So back to my question about "Optimo" alloy tubing...

Really, we were probably just marketed to all along. Remember when they said that Aluminum back ends on their bikes were superior to any full carbon offerings...until they could make (or source) a full CF bike. Remember when C'Dale reps dismissed all the exotic "shaping" of Al tubes as marketing flim-flam, stating without equivocation that round tubes were mathematically/geometrically the most ideal shape for the strongest bicycle frames...until the CAAD series moved to Taiwan.

Cannondale's bikes are good. Their marketing is GREAT, especially if the customer has a short memory. My CAAD9 is a great bike, but C'Dale's marketing folks have convinced many people that it's pure eff-ing magic...only the things that made it pure magic aren't around anymore. Now the CAAD10 is pure eff-ing magic, for reasons that once-upon-a-time made it inferior to the CAAD9. So confusing...so funny.