Frame:
2003 Cannondale Optimo CAAD 7 w/BB30 56 cm
Fork/Headset:
Enve Road 2.0/Campagnolo Record Hiddenset
Crankset/Bottom Bracket:
SRAM RED 22 BB30 Exogram 130BCD/Standard BB30 Bearings
Pedals:
Look Keo Blade Ti Axle
Drivetrain/Cog/Chainring/Chain:
10 speed SRAM/SRAM PG1090 - 11-25/KMC X10 SL
Derailleurs/Shifters:
SRAM Red Black Rear/SRAM Rival Front
Saddle/Seatpost:
Fizik Arione Carbon Rail /Thomson Elite 27.2mm X 240mm /Thomson Seatpost Collar
Brakes:
TRP Front/Sram Rival w/TRP/Red hardware rear (for the improved tyre clearance)/swisstop pads
Front Wheel/Hub/Tire:
2013 Fulcrum Racing 3
Rear Wheel/Hub/Tire:
2013 Fulcrum Racing 3
Bike History
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Added by greasethecheese. Last updated over 7 years ago.
38 Comments
I'm 5'11with a 32 inseam and I just got a 56cm caad5 r800. Hopefully its not to big. How tall are you?
Posted about 10 years ago
yes they are, I loved both my Zipp (TB and SS) bars, they look good against Thomson stems when you remove the graphics with paint stripper.
Posted about 11 years ago
I think this is one of the most beautiful machines I have seen. Well done :)
Posted about 11 years ago
How do you like the Planet X brakes vs the Sram Red?
Posted over 11 years ago
they certainly aren't as powerful as red and you should really get the SwissStop pads. The setup is a bit annoying, but for the price you wont find lighter brakes that look this cool.
Posted over 11 years ago
I have installed them before on a friends bike and he claims they are great (swiss stop yellows with Reynolds carbon rims), but i had my doubts. And yes, the cable stop is a PITA.
Posted over 11 years ago
yeah they do the job, but my other bikes use Sram Rival brakes and Sram Red brakes and there is just no comparison in power
Posted over 11 years ago
Bravo! Bravo! Love the tan-side wall tires!
Way to slam that stem!
Posted over 11 years ago
What's the weight on this beautiful machine?
Posted over 11 years ago
I honestly have no clue, i'll get back to you when I get some scales though. Its respectable for a 10 year old frame with minimal carbon usage.
Posted over 11 years ago
Love this! I'm rebuilding my 98 Saeco with a Force group and the build is gonna be really similar. Seems like we both have great taste. You should check it out.
Posted over 11 years ago
damn, saw that bad boy on STS. Agreed, excellent taste, you need to source some CODA Magic cranks for that thing to stay true to the game
Posted over 11 years ago
I've been wanting to build this exact same bike, but with Record 10, for a while. Really fantastic job! Who says aluminum is passé?
Posted over 11 years ago
the old CAAD's certainly have the potential to be really sweet builds at a relatively low cost, I guess I was just lucky enough to find this frame NOS at my LBS in just my size.
Posted over 11 years ago
Slammed. Long and low. Refreshing with all the 80mm stems and risers you usually see here. 10 years later and it smokes most everything new.
Posted over 11 years ago
oh man, just needs a 'legalize my cannondale jersey' and we can call it a day. Hows it ride with the enve fork?
Posted over 11 years ago
This frame is NOS and came with the full carbon Time/Cannondale fork with the red carbon weave. It looked amazing but it was quite flexy at the dropouts. After switching to the Enve I cant go back, I really only have praise for it, I cant imagine anything I would change about it, its smooth enough and super stiff and looks extremely purposeful. I love it so much I am going to put one on my CAAD5 crit bike which currently runs the old Time/Cannondale fork
Posted over 11 years ago
Where did you find this frame NOS?! this is the kind of thing i drool over. Thanks for sharing
Posted over 11 years ago
it has actually just been sitting on a wall in the clear view of customers for like 10 years, so was my CAAD5 and my other CAAD7 commuter bike. People really just don't seem to take aluminium as a serious frame material anymore, and instead look at some entry level piece of plastic crap
Posted over 11 years ago
My local shop has a bunch of vintage caads on the wall too, but they refuse to sell them to me haha. And i definitely agree, cannondale has broken the UCI weight limit since it started, and with some of the things theyre doing with tube shape and carbon works these days, they ride just as well as many carbon bikes. I love my caad10 and it makes me happy everytime i realize ive paid a couple thousand dollars less than the other racers here in hawaii. Now if only it said made in the USA like the vintage frames ;)
Posted over 11 years ago
This is too awesome! I thought BB30 was initiated in '06? I guess I was wrong
Posted over 11 years ago
nah man, it came on the scene with the short lived CAAD6 ( http://www.mikecotty.co.uk/Review.asp?O... ) but the CAAD7 was the first bike to use the "Optimo" aluminium from Alcoa, so its a tad lighter and stiffer(apparently)
Posted over 11 years ago
So nice. One of my favorite bikes on pedalroom. Doing a respray on my Masi Coltello and the color is going to be similar to this, Great build!
Posted over 11 years ago
this one is a strange colour. It's not actually paint, more just a red clear coat over the raw aluminium, so in the sunlight it just pops and turns to candy red.
Posted over 11 years ago
older caad's liked to show the raw alu under a thin layer of paint. was a good way to shed a few grams too :P
Posted over 11 years ago
Love this bike! Used to have one myself. I wish I'd never sold it.
Posted over 11 years ago
what a machine. CAAD's are probably my all time favorite framset. You have it built up just perfectly!
Posted over 11 years ago
Photos
riceboy says:
I love the paint job! Very nice build as well.
Posted over 9 years ago