danimal92sport

It's back for another round, eh?

People here loved slammed stems, but the saddle to bar drop looks uncomfortable to me. Do you ride with it that way or did you leave the steerer long because you just lower the bars for hot r not pics?

Im just trolling you a bit, all in good fun...

TenSpeedV2

You may be on to something here....

gurk700

Sorry I sneaked in your garage and cut your steering tube

slowjamz

Thank you! it is a blast to ride. I think it's pretty smart looking for a "budget" build (~2k as pictured w/out the carbon rollers)

LOL "steerer" - that's actually tenspeed's childseat; I give him a ride to mumz house here and there on the handlebarz.

ps: I ride with the stem slammed but I jacked up the post for the photo.

HAHAHAHA, THANK YOU.

goenrdoug

Although, given that it's shaped like a mountain bike, a virtual/horizontal top tube would leave one with a much more reasonable looking saddle-to-bar drop.

In case it's not obvious, my take is NOT.

Hapsmo911

So this is my newest Caad. I am ordering new tubs. Question is. Do I keep the gumwalls or go black walls this round...

kbarch

I think either would look fine, but for some reason, I think that bike should have Gatorskins. Maybe because orange makes me think Florida, which makes me think 'gators....?

cycledogg

Black all the way, preferably Vittoria. Nice build

Hapsmo911

Thanks, Yeah I am leaning to black, although most likely Veloflex Arenbergs..

SethAZ 

I actually like the tan sidewalls. It shows off the deep-section carbon rims. With normal black walls the tires and rims can just blend in in a photo into one solid mass. Some might think that looks neat, but I don't.

cat0020

Some colored tread would look nice to contrast the orange frame

jitteringjr

There is only one possible choice there: ditch the gumwalls...

Otherwise, I'm diggin the orange.

indyfabz

+1. Very streamlined/clean (and I don't mean sans dirt).

robbyville

While almost all my tires have been black sidewalks, I actually think the gum walls look fantastic and contrast beautifully on your bike. I’d keep em. Of course, with a bike like that you’re hopefully stoked and riding a ton going through a couple sets of tires a season so you can try both types out!

Wspsux

Keep the gumwalls, keeps the bike from looking like halloween.

danimal92sport

Yes to the gumwalls on that orange CAAD. Sweet bike, HOT!

Dan

bianchi10

Lol you had to know that you would get a mixed bag of nuts by asking if you should keep gum walls or not in this thread! I think it would look just fine with black. I like gum walls though, so I like how it looks now.

PS, please dont ever go with a colored tread as suggested above...Like, Ever.

Hapsmo911

I was waiting for your opinion I dont care for colored tread, to each his own though.. Ive had gumwalls forever. They look better on this frame then the EVO though. I dont think I could go wrong either way on this frameset, but if I run the wheels on the EVO then black may be the way to go... I may have some Eves in the works though havent decided.....

Da Reef

Da Reef

Absolutely stunning...

Da Reef

Hot

ColtJ

New bike. Fresh build, upgrades and periscope delete mod coming soon.

Orca Aero M20i Team

jitteringjr

Cut the tube and it's hot. Is it a gray or matt finished black? Need to pose it again with pedals though after the fork tube is cut..

noodle soup

+1

It's a good looking bike, but people need to stop using this as a "My new bike" thread. Re-post it when it's set up for you, and complete. Fresh out of the box, most bikes aren't hot.

ColtJ

Good call, I was thinking of the recent purchase thread but didn't want to double post there.

Will post final version soon.

**Haven't been on forum's a while**