New build, 2019 CAAD12

jgsi
jgsi Posts: 5,062
edited September 2019 in Your road bikes
and so the fun begins..
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It was going to be a Bowman, but now it aint.

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  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,282
    I recon it'll be a Cannondale of some sort...
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    Correct, but I blabbed on Workshop, figuring out an easy option to do the internal cabling.
    CAAD12 CNCPT frameset from Westbrooks.
    The CAAD10 will be my TT bike.
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    Took it out of its plastic bag for a closer look:
    IMG-0060.jpg

    Currently @ 2.5Kg
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    thats going to be super pukka lush once its got its deep rims & tan walls on.

    what bars and stem are those out of interest? look well cool

    #welikeaniceCAAD
    #coolerthancarbon
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    ENVE SES
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    JGSI wrote:
    ENVE SES


    lovely stuff that man.

    #pukka
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    JGSI wrote:
    Took it out of its plastic bag for a closer look:
    IMG-0060.jpg

    Currently @ 2.5Kg


    why have those bars got bellends?
  • bsb1971
    bsb1971 Posts: 19
    Lovely looking frame!! Currently trying to decide on either a CAAD 12 frame or a Bowman Palace. Any further updates or pics on your build?
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    I've been given a tips for the internal gear routing from Westbrooks (good lads).
    At the moment it is a bit in limbo as I am moving to a new flat very soon and need to sort out that rather than build the new frame up.
    It will get there ... eventually.

    ENVE supply the bars with strange looking stops, so when bar tape is applied it will have a super neat appearance.
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    Actually , Ive binned off the pressfit c -Bear in preference to a WheelsMfg BB30a adapter which is threaded!
    Sensible.
    If I'm not packing this weekend, I might fit the shifters and cut the small amount of cable outers required.
    Carbon silver Jagwire.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    sack off the packing, do the bike, post pictures, drink champagne and snort blow with hos.

    now thats what i call a good weekend. and from reports, so does Gove.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    As cycling is my drug of preference, I will see.
  • creampie
    creampie Posts: 19
    Had c-bear lovely and smooth but still creaked. I decided on the outboard wmf like yours, it still requires loctite. creak free, you can still replace the bearings without removing the internals.
  • singleton
    singleton Posts: 2,523
    Nice. I have a 10 for winter and a 12 for summer - so a bit of a fan.
    But, I have to ask - why not a Bowman? If I was building my own, I'd find it very hard not to go that way.
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    The Bowman delivery times have slipped dramatically for the new colourway.
    I went for the Caad12 ..
    it was 'on offer'
    it was in stock.
    I may be wrong, but the Bowman may well be based on the older Caad10 frame technology? Rounded oversized tubing.
    In effect, too similar to my 10.
    The 10 will be the TT bike (eventually).
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    D52106-DB-3-A7-E-4-BEC-8070-0571-DCBC5-AB7.jpgYes , finally got the rear mech up and running.
    For the fully paid up amateur mechanic, not exactly a fan of internal cabling.
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,282
    Wasn't Rome built faster?
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    homers double wrote:
    Wasn't Rome built faster?
    If Romans were as bad tempered as me struggling with fork preload.
    No, it ain’t slammed ....yet., I know.
    Front mech went on with less than whimper.
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    It is the last time I build a bike, so yes it will take until next March.
  • craigus89
    craigus89 Posts: 887
    Looking good! Last time you build, why is that?
  • arlowood
    arlowood Posts: 2,561
    JGSI wrote:
    .
    No, it ain’t slammed ....yet., I know.
    8-AF91-C43-BD64-47-CF-828-B-BE7146-D4-D0-AD.jpg
    It is the last time I build a bike, so yes it will take until next March.

    Can't think you could slam it any more with the negative stem sat on the headset bearing cap. A smaller bearing cap might gain you 5mm or so but it looks fine to me as it is. If you mean the excess steerer has not yet been trimmed then OK

    One query - is there enough slack in the derailleur cable we can see (not sure if it's for front or rear) to allow a full unhindered arc for the bars? Just looks a tad short to me.
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    Yes, the excess needs to be cut. But if I sell the bike on, some leeway might be useful.
    Nope, no stress on the cables as they are when the steerer is turned.
    Of course it might just become a Zwifter.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    looking really nice - bit jealous tbh.

    i'd cut the excess off the steerer though - why keep it on the off chance maybe ooooh it may happen at some point.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • joe_totale-2
    joe_totale-2 Posts: 1,333
    Hope you don't mind me posting here but I've just finished my 2019 CAAD 12 build. Well I say build as I was going to buy the frameset but I got a real good deal on the Ultegra model. I've changed a fair amount of it of course for example the terrible wheels it came with.

    It's a fantastic bike to ride, really stiff and fast but not uncomfortable. You're in for a right treat when it's done.

    Don't worry MF's, it's slammed and the steerer has been cut.

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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Joe Totale wrote:

    Don't worry MF's, it's slammed and the steerer has been cut.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Joe Totale wrote:

    Don't worry MF's, it's slammed and the steerer has been cut.

    top stuff - proper bike set up the proper way. het.

    #slammed
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    Well apart from cosmetics, it is DONE.
    I’m done.
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    A right drama when I dropped some plastic tubing into the top tube when threading the c@ble. It is out but it was close to chucking the thing into the skip.

    My trusty Caad10 is still my goto bike.
    It’s insurance value to replace , with Mavic Carbones... close to 2.2k. It’s actual value? Maybe 1k....if lucky.
    BIKES ARE MONEYPITS
    It will now be finished,finished this week and hung on the wall of the flat as a metaphor for dark obsessions.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Apart from that tat on top of the stem it looks utterly lovely.

    Big. Phat. Hat.

    i actually part regret buying the S3 and not one of those .....
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • pippi_langsamer-2
    pippi_langsamer-2 Posts: 1,470
    Ahem! What you now need is another matching Superflow to go on it... :wink:
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,282
    JGSI wrote:
    it is DONE.

    Saddle looks comfy.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • pippi_langsamer-2
    pippi_langsamer-2 Posts: 1,470
    homers double wrote:
    JGSI wrote:
    it is DONE.

    Saddle looks comfy.

    Doo-be-doo-be-doooh.....

    https://forum.bikeradar.com/viewtopic.php?f=40091&t=13107755

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