As far as I can remember, nobody on this site has ever ridiculed any of the traditional brands of high-end Italian bikes for producing limited editions of modern lugged steel bikes whose frames are far heavier than the CAAD14.

Ironically, the only reason this thread has people cackling around the pickle barrel is that, unlike those weighty Italian bikes, the CAAD 14 would make a fully competitive choice for racing in the pro peloton. Or would, if it didn't weigh those bloated 150 grams more than whatever carbon bike it's being compared to.

My guess is that Cannondale will have no trouble selling all 300 of those bikes to collectors.

Probably mostly in Europe, where I believe Cannondale is still a highly respected marque. (As far back as the mid-1990's, after he quit racing and Pinarello made him give back his bikes, Miguel Indurain bought himself a Cannondale. The sales rep in our area told me, "We'd have given him a bike if he'd asked!")

I have to admire the audacity of the people at Cannondale's U.S. headquarters. This move is fully in keeping with the kind of wild ideas the company came up with during their first three decades.