Originally Posted by
Crash716
I thought the same thing about my welds on mine, they look just as good as the 9's did. Didn't they grind down the welds on the 9?
but again, what do I know? according to 2ndgen, nothing.
They do. Cannondale grinds down the welds on their alu bike. IIRC, even the grinds on the CAAD8.
Originally Posted by
goose70
It could be uneven quality control. Or it could be another instance of me setting expectations so high that the bike was bound to fall short. This has me wanting to look again closely at the welds on my CAAD9 at different light angles....or maybe not.
When I first tried my 9 after owning a Trek 2.1, the difference was night and day even though I was not expecting a significant difference. By contrast, the differences that I felt and saw between the 9 and 10 were very subtle.
I'm not suggesting that the 10 is a bad bike; I 'm just no longer in a hurry to replace my 9 with it.
The quality control is on Cannondale. It should be no different that Bedford. Being made overseas should not be the issue. If there are problems, its on the QC managers.
The CAAD10 is a different bike. It really shares no similarities to the 9...redesigned from the ground up.