Hmm... Have posted this on a "white bike" thread, but I guess it deserves to be here as well :)

My CAAD10 "Team Edition"

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.n...10358217_n.jpg

Right before my Selle Italia saddle showed up.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/35896/CDALE22.jpg

Lol I've seen this bike in at least 4 different threads. Never get tired of it though :thumb:

why are caad10s so damn sexy

How do you pump your tires...? I see like a tiny nub sticking out of your rims, doesn't look possible to fit a pump head over?

Mavic supplies the wheels with a 60 mm valve extender included. One end (the pump end) can be used to unscrew the end nut, then you turn it around and screw the other end over the valve.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=273089

Just curious, why not get tubes with a long enough valve?

Several reasons:
1. Those were the tubes that came with the wheel - with 42 mm valves stems.
2. I still have a stock of 42s for my other wheelset with 23 mm rims.
3. I like the aesthetics of having the smooth rim profile - undisturbed by a poking valve stem. But that's just me.

However I did already reserve a couple of 60 mm-stemmed tubes from a bike supply store. :lol:

Thanks. Glad you like it :D

Love the CAAD!! which Mavic Cosmics are those?

Never been ridden. I will correct this.

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/...me/R2000si.jpg

I threw these in the 'Show your cannondale' thread, but figured they would suit here just well.... :)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8295/7...7feec6ca_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8305/7...1945ca7c_b.jpg

bike looked better in the other thread ;-)

ha! :)

Thanks! Those are Cosmic Carbones SLR 2011, the one that comes with the Exalith brake track.

I am shopping 2012 close out CAAD10 3 for $1800. I have sat on a 54cm CAD10 5 and it seems a bit stretched out but I ride a Specialized Roubiax. The dealer can get a 52 or a 54.
I'm 5'9" with a 32 3/4 inseam and long arms. I could probably fit on each bike. On the 54 the seat is way up there to accomodate my inseam and I think the drop on a 52 would be more extreme. Maybe a 54 with a 10mm shorter stem would be best?
Anyone close to 5'9" with long legs? I'd like some feedback on your frame size. I wish I could sit on the 52.

I'm 172 cm (5'8") with an inseam of 80 cm (31.5"). The CAAD10 I ride is a size 52 (53.5 cm top tube). The size 54 has a 54.5 cm top tube. The Cannondale C2/C3 stem on the CAAD 10 is 100 mm long.

That would put you right into the size 52 :)

Drinking the kool-aid. Bought this 2012 CAAD10 5 on Thursday. Maiden 80km voyage yesterday.

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...0915-00106.jpg

The kool-aid is good!

I lived in Cliffside Pk for 9 years...but was not in road cycling yet...

Black chainrings would make this look much gooder!

*cough* Praxis Works *cough*

Yikes! :eek:

I meant that in a good way though...

I agree..they will be changed soon

How does the caad10 compare to let's say a synapse? In terms of weight, components, ride.