Less is more, but very nice.

My wife's Caad 9 build in progress ...





Next comes building the wheelset.

Wow, that frame looks new. Did you find something NOS or just in good shape?

Yeah, a bit much on the wheels but probably looks cool moving. Now you need the spidering to replace those annoying FSA rings.

Sorry Dude, that ain't no toy.....

Gonna have to agree with the others. Nice bike and wheels, but 3 green stickers and 3 black stickers on each side of each wheel might be a bit overkill.

And yep, time to scour the for sale forums for some spiderrings.

Yes toys.

I like your style...and the fact that you're taking pictures of your bikes while drinking!

Thanks. Got it enjoy. This is my first mechanic bike . All the others are electronic.

More like dangerous weapons....

Found the frame on eBay. Pristine condition, with a price to match. Happy to find it though.

Building it up with a mix of new and used components, including Athena 11spd. The rationalization is that I can't justify another bike for myself until she gets N+1.

The Cannondale:Specialized ratio is off. One more Specialized and Earth may stop spinning.

Until you can afford a nail to hang that picture you should probably stop buying bikes and enve wheels.

Lol. So true . I haven't got the time or just being lazy.

That is sick. Which one to ride?

Also, I like that the bikes are on the wall and the art is on the floor. Priorities.

is there no wind where you live?

Do you like burning more calories from having to actually shift?

I think before I become an actual cannondale humper I have to try other brands. The tarmacs have always caught my eye, and I like the look of them more than the cannondale evo. I think if I ever have the money for a second bike I am going to pick up one of those (if not a cross bike). If won't be a fancy as yours though

yes, you make some very good points, particularly about bikes with more post and tall steerer stack screaming 'too small' I don't want to run the steerer any lower and wound have to add at least one spacer to be in the same place due to 5mm shorter head tube on 50cm. The stem I have is plenty long enough [MENTION=175934]120[/MENTION]mm. I may stick with 52cm. Thanks.

cool i used to have a bike doctor team edition frame!

[MENTION=362860]chaser97[/MENTION], to be clear - if you have the chance, by all means do try a 50cm with all the contact points set up to match your current fit. As much as all the points might make sense in theory, what feels better is better

My beloved CAAD10 was stripped a while back by bike thieves. Lil' turds jacked everything except the frame/BB/Cranks/Rear wheel.

Don't have the funds for a fork as of yet, but I'd like to know what rake I should be looking for. I have a 48cm frame. The Cannondale website list the rake as 50mm, but I've read another discussion where another person getting a fork stated that the website is incorrect on the rake info.

Any Caad10 48cm owners know if the rake is 45 or 50? Thanks!

So I demoed my first CAAD10 (2013 SRAM FORCE) & holy crap this is an amazing & smooth & fast accelerating feeling bike. I liked the responsiveness & the way the power gets put down better then the low end Supersix I rode immediately after. It was also my first time trying SRAM which I was quite impressed with. I currently ride a Carbon bike and the CAAD10 felt great! So much so I must find one. The CAAD10 feels like a nice Carbon bike. I want to join the CAAD10 Cult but only flat/matte black will due. I explored painting options and it seems that is just money down the hole($400?). Found some great deals on 2013 BLK INC, but refuse to buy since I cant upgrade it to a mechanical group. I must either get a 2014 CAAD10 3, or 2014 Black Inc the later of which a little hard to justify price-wise but it does have the SRAM & I wouldn't need to change a single thing ever other then maybe a seat. I am trying to convince myself now that I probably would spend the same amount as the current BLK Inc cost over the course of 1-2 years with upgrades so maybe its cheaper bite the bullet. I think I would be pretty happy geting the 2013 SRAM FORCE model and possibly attempt to paint a flat/matte black myself. My current bike is a FELT Z4 which I will probably keep, but I need to join the CULT!

If you're going to paint it buy a used frame and build up a bike how you want it. Repainting the frame will void the whole warranty. As far as ultegra v sram, personal preference. If I were you, I would get the 3 and save money. Shifting is shifting. Then when you need to replace everything, upgrade to sram.

Gives you motivation to ride at least


But if you can afford the black inc then why not. I settled for a color choice was not fond of and even though it's growing on me, it still has a ways to go.

The 2012 CAAD10 105 is matte black with white lettering.