New bike day (Caad12)!

Joebristol · 2018-03-12T20:05:59+00:00

I’ve been pondering new bikes for a while and I can’t find the thread I thought I started when I was considering 3 different bikes (Caad12 / Boardman Pro Carbon Disc / Cube Agree c62 Disc). I went with the Caad 12 (which was my least favourite option at one point due to being Aluminium) - I’ve got a soft spot for Cannondale having owned a Caad9 in the past, and lusting over their mtbs when I was a youth and couldn’t afford one! I just happened to pop into one of my lbs (mud Dock) when I was still mulling over the options and hey had one in they right size on sale for £1100. Bargain. I paid a little more as I was using a C2W voucher but it was still cheaper than virtually anywhere else I could find at the time. I did a part ex with the shop for the standard wheels against some MasonxHunt 4 season wheels to save about 500grams - so glad I did- they look lovely and the bike seems to accelerate really well.

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March 12, 2018 at 8:05 pm #28240

Joebristol

I’ve been pondering new bikes for a while and I can’t find the thread I thought I started when I was considering 3 different bikes (Caad12 / Boardman Pro Carbon Disc / Cube Agree c62 Disc).

I went with the Caad 12 (which was my least favourite option at one point due to being Aluminium) – I’ve got a soft spot for Cannondale having owned a Caad9 in the past, and lusting over their mtbs when I was a youth and couldn’t afford one!

I just happened to pop into one of my lbs (mud Dock) when I was still mulling over the options and hey had one in they right size on sale for £1100. Bargain. I paid a little more as I was using a C2W voucher but it was still cheaper than virtually anywhere else I could find at the time.

I did a part ex with the shop for the standard wheels against some MasonxHunt 4 season wheels to save about 500grams – so glad I did- they look lovely and the bike seems to accelerate really well.
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March 13, 2018 at 7:27 am #914359
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Joebristol

That was how the saddle came

That was how the saddle came – it’s now about 4 inches lower than that. Couldn’t even reach the peddles with it that high – unless the shop can upgrade my legs by extending them a few inches 🙂

My old bike is a 53cm and the new one is a 54cm. I wouldn’t want anymore of a stretch to the bars from the saddle than the Cannondale has.

The 56cm would definitely have been too big – I sat on one in the shop and it was a bit silly.

March 13, 2018 at 12:35 am #914357
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So you bought a frame at

So you bought a frame at least one size too small, why?

March 12, 2018 at 8:30 pm #914355
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Joebristol

Old Bike:

New bike:

Old Bike:

New bike:
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