CAAD8 58 or 61cm frame?

[moookeee]

Wow... came back after the weekend to find all these really helpful answers. I couldn't find a 61cm in my city (Perth, Australia) to try on but doing a lot of reasearch, reading your answers and following the basic size chart from Cannondale I'm confident to order the 61cm. I hope it will fit and will post photos and review once I get it! Thanks for the effort guys, this really helps and hopefully I can return the favour one day

 

[Upstream]

Wow... came back after the weekend to find all these really helpful answers. I couldn't find a 61cm in my city (Perth, Australia) to try on but doing a lot of reasearch, reading your answers and following the basic size chart from Cannondale I'm confident to order the 61cm. I hope it will fit and will post photos and review once I get it! Thanks for the effort guys, this really helps and hopefully I can return the favour one day

Ah Sunny Perth. Very nice but not quite as nice as "the city of churches" where I used to live ;-)

 

[Rob3rt]

That seatpost looks a long way out of the frame. You really need at least 2" inside the frame to avoid over stressing it, that is why you need to get the correct size in the first place. The OP will certainly need the 61cm, which even may be too small.

It is a compact frame............

Nice arbitrary advice there.

 

[ColinJ]

It is a compact frame............

Nice arbitrary advice there.

Alternatively ... he could be saying that with such a huge length of post exposed, there wouldn't be much left to go inside the tube, unless it were a very long post indeed?

 

[Upstream]

With the comments about the seat tube I thought that I should double check. Below are my findings;

Height (in a vertical line) of top of saddle from the ground 1080mm
Length of seat post 350mm
Amount of seat post exposed 200mm
Amount of set post inside seat tube 150mm (approx 5.9 inches)

 

[smokeysmoo]

I thought I'd posted on this thread already, hey ho, t'interweb gremilns must be at work.

As others have said you will need a 61 moookeee.

This is my CAAD10, (currently for sale but can't ship to Australia). It's a 60cm because they don't do the CAAD10 in 61 and the 63 that they do are like hens teeth. I have changed the stem and seatpost, but other than that the geometry works for me.

 

[ColinJ]

This is my CAAD10, (currently for sale but can't ship to Australia). It's a 60cm because they don't do the CAAD10 in 61 and the 63 that they do are like hens teeth. I have changed the stem and seatpost, but other than that the geometry works for me.

Remind us of your height - if you were 7 feet tall, then it wouldn't really make the case for the 61 cm frame!

 

[smokeysmoo]

Remind us of your height

6' 5" with 34" inside leg Colin

 

[moookeee]

Dear Gentlemen, may I present:

Cannondale CAAD8 105, 61cm, 2013 Model for 1300AUD with some cages and a sattle bag with goodies thrown in.

I could have gotten the 2014 for a few hundred more but apparently there is no real difference.

61 cm and seems to be the perfect size for me (6'4", 37"inseam). Next steps are shoes, lycra and shaving of legs and arms. Not looking forward to the latter :/



A very light bike and can't wait to take it out for the first proper test run!

Thank you for you all the comments and suggestions!

 

[Upstream]

Oooh... That IS a nice bike. Will you run 23mm tyres or (as you're pretty tall and perhaps a little heavier than some) go for 25's which may be a little more comfortable?

 

[outlash]

Looking good . You think it's light now, wait until the inevitable wheel upgrade. You can easily lose 1/2 a kilo without spending a fortune.


Tony.