I'm picking up a new 2012 Cannondale Synapse Carbon 3 at the end of the week. There are several items on this bike that are new to me:
Carbon Frame, Brifters, BB30 Crankset etc.

I have had mostly Mountain bikes up till now and I'm currently riding a 2012 Fuel EX 6. I've done lots of work on my '74 Schwinn Continental also (if that counts for anything.)

I enjoy doing my own work. I have a good set of tools and a stand and I've worked on a wide variety of bikes for friends and neighbors but this roadie will be completely new to me. Everything I've worked on to date has been Al or Steal with somewhat conventional friction or indexed shifters, cassettes and cranks.

I was wondering if you experience folks would be willing to share your 5 top tips (or so) of what to look out for or be careful of when transitioning over to working on this bike? I'm hoping to get ahead of any painful($$$) learning curves. If this has been covered, please point me to a good search term or thread that I can read.

Thanks for any help or input,

Dan