JoRoFoto

So in interest of keeping a long story short I'll give the skinny: last year had a new roommate borrow my road bike only to get it stolen in Center City, the same day he moved in

While it was a Wally Mart bike, it was a great bike to me and my first road bike some 2 years ago which got me into cycling. So I was deeply upset and saddened by it's loss, and eventually my roommate paid me back, but I was still out a road bike. Although thankfully I still had my city bike, an old 80's Schwinn single speed to get around but it just wasn't the same without long 40-50 mile rides to clear my mind. So I began saving my money for a Cannondale as I always had a great love for their bikes, and like anything else you save up for and work hard for it was that much sweeter when I found the bike I had wanted:

A LBS near my parents house, where my father had gotten his new Cannondale the year before, a long needed upgrade from his old SH-600 flat bar , had a leftover 2010 Six Carbon 5 in matte carbon and I fell in love.. after a bit of haggling I got a price I couldn't refuse..

Sadly, being a photographer I should have some better shots of the bike other than ones took with my phone but I guess I'll make it a point to take some with proper lighting and post those as well:


Here it is with LOOK Keo 2 Max's and not much else just yet:


And my city bike:




And finally, the next big purchase I've been thinking about was a set of SOUL S4.0's with red nipples.. but I'm still torn on whether the white ones would look better with the color scheme or the black with red stickers like the Shimano stock wheels.. any thoughts??


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NEW SHOTS ADDED BELOW.. \/ \/

back4more

Nice - you should have many good ride on that bad boy

walshconor

Not a Cdale guy but I might be now. Great looking.

tuxbailey

Very nice.

Word of advice: Don't let your roommate borrow it.

littlewing6283

joro you gotta be kidding me jose. is that you from crsx ?

littlewing6283

yeah those are pretty pathetic photos for being a photographer. hahhahahahahahah

Painful Chafe

Beautiful bike. Take some time and save some $ to toss some Soul 3.0SL's on her and be done. You'll drop a pound of rotational weight.

Not a fan of the RS10's. Had them on my Synapse 5.

Great bike though. I'm in the process of getting a CAAD 3, but now I'm thinking Six 5. Damn it!

JoRoFoto

thanks man.. I've always loved them, was once looking at Specialized and rode my bro-in-law's but once I rode my dad's Six I knew I should just go with a Cannondale..
hahaah o believe me I learned my lesson and he won't even go near it.. he was crying about paying me back the $600 from my old bike, let alone what he thinks this one cost me.. lol

get outt?!.. that you Chris M.??.. haven't talked to you in ages man.. when'd you get into cycling?..

NBYRDR

That's an absolute beaut!

catonec 

sweet dale but we need a picture of the drive side. (theres only one accepted format for bike photos here.)

littlewing6283

what can brown do for you ?

yeah its me. got into cycling mid 2009.

awesomejack

bike's always bring people together,

and awesome new bike

mazdaspeed

I'm a photographer as well but for some reason all of my bike pics are pure crap. Go figure.

JoRoFoto

Here's some better pictures as promised but be forgiving, I shot them in my tiny kitchen!.. lol

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'10 Cannondale Six Carbon 5 by j o r o f o t o | fortysixtyphoto.com, on Flickr

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'10 Cannondale Six Carbon 5 by j o r o f o t o | fortysixtyphoto.com, on Flickr

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'10 Cannondale Six Carbon 5 by j o r o f o t o | fortysixtyphoto.com, on Flickr

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'10 Cannondale Six Carbon 5 by j o r o f o t o | fortysixtyphoto.com, on Flickr

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'10 Cannondale Six Carbon 5 by j o r o f o t o | fortysixtyphoto.com, on Flickr

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'10 Cannondale Six Carbon 5 by j o r o f o t o | fortysixtyphoto.com, on Flickr

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'10 Cannondale Six Carbon 5 by j o r o f o t o | fortysixtyphoto.com, on Flickr

JoRoFoto

I know right?.. I feel horrible because I don't do it justice.. but now I'm determined to get it outside and do a proper shoot of it.. just strange for me because I'm a portrait photographer so if it's not a person I really don't know how to shoot it.. lol

JoRoFoto

thanks man, I'll definitely look into those as well.. still not sure about the color though.. so torn..

But great to hear that I'm making you second guess the CAAD 3 as well..

JoRoFoto

haha yeah.. Chris and I knew each other from a car photography forum years ago.. and oddly enough, just bumped into him on here after not speaking for a while..

haha that's awesome man.. same for me it was in '09, when I moved to Philly and realized how much fun riding around the city can be.. but how've you been man?.. still shooting or what?

fishymamba

Get S4.0s in white!!! One of the best looking bikes I have seen! Good luck and enjoy your new bike!

littlewing6283

been good. not really shooting anymore. turned into a job and I ended up hating it. i still shoot for fun. I havnt tried taking good bike pics yet. theyre mainly quick snap shots. btw you have some blown out spots on the first photo.

heres a snap of one of my bikes



heres my race rig

JoRoFoto

hahaahha yeah man.. the more I look at the bike I think the white S4.0's with the grey stickers would look great on the bike.. and thanks, definitely will cherish this one and never let anyone borrow it..

JonnyHK 

Just "shot them in my tiny kitchen" - BASTARD!

I hate you - I can't get soft lighting and wonderful use of depth of field like that under ANY conditions!










Lovely shots! Jealous as anything!

WhyFi

Nice lookin' bike - congrats!

teterider

Bad cell phone pics.....forgotten and excused.

Nice photos!
Not many people say they'll come back with nice pics, and actually deliver on really nice pics.

I_Like_Bike

White is what I would go with. It will look amazing!

I_Like_Bike

Oh, and sweet looking bike! Congrats!