Waste of a perfectly good CAAD9!
06-17-09, 08:34 PM
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Waste of a perfectly good CAAD9!
06-17-09, 08:41 PM
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How did he get it up to 17 pounds with a fixed gear? Lead rims?
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06-17-09, 08:44 PM
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WTF? 57 gear inches? I ride 83 in an area with lots of steep hills... on a bike that is quite heavy and noodly compared to that.
Oh yeah... *rabble* misuse of CAAD9 *rabble*
Oh yeah... *rabble* misuse of CAAD9 *rabble*
06-17-09, 08:54 PM
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To each, thier own. The dude rides a bike, so its all good with me.
Who am I to judge what a man does with his frames.
Who am I to judge what a man does with his frames.
06-17-09, 08:55 PM
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A real waste of that frame & fork was seeing it do little more than decorating my wall (It did look great up there tho.
)I think I stuffed up the weigh-in, it feels lighter than 17lb.
06-17-09, 08:58 PM
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That's what I had at hand at the time. It's running 45/18 now, 67 gear inches.... that's all my 42 year old knees will let me do comfortably, and my choice of ratios is limited by the chainstay length.
06-17-09, 08:59 PM
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06-17-09, 09:06 PM
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It's hard to find a nice aluminum frame for a fixed bike that doesn't have a track geometry, so I like what he did. I've ridden a track aluminum frame for 60 miles once and it wasn't the most enjoyable ride.
06-17-09, 09:21 PM
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06-17-09, 09:50 PM
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Nothing wrong with a Caad9 single speed. We just moved part time to Florida, and I really don't understand why anybody would buy a geared bike to ride here. A caad 9 geared pretty high sounds good to me.
06-17-09, 09:51 PM
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Nah... turns out I miscalculated that... it's actually 53-16. I might back that off though, might try an 18t on the rear.
Props to cyclaholic for riding fixie at 40+... any particular reason for it? I only ride it so I can lock the bike up outside in any condition, and if someone steals it, i'm only out $50 and not the ~$2k for my road bike.
Props to cyclaholic for riding fixie at 40+... any particular reason for it? I only ride it so I can lock the bike up outside in any condition, and if someone steals it, i'm only out $50 and not the ~$2k for my road bike.
06-17-09, 09:56 PM
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06-17-09, 10:21 PM
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I love when people on here act like the CAAD9 is some kind of super-rare uber frame. There's a ton of them out there and they aren't all that expensive.
Why get your panties in a bunch because the dude made it something enjoyable for him?
Why get your panties in a bunch because the dude made it something enjoyable for him?
