CAAD 10 Redux.

Don't like how the saddle sits on the seatpost (being picky). Other than that it's awesome!

What are you wheels eyebrows? And how are you liking them?

Zipp 404s, Tune hubs. They're brilliant, utterly solid- force me to ride harder so I don't feel like such a prick for riding them. Though I always think that an alarm is going off in the distance due to the noise at speed.

Don't like how the saddle sits on the seatpost (being picky). Other than that it's awesome!

I got the level out for the saddle, but it seems to be weird in that photo!
May have to re-set it later...
In an ideal world I'd put on a nicer stem, seat post and bars. But it fits currently, and they're pretty light. And I can always lose a bit of weight myself 1st.

Good thinking, I was a bit obsessive when I tried to shed weight from it, and it make no difference whatsoever.

Zipp 404s, Tune hubs.

Very nice, they do look the business.

Front wheel is miles out from the wall there, saddle probably is level. Admit I wasn't convinced on the green, but it looks good in that shot!

Lovely this.
Felt a bit ooo-errr when I first saw the frame coloured up but comes together well at the end.

#fuckingfairytale

Cannofale?

Found out why it had been making so much noise in a particular gear this morning.
One of the sprockets had managed to munch through one of the splines.
Annoying, so have finally gotten around to buying a new free hub body...

Make sure you torque the lock ring up to correct spec. The cassette relies on this to hold all the sprockets together as one unit so the load is spread and you don't dig too much into the failtastic aluminium hub body (or so I was told, makes sense to me)

I'd made sure of that, still not 100% why it happened.
Bit annoying, but my spare wheels are excellent also.
Just not as pretty.

Could a spacer between the body and the big cassette is missing?

Don't think so, took the cassette straight off one hub, straight onto the tune hub.
Just bad luck I think...
Oh well. Its not a big deal to replace.

Bike looks great with that paint and the 404's. Glad to hear some praise for the frame. Got a 60cm waiting to be built up. Hope it's the right size for me at 6ft4. Going with SRAM Force / Red and traditional drops too. Will see how it all fits together.

Steel sprockets vs. alloy free hub body=only one winner

Bike looks great with that paint and the 404's. Glad to hear some praise for the frame. Got a 60cm waiting to be built up. Hope it's the right size for me at 6ft4. Going with SRAM Force / Red and traditional drops too. Will see how it all fits together.

You will absolutely love it.
Such great bikes.
Didn't miss a beat on todays ride, as usual!

@Dammit. Yeah, sadly. Ti upgrade I think...

Really looking forward to getting finished. Here's the current spec. Should all work together I guess. Just need the shifters and inner tubes and I think I'm good to go:

Cannondale CAAD 10 - 2013 / 60cm frame & fork
SRAM Red crankset - 175mm, 52/38t
SRAM Force rear derailleur
SRAM Force brakes + SwissStop GHP II green pads
SRAM PC1091 chain
Shimano Ultegra 6700 10 cassette 11-28
Shimano Ultegra 6700 braze-on front derailleur
Mavic Open Pro Ceramic / Hope Pro III / DT Swiss wheels
Continental GP4000s tyres - 700 x 23c
FSA Energy Traditional bar, 44cm
Lizard Skins DSP bar tape
3T Arx Team stem - 120mm x 6deg
Chris King Pretty & Strong cap
Koobi PRS Alpha saddle
Thomson 27.2 x 330mm seat post
Salsa Liplock seat post collar 32.0
Hope ceramic bottom bracket
Shimano XTR skewers F&R
K-Edge chain catcher
FSA BB30 adaptor
Bottle cages - Most likely King

Must decide on Speedplay road or ATAC mtb pedals too.

Put a native BB30 crankset in it, goddamit

Awesome build, eyebrows!

If you're going to use an adapter use the wheels mfg one. Better yet get a praxis bottom bracket converter

How come? Why would either be better than the FSA adaptor with a Hope BB?

The wheels MFG allows you to use the cranks without an additional BB I believe, it acts as both the adaptor and the bottom bracket - is that right sirbikealot?

Actually I have no idea what I'm talking about!

Currently the CAAD looks a little different due to slight wheel issues.

Still rides badass though.
Chris- I'd just stick with the BB30...

Hi eyebrows,
I've been wanting strip my CAAD10 of its paint like, really badly. Can you tell me where/how you did yours?
Thanks!

Probably either sand or bead blasted.