Originally Posted by
Dad 2 3
Does anyone here ride 30-100 miles on their CAAD? I have been eye balling the CAAD 10 5 as my first road bike, but not sure the more "aggressive geometry" would let me do longer rides. I currently ride a hybrid and can comfortably do a 33 mile ride (1400+ feet) in 2 hours, but often ride 50+ mile rides on the weekend and on my days off. Should I buy the synapse instead? I plan on doing test rides on both bikes before I buy, but was wondering what the masses of CAAD cultists on here have to say about longer distances on the CAAD geometry.
Thanks in advance
I ride:
- Short-fast rides (e.g. 26 miles @ 21mph), as well as
- Very long distances (about 8 centuries at between 17 and 19mph this year, regularly ride 130 miles / 200 km brevets at 17mph, did 150 miles at 17.5 mph last month, and longest single ride this year = 230 miles)
... All on a CAAD - at age 55.
So I'd suggest that although a CAAD is best suited to the first kind of ride I listed, it's pretty good at longer distances too.