Originally Posted by
ridethecliche
Maybe it's just their marketing dept being awesome, but I have to say that I kinda believe cannondale's stuff out there, especially when they're doing the reverse of everyone else except with their new model with the carbon Seatstays.
The carbon front, Alu rear is really appealing. The caad9 rear triangle is incredible and if the front end is any better, then what's not to like?
There marketing department
IS very awesome. They have managed to market and have consumers believe that the best frame design is full aluminum frames, full carbon fiber frames, aluminum frames with just a carbon top and down tube, and frames with carbon front triangles and aluminum rear triangles all at different points in time. They know how to sell what they produce at any given time.
For some info on mixed material design here is a great link.
http://www.calfeedesign.com/whitepaper1.htm
If you dont want to read the whole thing then section 4 of this part is most relevant (Interfacing Carbon with Metal Parts).
http://www.calfeedesign.com/whitepaper8.htm