Originally Posted by
georges1
This is what happens when a company like Dorel outsourced a production to Taiwan resulting in unemployment and lower quality in my own opinion. I will never buy a modern Cannondale, I would rather buy a vintage one roadbike model the last year of the made in USA Cannondale.
1- MUSA Cannondale bikes were how the brand got the nickname 'crack n fail'. Keep that in mind while waxing poetically about the better days.
2 - We own a Taiwan produced Synapse from 2015. It's perfectly fine. The fit and finish are great.
I ride with 3 people that have Cannondale road bikes from the last 7 years- they are all perfectly fine and are loved.
I own a Cannondale CAAD3 which is a MUSA frame and the frame is nothing magical compared to any random Aluminum frame with carbon fork from the 00s or 10s.
One guy had a Synapse from 2017 that clicked and gave him fits. That was a press fit bb issue and was no different from countless road frames from various brands.
MUSA Cannondale frames have no magic. They are not more reliable or better finished than Taiwan made Cannondale frames from the last decade. And again, MUSA Cannondale bikes gave the brand the nickname 'crack n fail'.