Okay, finally got around to it. Pretty much the same as previously posted but now with the red crank.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-K...dwredcrank.jpg

Looks great

So how much is that sexy 10 ui2 going to be?

Would rather see a Red version.

Bikerjp, some people are not fans of the new red cranks but I think it looks sick.

I like it too, but looks aside I'm impressed how it shifts even with my old rival derailleur. Better shifting than on the stock force crank. Quick and positive and seems to "engage" faster. As soon as I have the money I'm upgrading the derailleurs and shifters.

The new red cranks are incredible for the price. Most just aren't a fan of the silver outer chainring.

I am trying to have my Rival crank replaced due to a warranty issue. If it happens, I may ebay the new Rival crank and replace with a Red crank.

http://i.imgur.com/YyaAL.jpg?1

Squaw Peak, Utah

I just drank the kool-aid, hopefully I'll get some pics up in the next couple days

Great pic

Vanno, That is one sexy bike! I wanted the Matte Black Caad so bad but it was just not meant to be :(
Good news though, I finally finished my build! I'll post a picture tomorrow!

Finally (2 months to build)
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...23470467_n.jpg

What wheels?

They're from China, yishun. He had a group buy about a year or two ago. They are still going strong and I've had not one issue with them. Heck of a wheelset (I go from 155lbs to 175lbs).

Hi all, I'm back in the saddle after almost 20 years off. I picked up my 2013 CAAD10 105 tonight and put 20 inaugural miles on it - I'm in love!

http://i.imgur.com/BMQtl.jpg

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Good for you Livingston! Enjoy the miles.
I put some miles in myself now I have like 20 tweaks to make lol

Not in love with the orange, but looks great.

I just picked up a new 2011 CAAD10 5 blk/wht, for $1250 from the PX in Rammstein. I'm station in Italy and our PX doesn't sell any road bikes. I was going to special order a 2013 Rival, but at that price I couldn't pass it up. As I have never rode on a SRAM equipped bike I don't know what I'm missing. They were also selling the 2012/13 CAAD8 5 for $1200. Easiest decision I ever made. It's in the local Outdoor Recreation(REI) on post to get a proper tune up as the PX is like a Wal-Mart, and I don't have any tools here to do it myself. This is my first road bike since I was like 10-12 y/o. The mountain bike bug hit me hard in the early 90's, but now that I'm in my 30's and my body takes enough abuse from Airborne Infantry, I think a road bike is more to my liking. Not to say that road/racing isn't body taxing. I can't wait to get back to Italy next week to ride in some nicer/warmer weather.

That's right, ladies and gentlemen; the beginnings of the Dorel takeover. I was shocked whilst on a recent TDY to Europe to see CAAD10s (and some nicer MTBs) at the PX.

For those who don't know, the PX is the military's version of Wal-Mart. In the U.S. you see the standard Wal-Mart bike lineup, Wal-Mart clothing, etc etc. It is in no way superior to Wal-Mart, and survives simply based on an exclusivity contract with DoD. And now Dorel has pushed the bikes that they said would never be in big box stores into a big box store. This means that they're also satisfied with Wal-Mart type employees assembling, tuning, and selling their supposedly elite CAAD10.

If anyone knows how the Fuji brand name ended up languishing in the rubbish bin for years (and has only barely begun to crawl back) this is how it started.

For what it's worth, I had already decided that my next bike would not be a CAAD whatever. I LOVE my CAAD9. Absolutely adore it. I rode a 10 at the behest of the bike shop owner here (who for some reason was trying to pitch a frame trade-in to me??) and I was not impressed. The auditory feedback was all wrong, and the top and down tubes felt correspondingly very thin and hollow, compared to my much more solid-feeling CAAD9. I think that the 10 might be reaching "beer-canning" structural proportions.

Everyone has their own opinion but almost every review would disagree with your statement on the 10 being worse than the 9. It sounds like you more or less have already wrote of the 10 because it wasn't made in Amurika.

That would be incorrect. I have no such Jingo-ism when it comes to the location of manufacture. Interesting assumption that you drew from my assessment of the construction of the frame though. I'm not certain how you jumped to that, rather than addressing the observations on their salient points.

As for "reviews"...most reviews are pure marketing drivel.

None of this changes the fact that Cannondale shed a lot of weight off an AL frame that was already very light, and that this feat could only be achieved in a limited number of ways. It doesn't change the acoustic impression of the material construction when you "ping" the tubes of the two respective bikes. It doesn't change the stories I've read of minor living room drops denting the heck out of the CAAD10, and it doesn't change the fact that you can go to the military Wal-Mart and buy one.

Also doesn't change the fact that they are kick ass bikes. Lot's of people are putting lots of miles on them in lots of races around here without concern. Lots of stores are carrying them without issue. Get over it.

Your whole entire post is basically ranting about the Dorel takeover and how they are going to cheapen and destroy the brand.

The reviews you speak of are not marketing driven. There is countless feedback from regular users and racers who have logged many miles on these bikes. It's kind of hard to say cannondale is paying everyone.

There was one incident where a bike fell over and dented from hitting a coffee table. That same thing would have happened to a CAAD9 or many other bikes. To think otherwise would be ignorant. Your method of "pinging" the tubes seems to be highly scientific :rolleyes:

The PX is a service to military members. This may allow them to get a quality product where otherwise not possible. Cannondale dealers would drop them if they were pushed into department stores in the US. Dorel already has a ton of higher profit margin bikes they sell in department stores.