Originally Posted by
Jughed
I'm gonna stop your twisting in its tracks.
I know the Emonda is discontinued. That has nothing to do with my point.
My point was about weight. Made that pretty clear. The new C'dale is chunky - and I used a compairable bike as an example. It being discontinued has no bearing on the discussion.
I didn't compare the the Emonda to the 14-2 for the sake of equipment - I did it for the sake of weight. All the added equipment and cost - and the bikes weighed +/- the same. You are paying 4k for a chunky bike, that happens to have electronic shifting.
Wanna go like for like - The Canyon Ultimate DI2 Aero vs the CAAD 14-2. Right now $200 price difference - look up the specs. (and one could argue the Canyon is a better machine than the CAAD 14-1, which costs 3k+ more)
My entire point - aside from the 14-3 - the other ones are chunky bikes that really offer nothing more than the CAAD name.
7+ grand for an aluminum road bike - sorry, I can't even understand why there is any argument here.
It is wild that you are using the word 'chunky'. 150g is hardly 'chunky'.
I mentioned that your bike doesnt even exist any longer because when aluminum road bikes are discussed, the conversation frequently hits on comparing one option to another(of the few that still exist). This is because that is one way to determine if a bike is a 'good deal' or not. Discussing bikes that no longer even exist is pretty silly. Lets compare this bike to a 2016 lightweight bike in both price and weight then, if we are referencing bikes that no longer exist.
This response of yours is similar to your initial post- you bounce around between spec levels and price. I dont think anyone has argued that $7k for an aluminum road bike is justifiable/smart/ideal/etc etc...but you seem to have knocked that non-existent argument down, so kudos, I guess.
The article I read said that like 300 of the Cannondale CAAD14 1 will be made. Only 300. It is a very limited edition. Holding it up as evidence of value is silly.