The Cannondale obsession
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Well, after owning my CAADX for almost 2 years it was time for something new. The CAADX will stay for winter/commuting duties but I am very happy to present my new Synapse.
CAADX
The steed by IMGPhotography, on Flickr
Synapse
IMG_20141014_163051 by IMGPhotography, on Flickr
CAADX
The steed by IMGPhotography, on Flickr
Synapse
IMG_20141014_163051 by IMGPhotography, on Flickr
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Love the paint. Comfy as the reviews say?Canyon Roadlite AL-Shamal Wheels-Centaur/Veloce Group
Canyon Ult CF SL- Spin Koppenberg-Ultegra group0 -
liking the garage door, just got one myself. Had it long?Road: Rose CDX-3000 Cannondale CAADX 105 2011
Turbo: Fuji Nevada Mountain Bike(Y2K)0 -
Could you not have gone a size up? I'm not a great lover of masses amount of seatpost showing combined with a long headtube and a stack of spacers. The caadx looks spot on.
Great bikes though.I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0 -
Masses of seat post is cool, masses of spacers is not.
Judging by use of jeffy pedals perhaps it's straight out of the box and not set up for him yet?Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Matthewfalle wrote:Masses of seat post is cool, masses of spacers is not.
Judging by use of jeffy pedals perhaps it's straight out of the box and not set up for him yet?
Guessed correctly. Spent the rest of that evening getting it set up but that photo was as soon as i got it home.
Had my first run on it today and it was a dream. Rides fantastically despite the terrible roads around here.
Reflectors have gone. Seat dropped and stem lowered too.0 -
A photo after yesterday's ride. Nothing has changed but i just love the bike...
IMG_20141101_102710 by IMGPhotography, on Flickr0 -
Haven't updated this thread in a long time. Added another Cannondale to the stable so i have updated the thread title to something that reflects my current situation.
Going to update this with a bit of a picture diary so please bear with me. we start with the photo posted above. My new Synapse. My good bike. The CAADX relegated to winter duties for which it was absolutely fantastic:
GOPR4864 by Ian Gate, on Flickr0 -
It got a wheel upgrade:
GOPR5666 by Ian Gate, on Flickr
Then some colour coordinated bottle cages and saddle bag:
20161116_171631-01 by Ian Gate, on Flickr
The club fell apart so it was back to riding solo:
C2EF1CDCF3E69161C1E47DF8F8B6BCB2-01 by Ian Gate, on Flickr0 -
Ok I have the same 'issue'
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Synapse
Steerer tube has been trimmed since this picture0 -
Decided i was going to use the synapse over winter and the CAADX became a dedicated indoor trainer bike:
20170125_193133-01 by Ian Gate, on Flickr
And then i spotted something I've always wanted on sale. N+1 kicked in and i picked up a new bike (with upgrades from my collection):
20170128_141527 by Ian Gate, on Flickr
So i now have 2 good bikes:
20170219_092331-02 by Ian Gate, on Flickr0 -
So far, i absolutely love it. Done my longest sportive on it. It's fast, agile, stiff - everything i expected it to be.
IMG-20170423-WA0026-01 by Ian Gate, on Flickr
GOPR2947_1492173418960_high-01 by Ian Gate, on Flickr
GOPR2958_1492953419080_high-01 by Ian Gate, on Flickr0 -
Love the photosleft the forum March 20230
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Need to sort the front lawn, especially the chocolate bar wrapper on it.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:Ok I have the same 'issue'
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Synapse
Steerer tube has been trimmed since this picture
Great choices!0 -
CAADX looks good0
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At least we know why every retailer has run out of headset spacersI'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0
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nice bikes, but naff spec. Never mind the idiots decrying things for aesthetic reasons. BTW shave your legs ffs0
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two different bikes ones disc the other is not how many bikes did yiu say you had.0
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Here's mine, nothing better IMHO.
Thinking about a wheel upgrade for looks alone.
Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.
Voltaire0 -
Are you guys going to cut all that rubbish off from above the stem soon?Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0