Great post and thanks again for sharing.This article remembered back of my racing dayswhen I rode a CAAD4, CAAD5 and CAAD optimo7, the finish of the welds was much better than Colnago, Bianchi and many other italian brands, exception made of the Daccordi Fly,De Rosa in Columbus Altec, Willier Mortirolo Scandium, Basso Zer, Vetta Strada and Tomasinni in Altec. The Alcoa Alcalyte was one of the best aluminiums tubing which was also used by Giant but comfort was average compared to a high end steel frame, yet were the CAAD nervous and fast,just ask Mario Cippollini from Saeco Estro Team and Flying Tinker Juarez as well as Missy Giove from the Volvo Canondale MTB team