Cannondale Caad8 Gears
The choice seems to boil down to the difference between the functionality of ultegra vs 105 and the caad8 vs caad9 frames.
Cannondale caad8 gears. Switching from shimano sti to sram doubletap duration. Sports shack 544 648 views. Widely regarded as the bike industry s leading innovator of game changing technologies cannondale and its handcrafted bicycles continue to innovate across mountain road and electric bikes. How you should be changing gears on your bike bicycle duration.
Cannondale caad8 size l 56cm road bike shimano 105. Could have lived with all these bikes except the merida which had a vey harsh ride. Thanks don caad8 frame. Find the cannondale caad8 tiagra online find a cannondale dealer.
The aluminium frame at the heart of the caad8 brings a remarkable level of performance to this entry level road bike taking advantage of cannondale s expertise in aluminium engineering. Tested it against the giant defy 1 merida race lite 904 cannondale synapse trek 2 1. And shimano 105 brakes are one of the highest rated and most used in road bikes with more efficiency and less force needed to brake than the others. Cannondale stem bar 27 2mm seatpost and saddle 25mm schwalbe lugano tyres.
Starter bike with racing pedigree. The caad8 now has thinline seatstays the top tube flowing smoothly around the seat tube into those seatstays. Many of these features have trickled down from the caad10 to the caad8 this year making a well liked frame even better. Cannondale caad8 size l 56cm road bike shimano amazing condition looks and rides perfectly.
Cannondale aluminium frames are in a league of their own and if you re looking for the best frame at the most competitive price point then you won t go wrong with the caad8. Tektro r741 wheels maddux rims formula hubs finishing kit. Cannondale slice premium gears. Cannondale caad8 sora 7 review.
4 0 out of 5 star rating 4 0 gbp 700 00 rrp usd dollar 1 030 00. Shimano 105 50 34 11 28 brakes. In the end it came down to the caad 8 the trek 2 1 which i found very similar but settled on the cannondale due to its sharp handling and great looks. The cannondale caad8 105 is the only bike in this series to offer one of shimano s performance level groupsets with 11 speeds.
The gears and brakes are all set up correctly and it rides well.