Originally Posted by
Cyclaholic
It's pretty much finished except for the new chainring that I'm waiting on. I only got to test ride it for a few miles but managed to take in a couple of hills. The first impression is that this is a totally different machine to my 80's steel roadie conversion, the power transfer to the road is amazing, this thing just wants to go!... and it seems to want to climb too, but that might be because it only weighs 17lb and is only 57 gear inches.
only 17lbs? that's like a boat anchor for a fg caad9. The caad9 is a pretty easy frame to get to 16lbs with gears. Put some light wheels on it and you'll feel like you got shot out of a cannon.
And if you like the BB stiffness of a cannondale and want a fg, ever considered getting a capo frameset?