Cannondale CAAD8 Sora.....

DORSETVDUBSTER
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Hi All, I was looking for a good used CAAD10 or SuperSix for my 1st road-bike, however I've been offered a mint 2012 CAAD8 Sora spec bike at a really good price. (£400)
I'm looking at starting some Triathlons and Dualathlons this year so I was wondering if the CAAD8 would be up to spec for this?
Thanks in advance!!
Scotty :twisted:
I'm looking at starting some Triathlons and Dualathlons this year so I was wondering if the CAAD8 would be up to spec for this?
Thanks in advance!!
Scotty :twisted:
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Well there's no doubt that for triathlon and duathlon a dedicated tri bike would bring about better results than a road bike if the riders were equal BUT it does come down to rider strength at the end of the day. My son recorded better times on his Kuota Kharma with clip-on TT bars than a number of other riders on their aero bikes with deep section carbon wheels and aero helmets in a recent event at his Uni - like him the CAAD8 will be fine for you if you've got the legs and then if you really get into it, you can treat yourself to a tri bike in time and keep the CAAD for your road mileage training.
£400 is a fair price for the 2012 CAAD8.0 -
CAAD8 will do you for what you want, and in a couple of years when you come to sell it you will still get £250-£300 for it. That's if its not your winter trainer by then.0
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£400 is a good price for that bike, and it should be fine for Tri/Du runs just add the tri-bars.
its a good bike to burn into for road cycling as well as comfortable enough for tri/du runs. only thing is make sure the bike fits you...especially if you want to use it for tri/du i.e. you are going to be crouching down quite low...so the setup will be different from your normal road use, therefore you want a frame that has room to adjust your positions. if its too big then you gonna have issues.Road - Cannondale CAAD 8 - 7.8kg
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It's ideal then as I'm 5' 11" and it's a 54" so there should be plenty of room for adjustment!!0
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Sounds like you got a good bike for cheap
. At that price it will hold its value well as previously mentioned.
Road - Cannondale CAAD 8 - 7.8kg
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Great bike...very good frame and will respond well to upgrades.
Get it bought!0 -
I picked it up tonight, it really is as new!! I think I will need a longer stem as it does feel a little short, any recommendations for a cheap/lightweight 120/30 stem?0
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Planet xRoad - Cannondale CAAD 8 - 7.8kg
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Ebay - very cheap + you can try out a 120mm stem and not lose out too much if it doesn't work for you.0
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I've had a look on ebay and there are two different sizes, something like 26mm and 31mm. Any idea which one will be required for a CAAD8?0
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Bars these days tend to have an oversized centre section. That makes them 31.8.
To check yours look to see if it is thicker in the centre (or see if the stem or bar has the size printed on it).Yellow is the new Black.0 -
Cheers for that, they are 31.8!!0
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DORSETVDUBSTER wrote:Cheers for that, they are 31.8!!
Or 31.7 if you get Deda (they round down for some reason). :?Yellow is the new Black.0 -
hang on, the cannondale has 100mm already, it's too short? have you tried lowered the handle bar a bit i.e. drop by 1/2 spaces? or move the saddle back a bit? ultra long stem isn't idealRoad - Cannondale CAAD 8 - 7.8kg
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Newbie question, once you remove the spacers what do you do with them? I put them on top of the steerer tube but they seem to be loose and rattly?
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I've sorted it, I missed off one of the spacers!! (Told you I was a newbie!!!!)0 -
if you have put the spacers on top (nothing wrong with that if you want to leave the steerer tube uncut) and they rattle then that sounds to me like you might have tightened up the stem before you have tightened the top cap or you have removed one of the spacers so that the top cap is tightening onto the steerer tube instead of the top of the spacers. To learn more about this process then have a look at http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-hel ... et-service - in fact if you want to learn more about bikes and how they work the Park Tools site is a great resource! HTH0