DevDel

Nah, any flatter than that and my pecker falls asleep! I'm not having any issues staying in position, even with my elbows relaxed. I need a saddle with either a little more padding in the taint area, or a relief. This saddle is like a rock in that area. I did also research that level saddle folklore on this site after reading several statement implying that it was law...but all the posts on here seem to indicate it's okay to adjust for comfort. If there's a deeper reason I'm missing as far as form or hip position, I'm all ears, but my noodle comes first!!

I'm going to leave this saddle on the coffee table for the holidays...for cracking open walnuts

BHBiker

Hey cannondale owners....I am not familiar wih these fantastic looking bikes...is a Cannondale R400 any good? I am looking at buying one second hand with a 10 speed 105 gruppo...how much is a good price for it?

merckx89

Just got this in as a warranty for my system six. 15.2 lb with training wheels and a seat that weighs over 300 grams. A hair over 14.6 with race wheels, could drop it to sub 14 with my other wheels and my old fizik seat.

bdcheung

that is hot,

rizz

It's a shame that the higher end Cannondales come with Red but the low end ones aren't available with Rival.

Bike enthusiast

Oh, that bike is HAWT! Cut the steerer tube and replace the seat! NOW!

cdalefan

My '07 CAAD 9. It's last years pic so it's mostly stock here

sfcrossrider

Most shops will swap 105 for Rival (with a small fee). You could have a Rival equipped CAAD9 for around 1,400 USD... that's cheaper than most peoples wheels.

uspspro

How does the Super Six compare to your old System Six??

dmb2786

i like everything about your bike.

erliuic

+1 but you can also do it yourself for very cheap.

WCroadie

Wow you are correct, I never really looked at them, no I don't have a back problem I just like the feel, I ride a lot with my palms on top of the levers and my forearms just about resting on the bars when racing. I gotta drop them a bit though, you are right it looks kinda funny

mazdatech10

Here's my system six 15.3 lbs with 50mm carbon clinchers ( training wheels ) and full sram force ( tuned )DSC00663.jpg

bdcheung

What kind of tuning did you do with the Force?

mazdatech10

alum bolts in place of ti, my friend makes pulleys for enduro so have ceramic lightened pulleys in rear,

bdcheung

Which bolts did you replace?

mazdatech10

all of the bolts

bdcheung

Where did you get the replacement bolts?

mazdatech10

torontocycles.com, and hbc LLc you just have to know the size and lenght

bdcheung

Care to share your experience? Would save me some time measuring everything!

mazdatech10

cable bolts i think are 5mm x 10, adjuster bolts are3or 4 mm x 15 i think i'd have to measure to as its been awhile

rizz

That's exactly what I did and I've been riding my '09 Rival-equipped (other than '08 Red crank) '09 CAAD9 for a few months now, it's good stuff.

It's already been in a few threads but here's my rig:



I'm just saying that Cannondale should do this for those who wish such a setup -- it's be one less extra step.

liquefied

Damn the new 9s are so sexy. I want that frame!

merckx89

Steerer tube will be cut when I'm sure of the height. I'm also going to leave a little on top just so I can resell it at some point in the future. Seat definitely stays until race season, and possibly permanently, it's just so comfortable.
Another thing to note is that those weights are with an aluminum bar stem and seatpost.

A little more comfortable and it seems like it's a little more stable on the downhills, but we'll see how much of that is new bike syndrome. I've only done 200 miles on it but will be doing 120 tomorrow and then 60-70 the next day, so that will give me a good idea. The nice thing about it is all the parts are a direct swap from the system six as in just moved them over, same geometry, same position, same wheels, etc, so it really gives me a picture of how the frames differ.

noodle138

I had stripped most of the parts off this bike to build up another, but I couldn't stand not riding it. Bought enough bits on ebay to get it going again. Size 54 and feels a tad small (not thrilled with the paint design either). Have been looking for a CAAD 8/9 in 56 recently.