CAAD10 / Felt F75
Discussion
Hi all,
I'm currently eyeing up the CAAD10 and Felt F75. They seem on the face of it to be competing models but the Cannondale (in 105 form) is pretty much twice the price. Am I missing something? Or is the CAAD10 a far superior bike. Despite the price difference I'm still more enthusiastic about the Cannondale.
I'm going to try both of course, but wondered if anyone here could enlighten me!
I'm currently eyeing up the CAAD10 and Felt F75. They seem on the face of it to be competing models but the Cannondale (in 105 form) is pretty much twice the price. Am I missing something? Or is the CAAD10 a far superior bike. Despite the price difference I'm still more enthusiastic about the Cannondale.
I'm going to try both of course, but wondered if anyone here could enlighten me!
Can't comment on f75, but I bought a 2014 caad10 105 10 months ago and done about 2500 miles on it so far. Rides have ranged from 10 mile commute to work to a double coast to coast (150 miles day 1, 135 miles day 2). Apparently it has racy geometry, and it does feel quick and direct, but it's certainly not uncomfortable on all day rides. I chose it as cannondale continued to develop their aluminium frames after everyone else had moved to carbon, so for me it was the best of it's type at my price point (~£1500). I could have gone carbon, and have a carbon MTB, so it's not something I am averse to, but the CAAD10 appealed for the quality factor.
Are you looking at 2014 or 2015, as I noticed in cycle surgery earlier that they have the 2015 cannondales in, and the caad10 105 is £200 cheaper than the 2014 was last year ie £1300 v £1500. I was also browsing in Evans, who have the cannondale supersix evo 105 (2014 model) for £1300. Same geo as the caad10 but carbon frame. Very nice.
I love my caad10, the only negative I would say is that the BB30 is utter rubbish. Mine has failed for the 2nd time (first time at 500 miles), but many bikes now run BB30 (boardman etc) so I wouldn't rule out the caad10 just for that reason. I'll be upgrading the wheels in spring to some campagnolo zondas as the standard rs11s aren't that light. All in all I'm very happy with the bike and would probably buy the same again if anything happened to it.
Are you looking at 2014 or 2015, as I noticed in cycle surgery earlier that they have the 2015 cannondales in, and the caad10 105 is £200 cheaper than the 2014 was last year ie £1300 v £1500. I was also browsing in Evans, who have the cannondale supersix evo 105 (2014 model) for £1300. Same geo as the caad10 but carbon frame. Very nice.
I love my caad10, the only negative I would say is that the BB30 is utter rubbish. Mine has failed for the 2nd time (first time at 500 miles), but many bikes now run BB30 (boardman etc) so I wouldn't rule out the caad10 just for that reason. I'll be upgrading the wheels in spring to some campagnolo zondas as the standard rs11s aren't that light. All in all I'm very happy with the bike and would probably buy the same again if anything happened to it.
^^ That's a pretty good description of a Caad10 and I'd echo everything said. The BB is the weak point, I'm on my second and after this winter It'll probably be toast again. That said I've thrown a full winter at it on standard wheels, a race season with a couple of spills and now starting a 2nd winter (10,000 miles). The only other thing I've replaced, other than the standard consumables are the 105 deraileur due to lateral play in the cage. The wheels are still in good condition and I've cleaned and re-greased the bearings, so good to go for another winter. For training they're ideal, solid and seem to be long lasting. All in all, this is a pretty good all rounder, and for the money difficult to beat as I'm finding it very hard to justify buying a second carbon bike.
The CAAD 10 certainly is a great bike but I've had my F75 for just over 2 years and covered nearly 11,000 kms on it - I absolutely love it. It's my do it all bike, riding it all year round, trips to the Alpes, riding in crap weather, races and sportives. It's not the lightest of bikes but for sheer comfort I'm very very pleased with it. It came with 105, I've upgraded a couple of parts to ultegra and run it with dura ace 24 rims. It's basically bullet proof.
My wifes Caad 10 is a lovey machine. With the BB, I took the bearings out and packed them with decent grease, as a precaution. Run even smoother now and hopefully, with lot of grease in there, no water can get in. Cant fault it. Have a look at Pedal On, they had some Caads and sixes in their sale, which I moochied around today and saw in the shop.
Another CAAD fanboy here; bought a 2013 CAADX cx bike as my first foray back into cycling a few months ago. Covered around 400miles so far and I love it. Admittedly I have nothing go benchmark it against, but for a robust style of bike, the frame is light, direct, responsive and fast.
The top tubes on Cannondales do seem to measure 'long' though. Mine's a 54cm and I still feel fairly stretched out when riding, compared to needing 56 and 58cm frames on every other brand I tried before buying.
The top tubes on Cannondales do seem to measure 'long' though. Mine's a 54cm and I still feel fairly stretched out when riding, compared to needing 56 and 58cm frames on every other brand I tried before buying.
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