The dealers difficulties were quality control, (product execution not design issues) with Cannondale. She was having to spend too much time getting support for these issues. He felt that they were going in the wrong direction, and with orders of 150+ bikes there are bound to be a few problems with a few bikes. There wasn't a comparison to the other aforementioned brands, just that they were not as responsive to customer needs as they had been historically. So with busy season coming up they decided no Cannondales this summer, see how other dealers fare with them and if things shakeout good with the other dealers maybe some on the next buy.