Cannondale Caad Optimo 105 Road Bike 2019 Review
The cannondale caad optimo 105 is one of our bike of the year bikes for 2019.
Cannondale caad optimo 105 road bike 2019 review. Cannondale c3 6061 alloy 31 8 7â weight. Light fast and responsive the bike is stiff under power but forgiving over bumps. 8 9 kg 19 5 lbs bike and frame weights may vary in final production. The caad 8 optimo 1 can be bought for 300 dollars leaving lots of room for drivetrain wheel upgrades.
Cannondale has taken their years of experience building. The caad optimo sora is a race worthy bike hung with cheap but reliable parts to create a great all around road bike for only 1 000. Aluminum frame and full carbon fork shimano sora. I have no issues descending with the big boys on their new road bikes.
Cannondale 3 6061 alloy 31 8 7â weight. Our review bike came in at 9 26kg compared with 8 03kg for the caad12 disc we reviewed. 8 8 kg 19 6 lbs 56cm bike and frame weights may vary in final production. To read reviews of the other contenders and the categories tested across road mountain and women s bikes visit our.
This optimo build offers shimano tiagra shifting and cable operated promax disc brakes. Cannondale topstone 2020 gravel road bike. The caad optimo 105 1 350 sits at the top of the line with shimano 105 9 speed components followed by the caad optimo tiagra 1 080 with you guessed it shimano tiagra components. Straight from the box the optimo is race ready.
Cannondale s topstone is a gravel all road bike featuring a super light kingpin suspension system located part way up the seat tube to ramp up. The optimo offers a budget friendly route into this world of race bikes. I built this frameset up around sram red 2009 with a set of 1500 gram deep section non branded chinese wheels. The racy caad12 was our bike of the year last year and the caad optimo is its slightly more affordable sibling.