JT,
My 10 4 has about the same clearance as your rear stay on both ends.

Bill

That's about normal. Some taller tires like the Pro4 25c might even rub the brake on the rear. Some brakes are better than others but that is plenty of space.

Awesome stuff! Thank you very much! I actually like the white saddle/tape with the black seatpost/stem so it doesn't get to white.

Does the ritchey seatpost hold carbon rails? Would the main difference between say the Romin Evo Expert and Romin Pro be the weight difference? I'm not sure $70 is worth the extra 52 grams of weight savings now that I just looked it up. Plus the cost of a new seatpost for carbon rails. I would presume titanium rails hold up the best, is that true? If so, how do carbon rails compare?

That ends my questions for now. I have to start learning somewhere and I appreciate all the help. I convinced a college teammate to go with a CAAD10. I haven't ridden with him yet, but I've grown the Cult of the CAAD here!

Thank you.

Gonna send you a pm....

Here's the CAAD10-1 I just built up the other day. Still need to chop the steerer [photoshop'd out] crimp on some cable ends and make minor adjustments. This is intended to be my all-weather training and crit bike.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8506/8...0542f907_b.jpg

CAAD10-1 frameset 54cm
2011 SRAM Red groupset
Fulcrum Racing Zero Dark Label wheelset
Selle Italia SLR Kit Carbonio Flow saddle
3T bars, stem, seatpost
LOOK Keo Blade Ti pedals

Ciao. I am Luca and write from Italy. Have caad 10 3 2013 and in italy own an alluminium top quality bike is like waste your money ( riders wants only carbon road bike ). Cdale demonstrate you can have top quality frame, performance and great look!!http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=292578The bike is all of stock ( I changed only the steam ), but a new pair of wheels are ready on a garage waityng for better wheather!!

that is a beauty!! Do you know the weight?

Now that is one killer looking bike. I would also like to know a weight, if you have that information.

New problem on my Caad, to review bike came to the shop in good shape but without a chain,now i know many of you think the shop should have one on hand ,they don't.The shop got the chain yesterday and when they put it on they found a problem with the small chainring.The problem being that about six or so teeth were ground to a sharp edge from the inside of the ring.They called Cdale,Cdale told them to call FSA and they did.FSA asked for a picture of the ring which shop sent to them.FSA said thats not right we will send a new one.Anyhow i just wanted to vent a little and i 'am thank full my guys are catching this before it rolls out.





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Love the bike. I dont know how people ride with their bars in this position though. seems like it would be hard on the arms.

THS, white saddle and tape looks sharp on that frame. I'll be doing the same on my blk/raw.

After seeing the photoshop results, I definitely think I'll switch over to a white saddle and tape. The photoshop results made it look pretty dang great.

White saddle and tape would look pretty darn clean on the black/raw on the 2013s.

Can you do with Ritchey WCS Wet Red seatpost/stem and black seat/bartape please... been considering this for a while.

I just got a CAAD (havent had a chance to take real pics yet), and I'm lol'ing so hard at the monstrosity that is the headset cover. Its like a freaking mountain on top of the headtube.

Please get some pics up...must see the mountain.

With the same bike as I photoshopped above?

STS will fix that easy though :)

Cell phone pic
http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/...-24-22_587.jpg

Thanks! Not too bad,but I would have to have it cut. I have mine the same way less the "mountain" :-). Enjoy that CAAD!

Hateseed....This what you wanted?

(that blue water bottle was killing me! so I changed it)

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...vrgsxr/red.jpg

Yea I bought it off Craigslist, and the guy had the stem flipped up, and all the way at the top. I have another forum member giving me his lower stack headset cover, so im going to wait for that so I can cut it all off.
This thing is a superb ride.

Eh, I had high hopes for the read seatpost/stem, but I'm not sure about it.

All the cycling gear I purchased was had at deep discounts, including the blue Oakley's and Garmin bottles. If I would've know I would have been purchasing a white/red bike I might have held off on the bottles and definitely would've gone with the red Oakley's. The riding jacket I got (last one at my dealer) is blue/black as well... All my jerseys and bib shorts are different mixes of red, white, and black. So when I'm riding, my glasses, bottles, and occasional jacket stick out like a soar thumb.

I dont like the red stem/seatpost combo. I think it looks cheesy, but thats just me. I prefer a classic black clean look

Thanks for the compliments. I don't have a scale handy, so I'm not sure on the weight, but I'd guess it's sub 16lbs. The Rotundo/classic style bars do take some getting used to if you only ride with modern style bars that have the flat transition from ramp to hood. It's really not bad though, and the shape seems to give you a lot of variation for styles of hand placement. I have another bike with classic bars, so I am pretty used to it. The 'modern stlye' with a flat transition is definitely comfy [I have ENVE compact bars on bike #1 that I absolutely love], but sloped ramps give you a lower hood height with higher flats for when you really need to sit up and beg. I do think the bars would look a lot better with a -17deg stem though.

Agreed. I think the biggest problem beyond pure preference is matching the red on the frame with the red components. Many try this kind of thing and it just looks bad if the colors don't match perfectly.

Welome Luca. Americans are the same way - no carbon equals no good but we love our CAAD10's.