Cannondale has today launched an all-new version of its long standing CAAD alloy road bike, now up to its 14th iteration, with a lineage that can be traced back to the Saeco days. The latest iteration, by the silhouette at the very least, looks to hark back to days gone by when seat stays met horizontal top tubes and the thought of ‘aero socks’ would get you laughed out of the club ride. Unusually, compared to most new bikes, the latest CAAD14 is actually heavier than the outgoing model, though aluminium doesn’t have quite the same performance tweaks that carbon does in terms of layup tweaks and reduction in resin usage. This has been offset by some much needed upgrades to bring the platform, which was beginning to look quite long in the tooth, kicking and screaming into the modern age, with wider tyre clearance, internal routing, and a good old fashioned BSA threaded bottom bracket.
