CAAD8 Any Good?

relanium

Are CAAD8 any good? Can anyone recommend them....
I was looking for a CAAD9, unfortunately no one has any stock of a 58cm local to me, so the LBS has a CAAD8 in stock with Tiagra groupset.

brit66

Westbrook Cycles have a Tiagra 58cm in stock - Liqugas colours. If that's what you want they will deliver to you.

http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/bikes-5/road-bikes-18/cannondale-caad-tiagra-compact-road-bike-21016.htm

relanium

Thanks for that brit66.
I'm looking for a bike in the region of £1000 to get on the cyclescheme.
Just found this which is excellent value with Ultegra Groupset:-
http://www.cubecycles.co.uk/cube_en/men-s-road-bikes/cube-streamer-3-speed.html
Not sure what Cube bikes are like though....

brit66

The CAAD9 is by far the better frame; I took the Tiagra stuff off mine and put my SRAM Force stuff on it (Tiagra stuff is on the winter bike now).

Never ridden the Cube, but strongly recommend you ride both if possible? Otherwise, go to your nearest decent bike shop and ride several different bikes in this price range.

Evil Laugh

Westbrook were really good when I bought my Cannondale from them and also when dealing with my 105 shifter failure, would recommend them, nice guys. Think they do cyclescheme.

relanium

Westbrook is quite a distance for us to travel for a bike, maybe i'll have to look more local:-
Quite like these:-
Pinarello FP1 Team Sky Replica £935
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-track-bike/Pinarello-Bikes-FP3-FP2-FP1-Pinarello-Bike-FP1-Shimano-Tiagra-Team-Sky/PINABIKP190

Cube Streamer with Ultegra Groupset £1199
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?PartnerID=79&ModelID=44405

leeroy72

+1 for the Cube...I used to own a Streamer before my current Cube and they are a very good bike. Very stiff but not a harsh ride...try as many bikes as possible before you part with your hard earned I say... 8) ...I love those Caad9s though.....