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Old 04-07-13 | 04:10 AM
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From: Someplace trying to figure it out

Bikes: Cannondale EVO, CAAD9, Giant cross bike.

Here's how the bike business works:

If there are no, or not enough orders for bikes with a particular fame, said frame does not get manufactured. Apparently this frame and subsequent models, as far as new orders, are not enough to warrant making more. They may have a backlog of bikes using this frame and no need for more production.

Also know that frame sales are at the end of the line. Manufacturers are not in the frame selling business. they are in business to sell finished bikes. After they make the frames, a certain number are held back for warranty. After the finished bikes are done, and the warranty frames are held out,then you might get lucky.

That May/June run is probably 2014 anyway...do you may end up with a different color. I doubt the frame is changing. By summer, we have all moved on to the next year. You might check that.

BTW...in the reviews I looked at people seem to be mentioning the amount of deflection in the drive train area. A lot. Not sure why they call it a "Race" when the frame is flexing in places where you really do not want it to flex.

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