Huummmm, maybe it's the angle of the photo?

No, it's probably more to do with the crank and the cables coming out the side of the shifters. The rest of it's great.

plus bottle cages, wide shiny spokes, 10 Zipp logos, bulb shaped stem, spacer stack. Nice bike, but not hot.

Hot!
(I have a CAAD10 in the same team colors livery)

RD is adjusted correctly? Does not look like it.

Fit gets me.
Bars are tilted up an rise stem, relatively short.
It looks like too small/under tall a bike, or needs spacers/higher bar.
Saddle is far forward. Might just be the post. That post goes back.
I might expect that on longer stem and dropped bars. Looks like bike is too big.


Something is wrong on your fit/you need a shorter TT.

needs to be on endurance geometry, not race based on that fit. A smaller size to get a shorter TT would exacerbate the fitment issues

How would you set up that bar with those shifters? Honest question.

Flip the stem and rotate the **** out of those bars until they look more horizontal.

I like old school bikes with modern components on them. Something about mixing retro with new appeals to me.

Flip the stem up? Why? And the bar is at almost the same angle as the one on the bike you posted.

We are talking about cycledogg's bike, right?

Oh, and how hard is it to shrink a picture before posting?

the bars are horizontal.

they are classic drop shaped, not compact or ergo. this is the best setup thats possible.

thats also not a stem to flip

Thanks all for your comments on my Super 6. I've made a few tweaks to maybe bring the temp up a few degrees... :rolleyes:
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...N/IMG_1293.jpg

Some astute observations on the fit... Had a pro fit a few years back, to paraphrase CB: "you're a freak!" (short torso, extremely long femurs). To properly fit I need something like a 59cm seat tube with a 55cm (or shorter) top tube. Not ready for custom frame (yet) so compromise, compromise...

And being an old fart with a preference for horizontal top tubes narrows my options to almost nil. Been keeping a spreadsheet with published frame dimensions. My first attempt was a fail with way too much seat post exposed but a decent cockpit (large LOOK 586). This XL Super 6 is my second attempt with cockpit adjustments (Zipp 70mm stem and short/shallow bars).

[MENTION=364302]Doge[/MENTION] RD readjusted with two links removed from chain, thanks for pointing it out.

This will be my first foray into training with power... I'm hoping the dZero metrics will help me fine tune my position... may be able to ride my threshold segment in a few days.

FYI for anyone that cares weight with Metron 40/25mm GP4000s, eTap with Quarq Red, and pedals/cages/520 is 14.8 pounds on my bathroom scale.

There is a screw right behind the bolt that goes into the dropout that affects the swing.
Turn it to the right and the body of the RD should become more parallel to the ground.

Taking mechanic advice over the Internet from BF is a risk. It just looked like that screw needed turning.

No I was talking about the green and white Cannondale.

I think the picture is shrunk? Unless my browser automatically fits it to my screen, sorry if that's the case I'll change it.

That is more a women's frame geometry. You might want to look at that. They are typically shorter TT to seat tube ratio. Nothing about them says "woman" if you remove the pink tape :-)

I honestly never considered that... interesting...

I need to ride this frame, and would have no qualms about flipping over the stem and even cutting the steerer down some more.

Your frame may work just fine for you. But it is a race geometry and as such something that fits you well may not win the beauty contest. We (I own, son rode) had one before it got stolen.
This is NOT a hot-or-not entry, but you can see my kid (I know you are not a teen) has the opposite issue. Now even worse, the EVO TT is too short.
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Updated photos of my Allez Sprint.
- replaced Red mechanical with Etap
- switched from 120mm to 130mm stem and lowered slightly
- replaced the Boyd clinchers with Roval CLX50 tubulars
- replaced Garmin Vectors with Time Xpresso 15 pedals
- added Stages power meter
- replaced the solid white bartape with Supercaz black to white

I think the loss of shifting cables really cleans up the lines.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1...p/IMG_1006.JPG

Top view of bartape
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R...p/IMG_1007.JPG

Hot.

Valid point as that may be, I don't think many (any?) women's geometry frames would be made in a large enough size.

hot cha cha

Best Allez Sprint build i've seen. Love everything about it, the rovals are incredible and that bar tape is just awesome!

56 says women's NEW 56cm Cannondale Synapse WOMENS Road Bike Frame Frameset Aluminum | eBay

Well, I was talking about cycledogg's black and silver Cannondale :)

It's shrunk, but the actual image is still huge - 3858 x 2568 px. It still puts a load on bandwidth and the browser even if it looks smaller, thanks for changing it. Too bad the original was already quoted in the very next post, but what can you do.