What is the greatest of the CAAD road frames?

[pasadena]

interesting the extra tall headtube above the top tube.

[oliver1850]

Originally Posted by paredown

When I started back looking at bikes in retail stores (after we were back in NYC so 2006ish) I remember seeing Cannondales pretty cheap. I was a snob, and didn't get it apparently...

I loved the Saeco colors--and I found this CAAD 6 on eBay--former team bike:

I'd love to have that, I'm still missing a CAAD6. Check the bottom bracket for the team member's name. Other than the Cipollini frame pictured earlier in the thread, the rider's name is toward the bottom right (as you look at it) of the serial number engraving on other team frames I've seen. Some of the longer names were shortened.

[azrider]

Originally Posted by paredown

When I started back looking at bikes in retail stores (after we were back in NYC so 2006ish) I remember seeing Cannondales pretty cheap. I was a snob, and didn't get it apparently...

I loved the Saeco colors--and I found this CAAD 6 on eBay--former team bike:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cannondale-...0AAOSwAS1elvz~

Dude that thing is pretty rad.........

[BenCalvert]

I have two and love them both. The Criterium gets me around town and I also have a CAAD10.

Here's the criterium. It now has a period correct saddle on it.

https://flic.kr/p/2j7SjwG

[p nut]

Thanks to the enablers, ended up finding a 2014 Caad10, Ultegra.

[azrider]

Originally Posted by p nut

Thanks to the enablers, ended up finding a 2014 Caad10, Ultegra.

welcome to club........shes a beaut

[Dino Suegiù]

Originally Posted by p nut

Thanks to the enablers, ended up finding a 2014 Caad10, Ultegra.

I am not a Shimano cow-horns fan, but...wow.
That is beautiful, really.

[p nut]

Originally Posted by azrider

welcome to club........shes a beaut

You were the one leading that charge of that group

Originally Posted by Dino Suegiù

I am not a Shimano cow-horns fan, but...wow.
That is beautiful, really.

Im more of a SRAM or Campagnolo fan myself but these feel and look ok. May change it out for Force or Chorus one day.

Tire clearance seems ok, but unsure if I can run 28’s. Currently have Michelin Power 25’s (not sure what they measure), but there is about 5mm clearance all around the front and the rear, 5mm on NDS of the brake caliper and 2.5-3mm on DS where the caliper arm comes down. Maybe I’ll need to switch these out for the Chorus skeleton to gain enough clearance to run 28’s.

[oldguy00]

OK, I know its not a CAAD frame (and I did own a few of those), but the Lampre Six13's were one of my favorite frames of all time that I owned.

[ultraman6970]

+1, they should have evolved the caad into a caad+ and get back the six13 with no paint so nobody complains about cracks in the paint.

[bicycletricycle]

I sold a lot of CAAD 5,6,7 bikes. I think the CAAD 6 frames are the best. The CAAD 7 frames became really fragile and dented super easily. I think a CAAD 6 frame with hollowgram cranks and a Time made slice fork is the ultimate. The Saeco team bikes back then came with record 10 and felt great.

[efixler]

Originally Posted by oldguy00

OK, I know its not a CAAD frame (and I did own a few of those), but the Lampre Six13's were one of my favorite frames of all time that I owned.

That _is_ hot. My daily rider is a white 2008 Six13, I'd love the unpainted version.

[zzy]

Originally Posted by ultraman6970

+1, they should have evolved the caad into a caad+ and get back the six13 with no paint so nobody complains about cracks in the paint.

The Six13 was a nightmare to produce, which was why they used one less carbon tube with each new generation. And with the raw models, galvanic corrosion occurred btn the carbon and the Al. But I loved the one I built:

[m_moses]

Originally Posted by zzy

The Six13 was a nightmare to produce, which was why they used one less carbon tube with each new generation.

This was mine. I believe it was a 2006 model. So, 3 carbon tubes?

I loved it and the color especially. I got the new bike bug and felt this one was a little too aggressive and let it go for a song.

[zzy]

Originally Posted by m_moses

This was mine. I believe it was a 2006 model. So, 3 carbon tubes?

Yup! Here was my personal Saeco Six13: