It’s pricey, it’s kinda heavy, it’s not aero, it won’t fit 85% of people over 25 yo, but damn I want this one…
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The raw, unfinished one for me please. Cos you know they’re just going to fudge the smooth welds on those painted frames.
I’m secretly hoping that the smooth welds on the raw finish will be more Passoni, and less Triban…
Damn cool bike, but I’d need the 54 with about 60mm of spacers and a 90mm stem for my old man fit to work…
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The 105 bike looks to be a good deal….everything else seems incredibly overpriced. I’m not dropping $4k for Rival or $7.5K for a Force on an alloy frame.
I have a CAAD13 105 bike that I use for a travel bike and it is great.
I was all-in–boutique pricing and all–until I spied the geometry chart. It’s longer and lower than the current (longer and lower) SuperSix EVO and even the CAAD 12.
I don’t understand who this bike is for.
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It’s for people in at least their late thirties (minimum age range for CAAD nostalgia?) but have stayed fit and flexible while amassing enough wealth that they can justify an overpriced aluminum bike as an N+1. So basically nobody
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Link to photo source?
Yeah, that geometry chart had me confused as well, but I did also think it was just me misreading the numbers…
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Photo from these boys - they’re Cannondale’s authorised retailer here in Singapore.
Also, the welds at the head tube in this other photo from the folks who shan’t be named… Was hoping that they (the welds, not the folks) would have been sanded down ala Passoni…
I dunno. I quite like the more industrial aesthetic - but then I ride a Nicolai…
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True, true. I can see where you’re coming from, but maybe I’ve spent too much time around nicely sanded down welds that I just can’t go back to welds on aluminium bikes. TIG welded steel and ti bikes have luscious welds though.
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I think it’s a good looking bike. The price for a frame is reasonable. Kudo’s to Cannondale.
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Looks sick, I want the raw alu. How does the geo compare to a CAAD10, has anybody crunched the numbers?
Yup, Alex did a little of that here:
Thanks, I did see the comparison to the SuperSix but I’m more curious if it’s the same(ish) as a CAAD10, I have a feeling the old CAADs were pretty low in terms of stack.
Been mulling this one today. The omission of an Ultegra Di2 groupset on this model launch (to match the SRAM Force groupset)…
Is Cannondale holding out on an upcoming Shimano road groupset launch, maybe?
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Ha ha. Same for me. I had to give up my CAAD 10 for that reason, and there’s not a day goes by that I don’t miss it.
‘Longer and lower’ can be deceptive. Since the steerer tube angles away from the vertical line above the bottom bracket, the reach figure changes as you go up or down the steerer tube with changes in stack. Take the 56cm for example, if you measured the reach at the stack of 560, you get 392. Come up the steerer by a cm (stack of 570) and you’ll get a shorter reach figure.
For any two bikes with matching bottom bracket drop, head tube angles and fork offsets, you can tell which one is ‘longer’ by comparing the ‘front center’ measurement. Comparing the CAAD14 to the SuperSix Evo, you’ll see the head tube angle and fork offset are the same, though the SSE has an ever so slightly lower BB drop. The front center measurements for the two bikes are essentially the same (2mm longer for the SSE, which can be accounted for by the lower BB). IOW, the CAAD14 is not longer and lower than the SSE, you’ll just need more spacers to get the same bar height for a given stem length/angle.