Finished with my build! Here it is:

http://i.imgur.com/8UkBm.jpg

So hot. I saw it on PedalRoom first before I came here and I immediately recognized the fit (setback seatpost, slammed 120mm stem). How did you go about picking and purchasing the frame? Are there a lot of CAAD10s on your team? Just wondering because I picked one up this past January and I'm looking to join my school's team this fall.

Hey, you said picS! What wheels are those?

Thank you. I went to my LBS and tried out a 52cm supersix (they didn't have any smaller caads in stock) and it felt a little large, so I went with a 50cm frame. The weird thing is, size and geometry-wise it's really close to my 54cm Fuji. So far I'm the only CAAD10, but there are a couple CAAD9s on the team. It'll be a great bike for racing. Good luck!


I'll post some more in a few days! The wheels are HermesSport Rituals. They're a local sponsor for my college team.

Is there a source for a CAAD8 decal set, probably in white? I'm contemplating a repaint from BBQ to a burgundy metallic for later this year. If I can find a good set of decals the repaint becomes a lot more likely.

Thanks in advance.

Different topic - I started putting the CAAD8 together and I think the frame is too big. Crap. This frame is really nice and I thought it might fit but it's just too big and I don't want to complete the build and have it fit poorly. I think a 50cm frame is the right size and I have a 52. My Bianchi is a 50cm and it fits well. File this one under "too good to pass up - maybe it will fit". Live and learn.

The frame is straight, very clean, and in excellent shape so I shouldn't have any trouble moving it on to someone that needs a 52.

Does anyone have (or know of) a really nice CAAD8 frame in 50cm (need 68mm eng BB)?

Thanks.

I've had goodluck with Vittoria Ultralite. $5-7 look for sales. 85-90 grams smooth valve stems.

My steed atop Mt Mitchell.

Garmin data: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/170935610

Nearly 8,000 feet of climbing in 60 miles. Not bad for a hoosier.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T...d/IMG_2299.JPG

Pro Vibe 7s round handlebar, stem, and seatpost. Stock bits went on the commuter. Also ditched the Tektro brakes for 105. Still getting the handlebar height dialed in.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...t/IMG_0193.jpg

I have a question for those with the CAAD10 3...is the Jet Black finish more of a gloss finish or somewhere between matte and satin? Thanks.

it's definitely not glossy

This is a flat black finish certainly not gloss like clear coat, more like a residue out of an exhaust pipe black.

Thanks guys, I was deciding between the CAAD10 3 and CAAD10 1, but the CAAD 10 1 had such a sweet deal.
I ordered a CAAD10-1 for $2650, and I'm picking it up on Wednesday.

While I anticipate the arrival, I'm going to look up methods of keeping the drivetrain clean and what not.

Should I still post pictures even it's stock?

Sold my CAAD. Consider this formal notification of my having left the cult.

Where's 2ndgen??....LOL.....

But, but you are blackcaad! Are you going to change your name?

I did love it and would have loved to have kept it but I bought a TT bike and couldn't afford to have both.

That's not the way it works, buckaroo. You leave when we say you can leave.

Once you're a CAAD you're a CAAD all the way, from your first cigarette to your last dying day. :D

Take that, carbon treks!
 

Road Bike Action magazine, June 2012 issue:

The COVER article is a shootout between "$2000 budget bikes" - and they compare an (aluminum) CAAD10 with a (carbon) Trek Mad one er - Madone - 3.1.

CAAD spanks Trek's butt :D

Today I joined the cult...

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=247821

CAAD-10 Rival

Sorry; no garage, so no garage door. Stem hasn't been lowered because I'm currently getting over some lower back pain from something not cycling related and didn't feel like trying to figure out saddle-to-bar drop with a stiff, aching back.

My New CAAD 10
 

Here is my new CAAD10, pretty light compared to others I have seen.

http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k238/GatorSM/CAAD10/

What size is this frame? My gestimate is 52cm.

Yes it is a 52

Got new seatpost and stem, plus had a nice ride near fields of yellow flowers (of some sort)....so this all merits another pic of my 9:http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=248895