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Red and Purple and Stiff All Over

Road bike handed down from an ex-racer

Frame:
Caad4 R2000

Fork/Headset:
Kinesis EMS carbon/King

Crankset/Bottom Bracket:
Trvative GXP Elita

Pedals:
wellgo w40/sidi genius

Drivetrain/Cog/Chainring/Chain:
6500

Derailleurs/Shifters:
6500/7700

Handlebars/Stem:
ritchey pro/thomson

Saddle/Seatpost:
arione/thomson

Brakes:
6500

Front Wheel/Hub/Tire:
303 or aksium

Rear Wheel/Hub/Tire:
303 or aksium

Accessories:
Fast, fast and more fast.

More Info:
Amazing ride; just blissful in ways I didn't know aluminum could be. So alive and powerful. First century I've ever done was on this bike, 7/3/11. ended up going 126 miles on 23c gatorskins. still need to reglue the tires on the zipps.

Added by charlie. Last updated over 11 years ago.

As of over 11 years ago, charlie has indicated that they no longer own this bike.

15 Comments

budhai

budhai says:

nice build, lots of flavor

Posted over 11 years ago

MrZuffenhausen

MrZuffenhausen says:

Looks really good.
A friend of mine has a similar Caad3 with full Campy Chorus carbon 10. He took it to the Alps this summer and had tons of fun with it.

Posted over 11 years ago

charlie

charlie says:

awesome! this bike climbs like heaven. i liked the curved seat stays though.

Posted over 11 years ago

arelyt

arelyt says:

the changes look really good! especially without the red stem.

Posted about 12 years ago

Benson

Benson says:

love these Cannondales I was in a tour ride recently and saw a few R200's and R400's and they all had some awesome paint jobs

Posted over 12 years ago

Nimhskater978

Nimhskater978 says:

this bike is amazing looks very very fast

Posted almost 13 years ago

jdg

jdg says:

lol jamba juice

Posted almost 13 years ago

bomberbrown

bomberbrown says:

nice photos. oh and nice bike i guess.

Posted about 13 years ago

jdg

jdg says:

did you get registered for STP this year? sold out ret-ar-d fast

Posted about 13 years ago

jdg

jdg says:

amazing weirdo-xtracycle-future-mayor-of-portland timing

Posted about 13 years ago

jdg

jdg says:

i still think i like the orig coda stem best. i miss having a "race" roadie

Posted about 13 years ago

charlie

charlie says:

yeah the novelty of this deda has worn off, i'm putting an oversized black stem on soon with my ergo drops.

Posted about 13 years ago

jdg

jdg says:

holy crap what size is that big ring

Posted about 13 years ago

charlie

charlie says:

53. 12-23 out back. race bike!

Posted about 13 years ago

deckard

deckard says:

this bike rules.

Posted about 13 years ago