Cannondale CAAD8 Tiagra Road Bike 2016

Cannondale CAAD8 Tiagra Road Bike 2016

The Cannondale CAAD8 Tiagra Road Bike 2016 is perfect for someone looking to say yes. Whether the question is if you want to race, do a triathlon, commute to work, train through the winter or just rack up some serious miles with friends, the Cannondale CAAD8 Tiagra allows you to say yes to all of them with the confidence that you have got a bike ready and willing to take on whatever the challenge is.

The frame is integral to making the Cannondale CAAD 8 so multifunctional, as it is the lightest-in-class. Having a lighter bike means you can go faster for less effort as you are not transporting any extra weight. This saves you time on the commute or over the race course, time saved is always a bonus.

Additionally, Cannondale's Heads-Up Race geometry means you can set this bike up to give you an aerodynamic and aggressive position for racing or triathlons, or take a more relaxed approach a ride for miles in comfort.

Comfort is also incorporated into the frame design with the Save Stays optimising chain and seat stay shaping to offer the vertical compliance needed to keep you feeling fresh and relaxed. These profiles simultaneously offer the lateral rigidity to power away from a set of lights, or drop your rivals at will.

This second tier model is kitted out with Shimano's updated Tiagra 4700 ten speed components. This means you are saving more weight and getting better precision and reliability in your gear changes than last years version of this bike. The Maddux RS 3.0 rims pair perfectly with Formula RB-56 and RB-5711 rim brake hubs and Stainless Steel spokes to form wheels that are durable, lightweight and responsive.

So what are you waiting for? Take the Cannondale CAAD8 Tiagra Road Bike 2016 out there and start saying yes to your cycling adventures.

Features

• Lightest-in class frame
• Save Stays give you optimised chain and seat stay shapes for comfortable vertical compliance as well as responsive lateral rigidity
• Double-pass smooth weld technology eliminates stress-risers and weak points found on traditionally welded frames, whilst also saving weight
• Asymmetric chain stays with oversized and reshaped driveside stays for strength
• Externally machined head tube further reduces weight
• Heads up race geometry
• BB30 bottom bracket
• Shimano's updated Tiagra 4700 eleven speed components save weight and add precision and reliability to your gear shifting
• Cannondale handlebar, stem and seatpost, are strong, stiff and lightweight
• Maddux RS 3.0 rims pair perfectly with Formula RB hubs to form wheels that are durable, lightweight and responsive
• Schwalbe Lugano twenty five millimetre clincher tyres

Specification

• FRAME CAAD8 Optimized 6061 Alloy SAVE BB30

• FORK Cannondale Ultra Carbon blades 1-1/8

• HEADSET Tange Seiki Integrated 25mm top cap

• STEM Cannondale C4, 31.8, 6 degrees

• HANDLEBARS Cannondale C4 6061 Alloy Compact

• GRIPS Cannondale Bar Tape with Gel 2.5 mm

• FRONT BRAKE Cannondale C4 dual pivot cartridge pad

• REAR BRAKE Cannondale C4 dual pivot cartridge pad

• FRONT DERAILLEUR Shimano Tiagra 4700, 31.8, clamp on

• REAR DERAILLEUR Shimano Tiagra 4700

• SHIFT LEVERS Shimano Tiagra 4700

• CASSETTE Shimano HG500-10, 11-28, 10-speed

• CHAIN KMC X10, 10-speed

• CRANKSET FSA Omega BB30, 50/34

• BOTTOM BRACKET FSA BB30 Bearings

• PEDALS N/A

• RIMS Maddux RS 3.0

• HUBS Formula RB-56 front, RB-5711 rear

• SPOKES Stainless Steel, 15g

• TYRES Schwalbe Lugano, 700x25c

• SADDLE Cannondale Stage Ergo

• SEATPOST Cannondale C4 Alloy, 27.2 mm x 300 mm

Please note: Image shown for representation of colour way only, specification subject to change at any time. Bicycles do not come with pedals unless otherwise specified.