2016 Cannondale SuperSix EVO & CAAD12 road bike lineup – Actual Weights

Discs aren’t Fred. Ex: Someone not racing and upgrading from maybe a 19lb bike to a disc model at 18lb. They get a lighter bike with better brakes than they had, immensely so if they ride in the rain. win, win.
2lbs means a lot to me, up until maybe 16 lbs (that is light enough and I won’t spend more to go under). 2lbs may mean nothing to someone else.
To say otherwise would mean the only road bike selling is the light frameset out for that year. Simply untrue.

Interesting that they can’t get the CAAD12 disc below 8kg, even with Dura Ace and Ksyriums.

@Birdman, the Ultegra model may be standard – the others are certainly HiMod, and the Black,Inc of course Nano.

@Colin McCaleb and the 2lb weight penalty crew.. I am certain that at least 1lb of that penalty is from wheel choice, which could easily be remedied.

Interestingly the 2015 CAAD10 black inc disc ( sram red, czero carbon clinchers) weights only 16.3 lbs. I would like to see some images of the 2016 standard SS EVO ( i know, they will remain virtually unchanged for 2016).

Tyler is just so stoked to be there, man

I bet the reason why “CAAD11” was a no-go because of a certain retired BMC rider.

Perhaps you’ve heard of a certain Mr. Cadel Evans?

@goridebikes

Sorry but the wheels are clearly the same, other than the obvious disc hub. The weight comes from the caliper and rotor mostly. Plus the rotor is so not aero brah. haha

I’m no roadie but putting so much weight on a bike just for the 1% of time you need extra stopping power takes away from the beauty of a simplicity of a road bike. Then again fixed gear riders probably thing we are all stupid for the ugly gears and brakes.

oh Friday…

@Colin McCaleb M: Ah, that old mistaken argument that the benefit of disc brakes is more power. The truth is that the real benefit is better modulation and better consistency, all with better power. The weight will come down, and as it is, there are already disc equipped road bikes that weigh much less.

Good climbers may love disc brakes because they could go faster/easier on technical downhill, which is so rewarding after some hard climbs.

carbon tubeless rims become daily reality with disc brakes.

I’m a disc brake convert and won’t go back to rim brake.

I don’t know. I still say that the Machete is simple faster. It weighs in at 44lbs. That’s gonna smoke any Caad 12 or even a Caad 7 with dura ace. My money is going to that Specialized crank on the Machete. I think in 2016 the Specialized cranks will out perform and beat out the Si cranks in the market place. Visp over Cannadale in the tour. I mean at half the price who can get a better deal? Plus full alloy wheels.
http://www.amazon.com/VISP-A01-Fashion-Bicycle-Mechanical-Brakes/dp/B00RQNRTUS