Originally Posted by
drdhsimon
I belive that the numbers are previous generations of CAAD frames. The 8 and 9 are the current generations, with the 9 coming out only in the past 2 years. Aluminum is their thing, so I don't think it will go away any time soon.
I think they dropped the "8" for 2008 as I don't see it in their 2008 lineup (maybe I'm just not looking in the right place). I'm just wondering why they dropped all the other iterations and only sell the CAAD9 this year when in years past they sold their old frames on lower price point bikes. I hope there's a CAAD10 in the works and the CAAD9 isn't the end of the road for their all-aluminum.