Cannondale Aficionados / Owners

give it a wipe down after a wet ride.

Out.

CAAD10 have a decent amount of clearance, so I reckon the PDW's mudguard might work.

I managed 29mm tyres in the CAAD10 with Ultegra 6700 brakes on it.

Really missed mine, but then again, it remind me how slow I'm really am when I ride it.

I use mine as a daily commuter, have done since March.
Never misses a beat.

Any luck on swapping the BB out?

Really missed mine, but then again, it remind me how slow I'm really am when I ride it.

If you can't got fast on a CAAD10...

I love mine. The fact Ed no longer has one as well makes me love it even more.

Any luck on swapping the BB out?

Mis-understanding there. BB still good, no click!, trying to put one in a different BB30 frame.

I quite like my BB30 click. It's like a torque-wrench but for wattage.

It's probably your QR skewer not being tight enough or something.

always is

What us the difference between a us made caad8 and caad9?

I've been search engine ing but no definitive answer.

I think the US made ones will have a Made in America/Made in USA sticker on.

Anecdotally, I also think that the US made ones always had the welds cleaned up very smoothly, while the Taiwan ones usually have rougher welds, though I could be wrong.

Sorry you misunderstood my question:
What is the difference between a USA made caad 8 and a USA made caad 9?
Cheers

I've heard that the CAAD8 had slighty thicker tubing, which could be better for someone more 'heavy set'

http://www.lfgss.com/thread131021.html bargain CAAD8 here

I have ridden the CAAD 9 on a 25 mile test ride from my LBS and it is similar to the CAAD 8 with the only exception that the front end seemed stiffer, it seemed to me that it tracked better in turns than the CAAD 8, it was every bit as comfortable and responsive as the CAAD 8. I asked the shop folks and they said that the front end stiffness is where Cannondale was focusing on. Essentially the Pro-teams that Cannondale sponsers, commented that they wanted a stiffer front end. They als commented to me that the Cannondale sponsored teams tend to push the bikes closer to the edge of the bicycle envelope than the average weekend rider and that the oversize heat tube is more suited for those riders that tend to be aggresive.
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I think the differences in the Old Top of Line CAAD8 and the newer USA and Taiwan built frames are discussed earlier in this thread.

To summarise the Top End version is a Six13 without the carbon and may or may not be BB30 and may have a full crabon premium fork. The newer USA built frames came with a ultra fork and weren't BB30 but had the race geo. The non USA frames - as I understand it - have a more nodder friendly geo and have different tube shaping to both the Top End C8 and the CAAD10.

Sorry you misunderstood my question:
What is the difference between a USA made caad 8 and a USA made caad 9?
Cheers

Sorry - early morning syndrome

Sorry you misunderstood my question:
What is the difference between a USA made caad 8 and a USA made caad 9?
Cheers

CAAD9 has a swagged seat tube and different tube profiling on the head tube / top tube junctions. Top tube slopes at a larger angle making the frame semi-compact.The down tube isn't triangulised at the headtube junction either. I believe they share the same integrated headset headtube and the same non tapered fork, so I don't know what that bike radar piece is referring to when talking about 'oversize'.

CAAD9 have more swag than CAAD8.

Price?

Depends really. Off the top of my head:

Ebay - £500 starting price

Forum - £450

If it's somebody I know, or a regular on here, then PM me for a deal :-)

Wouldn't be available for a month or two, as it's stored at my Uncle's house.

Mmmmm much tempt