Ahhh...I have my Antares 00 on it's way to me! Can't wait!
I just realized how much it was shaped like my San Marco Ponza OEM
saddle that I liked more for aggressive riding than my Fizik Aliante,
but it didn't have the quality (even though it has the Antares' shape).

Got the new bar tape, took me a longggg time to get it on.

^You did a nice job with the bar tape, and cool looking wheels.

My CAAD9 relegated to beater/commuter duties... I should chop down the steerer and shorten/replace the shifter cable housings, but I keep thinking I might sell it and it's a pain to mash down the starnut, so it doesn't get done.

Awesome "beater" bike...closeup of the pin-up please!

Pin-up? Is that the pink thing next to the headtube? If not, what is that? 0.o

Anyone know if the warning sticker on the bottom of the seat tube comes off? Almost seems under the clear coat or something and I'm not even sure the BBQ paint has a clear coat.

I know I can cover it, but I just want it off.

It's under a clear coat.

I made this sticker in about 5 minutes on Zazzle.com.
It costs about $10./shipped and you get (6) 3"X3" stickers.

Time to break out the angle grinder

If your's is BBQ, then you can make a sticker like mine with your own design:

Well i'm pretty new here and to be honest, i'm probably not going to read all 115 pages of this epic thread. I just wanted to say that I got into road biking last year with an entry level CAAD9 and loved it. I thought about upgrading my components and wheels, but instead opted to buy a new CAAD10 with a better component group. Anyways, i'm glad to see that the bike i love is getting so much love here!!

Posted this in the Budget Hot or Not thread, thought I would post it here too.

Duh?
About time!
Welcome home FM!


Mine is going in the HorN Thread next week.

Looks like a pin-up...or it could be some bird poop...

White CAAD + white Soul wheels seems to = WIN

Since my CAAD9 is not my primary road bike anymore, I decided to have fun and put some WWII style nose art on it, like Mark Cavendish had on his bike a few years ago in the TdF. I had mirror image USA versions of the gal he had on his Scott Addict, but the CAAD9 is not as deep and beefy at the HT/TT/DT junction, so I had a problem getting the large decal to lay flat on the DS. When I tried using some superglue, it started to mess up the printing, so I removed it. Unfortunately, I only had one set of each pinup, so now I have non-matching nose art on either side of the HT.


DS:



NDS:



Cavendish's TdF bike:



I gotta have some fun riding on two wheels! Hope y'all do too!

That looks great! People on the hot or not thread are like crazy anorexic and/or bulimic models whose vision of reality is warped beyond belief. At least moreso than the rest of BF...

i love the pinup stickers.

this is my 2007 caad9 that i pieced together

"If" I had pin-up girls, these two...








For the rest of youz...

Pin-Up Girl Stickers

Gosh those welds show up nice with the silver paint.

NWTD. New Wheels and Tape Day! lol

Washed, waxed, lubed.

Stem on the way so I can flip and remove some spacers.

2ndGen: I saw on WW you posted about a shorter headset stack, but now I can't find the thread.. do you have that cane creek link?

Love the tape!

Coinkidink...I just posted these pics!
(give me a sec, I'll be back with the link for you...):



Original height w/ spacers:



1st cut:



2nd cut w/Bonty stem:



Final set-up: