CAAD9
Home Up Super Six Six CAAD9 Synapse

 

74 Main Street Middlebury Vermont (802) 388-6666

The Cannondale CAAD9 is the best aluminum racing frame ever made.  It's the only aluminum frame that is still raced on extensively.  Go to your local USA Cycling sanctioned road event, and you may see more CAAD9s than any model of carbon frame.  The CAAD9 has larger diameter top, head, and down tubes than previous Cannondale designs.  This increases the torsional stiffness (and stability) of the front end of the frame.  In '10, this stiffness is enhanced with Cannondale's BB30 bottom bracket.  Vertical compliance (comfort) is maintained by Cannondale's famous hour-glass seat stays.  The CAAD9 is a racing thoroughbred for those of us who want champagne performance on a beer budget.  Many of our local CAAD9 customers don't race, but enjoy a challenging ride like Brandon Gap, Middlebury Gap, or Appalachian Gap, all less than 75 minutes by bike from our shop.  If you want to get the most out of your first "double gap" ride, try it on a CAAD9.

CAAD9 Wheel Upgrades Winter Special

Okay, you've got $2k to spend.

Do you want to settle for a company's 3rd or 4th best carbon frame with 105 and a set of heavy wheels?  Or do you want the stiffest, most responsive, and most comfortable aluminum racing frame ever made, with SRAM Rival shifters, a SRAM Force BB30 crank, and the industry's best value for real racing wheels?

From now through March 30, 2010, you can get a CAAD9 4, with a wheel upgrade that makes the CAAD9 4 race-ready for any event, including the Green Mountain Stage Race:

CAAD9 frame with full carbon fork and BB30 bottom bracket
SRAM Rival shifting system
SRAM Force BB30 carbon cranks
Wheels upgraded to Mavic Ksyrium Elite
Special price with upgrade, $1995

Do riders with deep rim carbon wheels coast by you on descents, while you pedal your butt off?  Do you lust for a set of these wheels on your next bike, but bemoan a price tag that could lead to divorce (or to the spouse taking a sledge hammer to the bike)?

If you're willing to forego a carbon frame, this rig may not be so out-of-reach.  From now until March 30, get a CAAD9 with the strongest, stiffest, and lightest deep rim carbon wheels on the market:

CAAD9 4 with Edge Composites 45 or 68 tubular rim wheels, $3,800
CAAD9 4 with Edge Composites 45 or 68 clincher rim wheels, $3,900
CAAD9 1 with Edge Composites 45 or 68 tubular rim wheels, $4,300
CAAD9 1 with Edge Composites 45 or 68 clincher rim wheels, $4,400

Details:

Walk-in purchases only, no web sales.
All bikes special order
Fit consultation included n/c
Gotta have a carbon frame?  Check out our Super Six 3 upgrade option.