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Originally Posted by rain dogs
That's exactly the CAAD 8 that I had - with the clearcoat. That's a much better bike, and a *much* lighter bike (1190grams frame in 56) than the 10 (1242g in 56cm)... which I also had, the same exact bike as AZRider's BBQ black with dark grey details.
The 10 fork weighed 395grams and was cut absolutely slammed on mine - room for a Campagnolo flat carbon cap and a Deda superliggero. Same setup on the 8 but obviously not the 10 fork, and that fork setup weighed 315grams. (Total frameset as i said earlier was 132grams less.... which oddly is exactly the same weight GregL said his 10 was less than his 9. I dunno how a 9 would weight so much 262grams more than my 8???? Must have got an unlucky 9)
The only issue with those clearcoat bikes was water penetration and oxidization, which always, always happened to those. Mine eventually started looking bad so I sold it for the 10..... what a mistake.
That's the premium+ higher end stock Cannondale fork, it's not the fanciest fork - the SI that Time made. Those were really, really light. I think the SI fork was the very last one ever made by Time, then Cannondale made their own - the Premium (with a alu steerer and the Premium+ with a carbon steerer). I found a pic of the really light SI but it won't embed. You know them cause they were full carbon, really black, just said SI on the side, nothing more and the Cannondale words went down the front of the fork blades, not the sides. They were really rare and short lived, came only with the highest end CAAD 7's I believe.
Like this one: https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/c...ice_si_carbon/ |
Rain dogs, my compliments! You really know your Cannondales. A few more thoughts:
- Your CAAD8 weights are nearly identical to my CAAD8-based Six13. My Six13 Team frame (56) was 1203 grams and fork (Slice Si ) was 315 grams. The combination was simply wonderful!
- My CAAD9 is from the last production year (2010). All CAAD9s were painted that year and the blue paint on mine is thick and heavy! The frame is 1327 grams and the fork 425 grams.
- My CAAD10 (56) is 1230 grams with a 390 gram fork. Heavier than your CAAD8 or my Six13, but definitely a stiffer front end than the CAAD9 or Six13.
- Your impressions of the Si fork are on the mark! My 2007 Six13 had one (although I don't know if it was original equipment) as shown in
this thread when I listed it on the forum classifieds.
Thanks to everyone for an enjoyable stroll down CAAD memory lane!
Greg