Originally Posted by
sdn40
Magicalness.
Also the mind is also a powerful thing. If you perceive yourself to be on a fast bike, I would think that's enough to coax an extra MPH. Conversely, even if you don't think about it, if you know you are on a slug, you simply won't "have it" that day. Right or wrong, Cannondales have been known to be many things to different people, speed is always one of them
+1 !
With both my Flyte SRS-3, and my Cannondale CAAD3 R1000 (both aluminum bikes with carbon forks) the bike seem to
want to be ridden fast. They are actually a bit boring or painful even to be ridden slow. Ride them fast though and the stiffness inherent in the material unveils itself and sort of thanks you back for giving it what it needs.
My Cannondale R1000 in particular 8s the bike that I have recorded my fastest average speeds on over the past 10 years. And this is on a “retro” build of 8 speed SunTour Accushift parts shifted with funky Command paddle shifters that you would associate more with “touring” rather than “racing”.
So there you have it - “
magicalness”. Its a thing !