JonnyHK 

A brilliant deal on custom steel

We actually used the basic dimensions of the CAAD9 front triangle in the design since the bike was such a good fit. The builder was only really customising the rear triangle.

2ndGen

Cool! I have steel dreams myself (Tommasini Tecno).

LemondFanForeve

Speaking of CAAD9...a SWEET one has popped up on fleabay: https://cgi.ebay.com/Cannondale-Caad9...item3a6777d608

And...a CAAD4 too:

https://cgi.ebay.com/2002-Cannondale-...item3a67a41c3b

2ndGen

BTW...for those looking for "sales", right now, the online bike shops seem to be having 4th of July
sales and more importantly, Tour De France sales, so now would be a good time to buy.

JonnyHK 

I ride for a team sponsored by a frame maker. That helps a lot!

Crash716

rode my 10 into work this morning...it was so choice.

Rutnick

CAAD 9 rebuilt and ready for crit racing. I posted a before pic of me buying the whole bike for $300. This is the after pic.

Just needed tape the right bar and it's done.

2ndGen

xbow

well, this is it. not much more I can do to this mamma jamma besides maybe some new bars. bought in '07 w/ Ultegra. The fork is new and the last piece of the puzzle. Big shout out to Old Town Bicycle in Tacoma for helping with the build. 16.78 lbs. at the shop.

LemondFanForeve

Nice ride man.....

Dr. Banzai

Oddly this looks exactly like my CAAD9 that I bought recently. Same colour, same spec, different size though. It's been sidelined with a busted 105RD and some spokes. The spokes are not easy to come by. I went with some bladed ones for now and was waiting on the RD from Ribble but a postal strike here set me back 2 weeks. One really bad shift or a chain letting go took out the RD short cage, 5 spokes and the chain. Cassette was salvageable with a disc brake tool.

Parts should be here tomorrow! Long weekend and I'm looking forward to my first century on it in the mountains with the wife away. Nirvana.

LemondFanForeve

I love the "Look" sticker on it too......sick bike man. I remember having the white Look pedals on my Bianchi back in the day. I saw Lemond using them, and had to have them.

LemondFanForeve

Well, good to hear she'll be back up and running soon...sick bike eh?

Rutnick

going to have to give my ride report of my newly built CAAD9. Corners, descends, accelerates and climbs well. Bike is insanely light. I haven't weighed it yet but I'm guessing in the 16lb range. Nothing exotic either. Sram Rival/force mix. Sub 1500 gram wheels and PR3 tires. Alloy ritchey bars and stock seatpost.

I'm glad it is setup for crits only because on long road rides in my area...it will beat you to death. This is vs my Madone, my pedal force and my two steel frames.

I was on the 48 minute mark of a 3 hour ride and went...well, 48 minutes is all I want on this bike so I'm glad it's crit racing only for her.

Smoking hot bike though.

Infinitedreams

Where are these deals at?

I've been waiting for the 4th of July to roll around to see if there were going to be any holiday specials but so far I'm seeing nothing. Memorial day had some deals but I missed out by a day or two.

I had my sights set on a CAAD 4 Rival but all the LBS around my area Orange County, CA don't want to come down in price. 5%-10% off or you have to "join the club" $150 to get a price break.

When is the best time to buy a bike and get a deal? Labor day weekend?

Had my heart set on a CAAD 10 4 Rival but might end up getting a bike from BikeDirect.com instead.

2ndGen

2ndGen

Performance Bike
Western Bike Works
Cycling Technologies
Mike's Bikes
Bike Bling
Nashbar
Jenson

Just to name a few.

Infinitedreams

Thanks for the reply 2ndGen! LOL @ Darth Vader!

Many of those shops don't sell Cannondales and aren't in my immediate area.

I want to join the Cult but I also want to get some value for my bike dollar. What's a reasonable price I should be paying for a CAAD 10 4 Rival?

Is 20% off asking too much? $1799 down to 1440? Is that an unreasonable expectation even during some of the holiday 'sales'?

Hard to beat some of the prices on BikesDirect.com looking at the Groupos and then many of them have Mavic Wheels included.

callmeAL

Are those the rouleurs or vitesses? how do you like them? thinking about buying a set of boyd alloys for my caad9. either those or williams system 30s.

2ndGen

I googled "CAAD10-4" and got a number of online bike shops selling them for about $1500.
There's even a CAAD10-3 with Ultegra 6700 for $1,800.

As for the BikesDirect bikes, test ride them and see if you like them. Oh, that's right.
You CAN'T test a BD bike unless you're by one of the 2 or 3 actual brick & mortar shops they have.
My advice, ride as many different bikes as you can, THEN buy a CAAD! Just kidding!
I just said that to tick off some of the Anti-CAADians that troll here!

Seriously though, don't buy a bike you can't ride.
And don't let a couple hundred bucks keep you from having a great bike.
One more thing...when you buy a CAAD frame, you're getting something that is definitely upgrade-worthy.

Sherblock

I'm currently in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and I noticed there was an REI really close... I'm thinking tomorrow I might go demo one! Hopefully it's all 2ndGen's hyped it up to be

2ndGen

Sherblock

You do a pretty good job

And I don't know if you've ever been to Santa Fe, but after at least 6 trips it gets reallllly boring

Crash716

Velo_Tut

^^^ best saddle I've ever owned, n' looks good on my CAAD.