This is what led me to ask this question.

My LBS can get this for me for either 400 or 450, I don't remember but I've read previous posts on this thing and it sounds like a pretty good deal. The guy at the LBS compared it to his Raleigh One Way and told me the Uno's more street-use-oriented. Anybody heard anything on this bike? I'd be buying this bike because my LBS sold off their last Paddy Wagon before I could get to it.

Dude, if it's someting you really really want, then 30 days ain't no thang...but then again, if you really wanted it in the first place you would already be paddy wagoning.

Don't ask other people to make bike purchases for you. I haven't, and I've been holding out for almost a year. Do it once, and do it right.

The Cayne Uno is Dope for the price. Get the frame off of Ebay for 160 and build it up from scratch. This is my accomplishment:

I'm pretty sure I'm just going to get the complete bike. And BistaPoy, it's a bit more complicated than that. I've already been waiting for about a month (saving up cash is kinda hard with so many bills).

So buying on impulse is a better solution? Believe me, I've been there.

Good point. I started this thread to see if anybody knew anything else about this bike though. I wasn't even sure if the PW was for me, it was just the only bike in my area that I could test ride.

The Cayne Uno is a decent bike built well with a heavier frame and fork...which will last longer than some featherweight tubeset. It will ride like a bike...meaning nothing special. It is more road geometry than track which is where it sounds like you'll ride more anyway. It also comes with a freewheel and brakes in case you don't dig riding fixed. There's no shame in that. It ain't for everyone. I have seen it in person and it looks really nice. The weakest link is the crap crankset. I'd ride them until it needed a BB and swap them out then. They look realy chintzy. The rest of the bike screams decent quality. Much more I think that a Pista. The only reason I don't have one already is the brake stops on the frame...I only ride fixed. I'm getting a Jamis Sputnik instead...no brake braze-ons but it does have road geometry and bottle mounts.

Steel eh... I picked up a Flite 100 today and that thing was lighter than shiz. It's a chromo frame, as is the Cayne. I don't think i'll mind the cayne "heavier frame" seeing as to how the flite felt like nothing.

My frame is steel...I love it. It really is a nice bike Bob...go for it!

my friend has i guess last years model and i really hate these things. hers is f-ing heavy you'd best go with a conversion. cheaper too. spend that 400 on a nice wheelset and pimp ze auto.

Any reason why you hate these things other than the weight?

geometry bugs me too- its totaly petty guaranteed. but i love my conversion a lot more and have never once though 'hmm maybe i would have been better going in with true horizontal drops.

edit: another interesting thing- my friend with the uno is now buying up old road frames to convert to learn more. so it could be more costly in the end depending how interested you are in the mechanics

Does anybody have an actually weight for this bike? I need it for some comparisons.

Two months is nothing to wait for something that you really want. Not to mention the fact that you live in California so you'll have no problem riding year round.

FWIW, it takes me about a year to save for a bike build, and I get exactly what I want.

I had trouble sleeping last night, pondering in bed about which is which and what can better suit me. I finally decided on the Cayne. I weighed out the pros and cons and factored in my current situation, it just seems like a better idea.

You'll love it...by the way Deda makes the perfect matching green bar tape to the decals. Just FYI.

i have last years version and like it alot. fairly light, nice feeling ride/geometry. if you get the complete set up, switch out the crankset first as (at least with mine) it's crap and not even true track cranks. all i have left from the original are the frame/fork.

mine weighed 18-19 pounds i think with the original parts.

I'm fairly new to switching out parts for quality stuff. What sort of cranks would you recommend?

if you're on such a constrained budget, why are you buying a bike with parts that you want to upgrade immediately? I would hold off the extra month, do a little more research, and buy right the first time.

seriously, get the Cayne frame and build it up Dude. Don't buy a bike then swap out parts right away. If you buy the bike complete, replace the parts has they wear out. My bike above cost me @600 total but has Deep V's with Formula hubs rear is fixed/fixed, Milwaukee 17t cog and lockring, Sugino BB and cranks with Salsa 45t ring. Selle Flite saddle, Ritchey post, Forte stem, Nashbar bullhorns, Cayne creek crosstop lever and Shimano Tiagra brake. Nothing fancy but a lot better than buying a bike and then stripping it down.

EDIT: just weighed my bike. Comes in at 19.1#. Will be lighter when I swap out the deep v's for Cane Creeks by a pound or 2.

you do realize for that price you can get a schwinn madison, bianchi pista, a khs flite 100, a raleigh rushhour, and many others that are made better and by more reputable companies this bike is made and imported by sun

I must have typed something wrong, when I said I'd be switching out parts, I didn't mean immediately, I meant in the future. And the only bikes readily available right now are:

Bianchi Pista (flashy, needs brakes, road drops, SS cog) - 550
KHS Flite 100 (only have 06 model, needs brakes, SS cog) - 550
Raleigh One Way (looks good, weighs 25 lbs, forgot the price, opinions?)
Anddd the Mongoose Sabrosa 1x1 (really really heavy) - 500

Well I woke up this morning set on the Cayne. Now I'm thinking back to that Raleigh I saw in the same shop. My first impression of it wasn't so great because the bike I rode before the Marin I have now was a Raleigh Rincon MTB and I hated it with a passion. The guy at the shop even told me Raleigh used to be great about 30 years ago and has recently been trying to make a come back. The fenders also put me off and the fact that the guy made it sound like dozens of people had test rode it. It does look pretty sweet though, I'd just tear off the stickers and call it a day.

What about IRO? And what about waiting to find the *right* bike for you?

I've thought about the IRO. The thing that made me drop the idea last time was when I couldn't get a solid answer on wait time and how I would get it. Can they ship it to my LBS? How long does it take to get the bike? Questions like that and the fact that I can't test ride it. I'm sure it'd be at the top of my list if I could just test it. I've heard millions of good things about it.

The thing I miss most on my Track bike is bottle mounts. The Cayne has them-the Raleigh doesn't...it's a solid bike despite what some say and yes, you can upgrade as needed or desired. I would stick with Ebay to keep things cheap, lots of cranks will work but I would stick with what's cheap and easy to find replacement stuff for. The stickers will last quite a while, now they ain't great looking but they should last a year or even two easily. The only bad thing I can say about the Cayne is the oddball seat post size...other than that there is NOTHING wrong with the bike. Most bikes today are Chinese made in the same plant and badged and marked up. You're going to pay for a name.