That article is pretty ridiculous. First of all, no composite frames are "exploding", I'm a little surprised NYT even published this. It also doesn't account for the stress of pro riding, the number of miles, stresses and accidents in travel, nor the way I would treat my bicycle if I had an endless supply of free bicycles. Most important of all, this article doesn't account for stress or crashes that would break a metal bicycles as well, sustained on the composite frame.

I was wondering how dose the crank option worked? I went to look at Caad10 and it had the size 50/34 on it and I want the 53/39. Yesterday I was told it was a complete swap and today I was told today for a 53/34 crank it would be 700 dollars more.

Thanks. Just googled this from aerospace metals handbook. "6069 tensile ultimate and yieldstrengths for the T6 condition are about 40 percenthigher than its sister 6061 alloy ".

" The bikes, they completely explode"
I think they meant asplooooodddee.

Which CAAD were you looking at. 50/34 is a compact crank and does seem to come on more bikes these days. A standard crank is 53/39. I also prefer a standard but it's really flat where I live. If I lived in an area where I would have to do a lot of hills I would go compact. Aside from that you can definately go from a compact to a standard for less than $700....bike shops are just insane with the pricing IMO.

Caad10 5 105

Standard 105 crank with bottom bracket $132 Shimano 105 FC 5700 172 5mm 53 39T Road Bike Crankset BB Double Black Alloy New | eBay

BB30 to Shimano adaptor $24 Wheels Manufacturing BB30 to Shimano 24mm Bottom Bracket Adapter Reducer Kit | eBay


A lot easier to install than you may think

But The guy from Monday told me it would be a even swap. And I was wondering if they did that?

I as told it didnt cost anything for the swap

For $700 more you could buy a lot better bike.

+1

Or you could buy a Hollowgram standard crankset and swap between the two if you travel to hillier or flatter areas for riding.

It shouldn't cost anything to swap. The CAAD10s are offered in both standard and compact, so as long as the dealer had the second crankset, they should be able to do it. If they don't swap it for free, I wouldn't be buying from them.

a few more changes from last time... i need to take a better pic with the new uno stem.

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

After more than a year of greedly leering at this thread, I am now a proud owner of a 2011 CAAD 10 SRAM Rival. i'll post a pic asap; glad to be on this side of things finally :)

Congrats! That's the same bike I have.

There's really 3 types of aluminum alloys used in bikes.

6061, 6069 and 7005

6xxx series alloys are aluminum with primarily mangesium and silicon

7xxx series alloys are aluminum with primarily zinc


6061 aluminum is generally 96% or more aluminum with the next highest elemental ingredient being magnesium at up to 1.2%

6069 aluminum is generally 96% or more aluminum with the next highest elemental ingredient being magnesium at up to 1.6%

figure the main difference is a slight decrease in weight, and slight increase in stiffness and hardness with no major change to ductility.

7005 uses zinc.

without getting into a ton of specifics, 7005 is stiffer and harder but more brittle.

Congrats! How much did you snag it for?

1100 which i know was overpaying a bit. it was essentially new though and i had wasted enough time this summer waiting for the right bike so i jumped on it.

Makes me want to break out Stryper's Black and Yellow attack on vinyl:

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps54f6af3f.jpg

I didn't put her heels on but she will look pretty:

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps9305d197.jpg

How do I slam her? :-) what degree stem should I be looking for so the bars are literally straight ---------

Paid $1200 for a 2013 CAAD10 5, a bit overpriced but I didn't want to waste this summer so I bought it. Sold the wheels for $100 after I bought a different wheelset.

Anyway, congrats and post pictures of your new bike!

Which shop did you buy from?

Wish I could say I bought it new but it was from Craigslist. The guy bought it from Freshbikes around Feb and sold it to me on early June. It was practically new.

Remove the spacers...set the hoods so they are level with the floor to start. A -17 would be level with the ground.

Then make sure your neck and back can handle the slam.:D

Once you cut the steerer there's no turning back.

CAAD10 3 Ultegra
 

Picked up a CAAD10 3 in May this year. Great bike, have ridden quite a few long rides including a century. Compared with my old Le Mond its much more fun and not really any harsher. The bike weighed in at 17 pounds with the wheels and pedals. I still commute on the LeMond.

Only complaints were the seat and wheelset. I built a set with H plus Son Archetypes and White Industry hubs. The ride is great.

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