BEHOLD... it is here, (the noodz you've all been waiting for)
05-31-09, 01:12 PM
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Great looking bike! I love my Cannondale, I'm sure you will too!
Enjoy that first ride!
Enjoy that first ride!
05-31-09, 02:14 PM
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beautiful bike, though. switch to silver when you retape the bars. you won't regret it.
05-31-09, 07:13 PM
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OMG OMG OMG Just banged out 44 miles on the new bike in the rain with about 3700 ft of climbing. The thing was AMAZING. I climbed so hard and definitely faster, it just performed unbelievably. I was going for 60-80 miles but with the rain, the fit needing tweaks, and how much harder I went having fun I cut it at 44.
Also I was pretty disappointed with the Ksyriums! I was able to sprint out of the saddle and flex them enough to rub the brakes in the rear. I figured that they need to be tensioned after sitting for awhile in the warehouse, but between the chipped paint, the wheel being out of true and the flexing I took it back to the store and they swapped the rear wheel for a new ES. If I keep having the flex issues I'll have to take them in to get re-tensioned I guess, pretty big bummer, I heard they were SO stiff.
I'm so happy with the bike, I can't believe it, once the fit gets a bit more tweaked I think it's going to fit even better.
Oh and I got something to replace that red bar tape, sorry botto I'll take you're advice next time!
Also I was pretty disappointed with the Ksyriums! I was able to sprint out of the saddle and flex them enough to rub the brakes in the rear. I figured that they need to be tensioned after sitting for awhile in the warehouse, but between the chipped paint, the wheel being out of true and the flexing I took it back to the store and they swapped the rear wheel for a new ES. If I keep having the flex issues I'll have to take them in to get re-tensioned I guess, pretty big bummer, I heard they were SO stiff.
I'm so happy with the bike, I can't believe it, once the fit gets a bit more tweaked I think it's going to fit even better.
Oh and I got something to replace that red bar tape, sorry botto I'll take you're advice next time!
05-31-09, 07:16 PM
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Congrats! I do love the feel of having a new bike!
I think you'll love that ES wheel, btw.
I think you'll love that ES wheel, btw.
05-31-09, 07:19 PM
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06-01-09, 11:23 AM
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If you dig around, there are some photos of a Caad in Købehavn (Copenhagen to the uninitiated) that have pretty much this exact color scheme. Super Hot
It looks like you have the bar tape already bought- now for the tires!
06-01-09, 11:32 AM
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unless the spokes are actually loose, tensioning them will not increase the stiffness of the wheel.
