Crash716

T-1 day till i get the 10.

mvnsnd

I'm curious to your review as the 10 is on my list of bikes for next year

2ndGen

You're not sleeping tonight!

hkboy313

question for yall caad9'ers' maybe this is a general question but i havent upgraded my wheels yet , using the rs10's, do they experience flex? reason why i ask, when climbing i can hear my wheels rubbing on the brakes...maybe the brakes are too close to the rim? (my shop says brakes should be close...but how close?) my brakes are centered and wheel is true +/- 1/64" .. any suggestions, ideas? thanks

sixsixnine

Are your cables properly adjusted? Namely: Is the outer one brake cable forming nice straight arcs feeding into the stops?

Crash716

it's a bike man, I am guessing it pedals just like the other i have owned. Not that excited really.

hkboy313

my shop built the bike and it seems everything is fine...nice smooth loops to all brakes..

2ndGen

You're "guessing"?
You mean you haven't ridden it yet?
INFIDEL!

2ndGen

How much do you weigh and how tall are you?

Crash716

nope, bought it without touching or seeing one in person. not worried about it, it's going to be a race bike, i know i like the geometry so that's all that matters.

BmoreDrew

I'm putting 280lbs of weight and tree trunk legs worth of power on the same wheels and don't have this problem. (I need to slim down but I am strong and feel like if this doesnt happen to me, it shouldnt to you either.)

I like my brakes very close, so that you can juuuuuuuuuust see between them and the rim. they almost look like they are touching, thats how close they should be. or at least, that is how I've always had my brakes setup and seen them come from the shop.

you may want to post in the mechanic forums on here. also, have you had your wheels trued since you bought the bike? could be off a bit?

irvri

I created a thread about this but thought I'd ask here as well. Thinking about doing this for my Caad9:
Gore Low Friction or Professional shifters & brakes + install/tuneup/clean for $120 or $150 respectively.
Do it? or stick with Shimano shifters/ brakes?

hkboy313

you weight 2x more than i do. i guess theres something wrong with my brake setup...i'll have to post this in the mech area..

thanks guys!


actually...i'll ask you guys now, how 'tight' should the skewer be fitting on the fork? my shop says turn it til the level can only go half way "locked" but a loose feel, then it should be safe (i asked cuz its a carbon fork) to completely lock the lever. maybe i need to lock it down tighter?

2ndGen

Confusing as written. But, the easy answer is get what you need first.
If your CAAD needs a tune-up, shifters or cables won't matter.
And yes, stick with Shimano period.

bikerjp

Not sure, but are you saying you ride with the quick release not all the way locked? If so, you are asking for problems. That thing should be quite tight and fully locked. I suppose you can over do it, but it should be at least a firm press to get it fully closed. I had a front wheel fall off when I was kid doing wheelies on my banana seat bike and that was no fun. (Also had that frame break when the top tube/head tube weld failed. Those bikes were never made for what I did with it )

hkboy313

id never ride my bike with anything loose or hanging!

quick release is fulling locked. to unlock i pull it -180 deg. to lock it back in position i screw skewer til the lever is hanging gently at a 90 deg, that way i know its not too tight for the carbon fork, then full engage the skewer back to 180 deg.

hkboy313

SRAM all the way!

bikerjp

Sorry, guess I misread.

2ndGen

Alright, alright. I won't argue with a fellow NYer!

khill

My test ride on the CAAD 10 went well. My main purpose was to check sizing and the bike I rode wasn't really set up at all for me. I ended up going with a 54 and I was very suprised at how stiff and resposive it was. My order is in for my CAAD 10 and SuperSix Hi Mod, expected delivery in late Dec....

BmoreDrew

You bought a caad10 and a supersix?

2ndGen

KHill,

Velo_Tut

Really?!?! "cult of caad" only gets 17 pages?!?! That's it!!!!!! We're done?!? That's sad since i know there are a heck of a lot more caads out there...

SushiJoe

Ride from Estes Park to the visitors' center atop the mountain:

bikerjp

^^Was that up Trail Ridge Road? When? That road is closed now for the winter. I'd like to do that ride sometime but traffic sucks and the road is narrow and most of the cars are driven by out of state idiots that don't know how to drive in the mountains. I know they did some work on that road over the summer but not sure if it got any more bike friendly or not. I wish they would do a few "no car" days during the summer.