Introducing my new bike - Cannondale Six Carbon
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Well, I finally made my mind up and having come back down to earth, (after accepting that there was a £3k gulf between my dream bike and what I could actually afford 
), I settled on a Cannondale Six Carbon (2009) 105 compact.
My budget for a frameset was £1000 and I picked up a complete bike for £1279 so I'm not unhappy about the cost. It came with a white Arione saddle which looked great but is not for me so I've put my existing saddle on. I also took off the Mavic Race Aksiums and have put on my Race X-lites (Aksiums will now be winter wheels), changed the bars for 3T Ergosum Pros and replaced the red bar tape for white.
My husband made me weigh it ( :roll: ) and it's exactly 8 kilos.
Having looked at a lot that was in my price range, this caught my eye when I saw it in the shop more than any other I had seen. Colour is very simplistic and minimalist with just a small amount of red and metallic anthracite lettering, and I love the shape of the tubing, skinny rear stays and very chunky BB.
Have attached some pics altho it looks better in the flesh (white bike against an off-white wall not so good!)
), I settled on a Cannondale Six Carbon (2009) 105 compact.My budget for a frameset was £1000 and I picked up a complete bike for £1279 so I'm not unhappy about the cost. It came with a white Arione saddle which looked great but is not for me so I've put my existing saddle on. I also took off the Mavic Race Aksiums and have put on my Race X-lites (Aksiums will now be winter wheels), changed the bars for 3T Ergosum Pros and replaced the red bar tape for white.
My husband made me weigh it ( :roll:
) and it's exactly 8 kilos.Having looked at a lot that was in my price range, this caught my eye when I saw it in the shop more than any other I had seen. Colour is very simplistic and minimalist with just a small amount of red and metallic anthracite lettering, and I love the shape of the tubing, skinny rear stays and very chunky BB.
Have attached some pics altho it looks better in the flesh (white bike against an off-white wall not so good!)
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I went for the Giant TCR Advanced. I am very happy on that. I suppose I would be happy on any carbon bike.
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I did as much research as I could before committing to buy and it read well. I was in the shop 3 consecutive days trying it out - the guys were very patient with me - we had every possible permutation of a 90mm stem, 100mm stem, 2 sets of bars, stem flipped/unflipped. (erm, before settling on the original stem in the original position...), my saddle, their saddle, my pedals, etc etc. Excellent experience!
Yep, I hope I have many happy days on it.
Sounds like you got good service too, double bonus!!
Is that the Bonty WSD saddle in pics 1 and 2? Mrs Crimsondynamo swears by them.
Aaah, that explains a lot!
That's where I get all my stuff from!
Who did you deal with?
Yes yes of course you did!
I have to admit it looks really nice! never been a fan of cannondales but i do seem to be liking em more and more!
Unfortunately, there is a dedicated section for bikes, here!
So now you can post it again!
Go on, you know you want to.
There's even a template for the spec's.
By the way, your's is the first description I have read, whereby you actually give the decal colouring a specific name! Anthracite. Cool...
I think I surprised myself by going for a Cannondale as I thought the geometry would be all wrong for me. But as soon as I saw it I wanted to try it! Am I allowed in there without Campag SuperRecord and Zipp wheels?
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But... You didn't. :shock: :evil:
I bet yooour bike's allowed in the living room!
I do now in fact have more bikes indoors than Mr Ands. 8). These are the new rules.