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OK, got it. In the EVO vs CAAD10 issue, the only change is frame material, same geometry and tube shapes all around. They are the same frame just different frame material.
Which produce VERY different rides
so then why did you upgrade?
This is the exact point I was trying to make if the CAAD10 is so good and so like the top of the line EVO then apart from gear lust there is absolutely no point in spending thousands on the upgrade.
However if the Evo really is the bike of your dreams and that one day you will own it then surely buying the cheap bike that gets you riding and gives you the riding "FIX" you need the better option?
@AlmightyShoe.
Look what you have gone and started!
I went from a CAAD9 to a CAAD10, and it was a huge change! As for not spending the extra thousands for the EVO, I agree it's not worth it. That's why I'm riding a DuraAce kitted CAAD10 and not an EVO! If I really wanted an EVO that badly, I'd have one. No BS, the CAAD10 is that good!!
And for the record, it's not just me saying it. Visit the Cannondale sub-forum on RoadBikeReview.COM and you'll see a lot of people that have ridden both frames that are touting the virtues of the CAAD10. Cannondale really hit a home run with it!
Sorry Pete I actually thought you had the Evo - that changes everything!
@AlmightyShoe.
Look what you have gone and started!
LOL, yeah any "discussion" with James...
But my points are valid Almightyshoe, you are planning on upgrading then its either best to buy the bike you want straight way even if it means waiting a little longer or buying a cheap bike that is capable of doing what you want and saving the money towarrds the dream bike.
Well, Pete has decided he is having mine when I inevitably die in some comedy way.
The way you ride (or should i say look at it while it sits in your room) then the bike will have died also in a spectacular way that even the best FX team couldn't replicate.
I basically agree with this, James. My point is that the CAAD10 should be under consideration as your dream bike, and as a bonus it's in your price range!
Do you want a more dampened feel (negatively described as "dead") or do you want a more lively feel (negatively described as "harsh")? Personally, I like the very smooth but alive feel that the CAAD10's alloy frame provides. These are definitely not the harsh, bone jarring alloy Cannondales of the past!
I went from a CAAD9 to a CAAD10, and it was a huge change! As for not spending the extra thousands for the EVO, I agree it's not worth it. That's why I'm riding a DuraAce kitted CAAD10 and not an EVO! If I really wanted an EVO that badly, I'd have one. No BS, the CAAD10 is that good!!
The EVO is amazing! That being said, the CAAD10 is pretty amazing as well, IMHO, offering probably 95% of the performance of the EVO for about half the cost.