The Cult of CAAD...
07-23-11 | 09:16 AM
#1853
Senior Member
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 238
Likes: 0
From: San Antonio, TX
Bikes: Trek FX 7.2
Got my CAAD10 yesterday, didn't get to ride it until this morning. AWESOME. Haha.
It's so much quicker than the hybrid I was riding and so much more responsive. Also I now understand what people mean by better power transfer to the pedals on a road bike. It's so much easier to get started and conquer smaller hills. I was using leg muscles that I never used on my hybrid so that tells you something... I think my legs might actually be sore for the first time in a while.
Going to be a lot of fun.
It's so much quicker than the hybrid I was riding and so much more responsive. Also I now understand what people mean by better power transfer to the pedals on a road bike. It's so much easier to get started and conquer smaller hills. I was using leg muscles that I never used on my hybrid so that tells you something... I think my legs might actually be sore for the first time in a while.
Going to be a lot of fun.
07-26-11 | 10:13 AM
#1857
master auto tech
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 706
Likes: 1
From: Hollister, ca.
Bikes: ,system six ss, , caad9 cross, supersix evo hm, giant omiuim
07-26-11 | 12:20 PM
#1859
Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,334
Likes: 4
From: Orange County, CA
Bikes: Road - Lynskey. Mountain - Trek Fuel EX
07-26-11 | 01:04 PM
#1861
master auto tech
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 706
Likes: 1
From: Hollister, ca.
Bikes: ,system six ss, , caad9 cross, supersix evo hm, giant omiuim
07-26-11 | 11:19 PM
#1864
moth -----> flame
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 5,919
Likes: 4
From: SF Bay Area
Bikes: 18 Tarmac SL6, 11 CAAD 10-4, 07 Specialized Roubaix Comp, 98 Peugeot Horizon
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07-27-11 | 09:14 PM
#1865
Still on training wheels
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 44
Likes: 0
From: NNJ
Bikes: CAAD 10
My first road bike. Don't pay attention to the dork disc. I tried to cut it off with some scissors. I went all Chuck Norris on it and it still wouldn't break. Need to get heavier set of cutters.
07-27-11 | 09:30 PM
#1866
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 1,248
Likes: 3
From: Frederick, MD
Bikes: Cannondale, Trek
I am halfway through riding RAGBRAI on my CAAD9 right now:
- 60 miles on Sunday
- 65 miles on Mon.
- A century yesterday (which I finished with an average speed of 19.6mph)
- 55 miles today
- And 3 days to go.
- The weather is in the 90s with heat indices in the 100s, and there have been heat advisories every day.
The faster riders out here move in 23- to 25-mph pacelines, and I've only been dropped twice despite the fact that my CAAD is virtually factory-stock, from hub to hub.
There are 19,000 riders, and probably 12,000 of them are on road bikes. Seems like 40% of the road bikes here are Treks, 20% are Giants, 20% are Specialized, and the rest are ... everything else.
And how many CAAD9s have I seen?
2 !
CAAD10s?
None
- 60 miles on Sunday
- 65 miles on Mon.
- A century yesterday (which I finished with an average speed of 19.6mph)
- 55 miles today
- And 3 days to go.
- The weather is in the 90s with heat indices in the 100s, and there have been heat advisories every day.
The faster riders out here move in 23- to 25-mph pacelines, and I've only been dropped twice despite the fact that my CAAD is virtually factory-stock, from hub to hub.
There are 19,000 riders, and probably 12,000 of them are on road bikes. Seems like 40% of the road bikes here are Treks, 20% are Giants, 20% are Specialized, and the rest are ... everything else.
And how many CAAD9s have I seen?
2 !
CAAD10s?
None
07-27-11 | 10:12 PM
#1867
Senior Member
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 149
Likes: 0
07-27-11 | 10:30 PM
#1868
Junior Member
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 12
Likes: 0
Didn't know there was a standard on using a white garage door, so I leaned it against my white car when I first brought it home.
07-28-11 | 08:17 AM
#1869
Senior Member
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 238
Likes: 0
From: San Antonio, TX
Bikes: Trek FX 7.2
It's funny you mention the dork disc. When I picked up my CAAD10 I noticed it didn't have valve stem caps on so I asked if I needed them. The guy said "Nah, those are dorky". LOL. I said "Alrighty then".
07-29-11 | 06:30 AM
#1870
Cannondale Shill
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,695
Likes: 0
From: Kingston, ON, CAN.
Bikes: '06 CAAD8, SRAM Rival/Force and fixie of unknown origin
Just confirmed my purchase of a black 2011 CAAD10-5 and will be picking it up in a few weeks since the dealer is two hours away and I won't have a free weekend until mid-August. I'll be moving Red shifters/Force everything else from my CAAD8 over and after many years of lusting after them, I've landed myself some Hollowgram SLs.
07-29-11 | 07:19 AM
#1871
grilled cheesus
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 6,957
Likes: 5
From: 8675309
Bikes: 2010 CAAD9 Custom, 06 Giant TCR C2 & 05 Specialized Hardrock Sport
takes a hit, but keeps on rolling.
so far at least. later.
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07-29-11 | 07:36 AM
#1873
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 5,095
Likes: 5
From: Boone, North Carolina
Bikes: 2009 Cannondale CAAD9-6 2014 Trek Domaine 5.9
08-02-11 | 08:14 PM
#1875
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 54
Likes: 0
From: Indiana: "It's Not As Flat As You Think!"
Bikes: 2007 Cannondale System Six; 2006 Serotta Fierte IT; 2005 Giant TCR C2
I've owned 4 C'dales, including a legendary SystemSix in full SRAM Force, along with three Serottas, a Bianchi 1885 with full Campy, and others. This beats them all. Love my CAAD 10 4C after putting 300 miles on it in the first 3 weeks. The is the VW GTI of road bikes, fast, fun, stealthy and a boy racer's toy. You can't go to a crit anywhere without seeing more CAADs than anything else, and it's easy to see why. Don't waste your money on an entry-level carbon frame, buy the aluminum superbike and never look back.