Originally Posted by
Steve Whitlatch
Thank`s. I hope it rocks. It wont be built super weight weenie. It will have Ultegra 6600 10 speed Flight Deck Sti levers,derailleurs and brakes. Alloy short drop bars, not sure what stem I will end up with. Alloy seat post with a Selle Itallia Flite saddle. Cannondale Si compact crankset. Ultegra hubs laced to Velocity Escape tubular rims with an Ultegra 10 speed cassette. That is what I have on hand anyway. I can always upgrade it another day if I wish. It was top of the line in 2012. If I am going to try it, I may as well go big.
I think those components should visually pair well with it (to say nothing of functioning superbly well, it is 6600 after all!), even if they are a generation behind what would have been spec'd on the '12 anyway. I did this with my '16 Trek Emonda--both 7800 and 7700 and it looked just fine, if better as the silver broke up the satin/matte black. I totally flubbed my typing in the previous post. I meant to say that the steerer height above the head tube was quite generous. Head tube height is just fine--it matches what it would have been in steel. My CAAD10 is a 63cm and the head tube is appropriately tall.