Originally Posted by
bikerjp
Actually, I'm quite happy with it. I love the Rival components. Nothing but the wheels really bothered me. I'm not really able to spend much more money on this thing so just going to keep riding it. It's still a really fun bike. My next "upgrade" will be to a carbon synapse with Red

but I'm keeping the caad.
I'm looking for a more comfortable bike for longer rides.
But the CAAD is going to remain my weapon of choice for me to work up a sweat.
I'm also gettin' a hankerin' for some of that SRAM Kool-Aid myself.