3248
you could buy a good bike with that kind of money!
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• #3249
Booked in for my session at the bike whisperer, looking forward to it!
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• #3250
Dammit has been taking lessons from Dave Brailsford.
It marginal gains innit.
£700 small margin.
Best practice is to put an old seat post in and clamp that.
The frame is designed to accept considerable force being applied to it through the seatpost (vide: fat cyclists), it's not designed to accept considerable force being applied to a fairly small area to the top tube (clamped top tube whilst trying to remove a stubborn bottom bracket with a big wrench).
You can also overtighten the clamp, and crack the top tube, whereas overtightening the clamp and FUBAR'ing an old seatpost is less of a disaster.