Cannondale Road Warrior 1000

Price Paid:  $1400.00 at genesis bicycles

Model Year:
2007

Favorite Ride:
local roads and trails

Bike Setup:
vintage 150 gram bontrager titanium flat bar. salmon brake pads. avenier bar ends reguler length. brooks b17 black with some zip ties and danner boot dressing. stainless bottle cages. bike aid on all cables and pivots. spring tension relived on brakes. odi lock on rouge grips. cateye wireless computer. trek blinky light. cateye led head light. azonic magnessium bmx pedals. sneakers with running orthotics. white giro helmet. oakely glasses. other varios clothes.

Summary:
good bike for less then 50 mile rides.

Strengths:
very light. moderatly vertically compliant. good wheels. will take fenders and racks. durable for its light weight. the tires are very good. nice seat post. nice cranks.

Weaknesses:
the handle bar is much to stiff for road riding with high tire pressures. the brakes are very weak untill you take them off and detune the spring tension and bring the reach adjustment screws all the way in. the 10speed cluster is not a low enough of a gear if your riding a double. the wheels flex side to side when your hammering. paint chips easily. the seat tube under the seatpost clamp is not finished nicley. bottow of head tube was not faced that nicley. the wheels make alot of noise. i took the stickers off and now im having a hard time getting the adhesive off. the stock brake pads are very not good.

Similar Products Used:
cannondale 2.8 66cm. fatcity cycles slim chance. cannondale touring. fuji s12sltd. schwinn 564. peuogoet 10 speed. varios mountian bikes. schwinn letour. panasonic gentelmans bike. schwinn varsity. etc. etc. etc.

Price Paid:  $1500.00 at Beans Bikes

Model Year:
2007

Favorite Ride:
Back roads of Downingtown

Bike Setup:
stock

Summary:
I have always been a serious mountain biker and wanted to take advantage of all the nice back roads by my house. The roads are a nice change of pace and a great alternative if the ground is still to soggy for a trail ride.
It is amazing how light the bike is which is great for climbing hills. The gears work exactly like they are supposed to and because I am a mountain biker at heart, the positioning is ideal for me. I really couldnt be happier with this bike and constantly get compliments on it.

Strengths:
Weight, style, all componants.

Weaknesses:
The only thing that could make this bike better is if it had a vagina.

Similar Products Used:
cannondale 1000 cyclocross

Price Paid:  $1400.00 at kozy,s

Favorite Ride:
Apple Cider Century

Summary:
Well the bike has been great superfast great components fun to ride this is my first road bike thats why i picked the rd warrior upright straight handle bars headshock with lockout i love it only one problem the wheels on this bike are gipiemme grecal parade and they are garbage useless i weigh 210 and 5,10 tall evertime i try to put some toque down bam broken spoke i am on my second wheel from kozy,s the first wheel kept coming loose all the spokes would loose up the second wheel with only 200 miles on it started breaking spokes once the first one broke all the rest followed i recommend this bike only if you have money to immediatly replace the wheels and i also recommend DO NOT BUY A BIKE FROM KOZY

Strengths:
Great components fast headshock

Weaknesses:
wheels are trash

Similar Products Used:
mavic, aerospoke