Originally Posted by
dtrain
I think he is saying that his Evo doesn't feel twitchy even with just a 5mm cap under the stem. Most Cannondales come with a 25mm conical cap and a few other spacers. That set up is fine (for me) on my CAAD10 - but I traded out the 25mm for a 5mm on my Syanpse to get my hands lower (and my position is 'fairly' similar on both bikes now).
Yep
Originally Posted by
titani
What do you mean by "stem on 5mm cap" ? Thanks.
Removing this which came with the bike:
To this:
Suddenly the bike tracks like it should in corners, doesn't ride like a chopper. My point is simply that leaving the gigantic spacer under there is not "race geometry", you're still not leaning that far forward with it.