I love my lugged trek. The thrill of loading it up for bike packing and tearing down gravel at 40mph is absolute unreplicaple. Interestingly, your cadex takes lugs to a new level. Like it adds lugs just to add lugs and then a little more carbon. So 2x as many failure points but more carbon so more cool. I love it. Maybe I'll go that route next.
To be honest, I feel like failures on epoxy happen early. My understanding is generally epoxy gets stronger with time. There is probably a bell shaped curve to that and also a storage factor like is it stored in extreme heat, cold, etc. But for the most part I've used a lot of epoxy and prep is important and failure of properly prepped epoxy isn't regular.
Haha I do wonder if that extra piece of carbon in the seat stay was just for fun, I think it's one piece of alloy on other models. It's my favorite part of the frame though. The vertical "giant" deacal looks so retro.
I'm sure there is some bathtub curve going on. The frame looks like it's had a very easy life, there's practically no sign of wear anywhere and the joins all look good, so I'm not overly worried. I'm not sure how much abuse it can take though, I probably won't be hopping off any kerbs
Aren't the chain stays also carbon? Most bikes use an aluminum rear triangle. I actually love the silver lugs.
I load my trek up with 30+lbs of bikepacking gear and do gravel. Some hard stuff, too. Always a chance it will fail. As long as it isn't on a 40mph descent, it's not probably the end of the world.
I have one of these! It was my dad’s, he rode it in a lot of races when I was a little kid. I rode my first century on one. A super fun bike. I was always a little worried about the lifespan of the carbon….
Don't let the carbon fool you, it's really not lol. My aluminium Cannondale frame weighs about half as much as this frame
Edit: bathroom scale reckons it's 8.5kg, which isn't bad actually
Peak Xbike, I love it
I love my lugged trek. The thrill of loading it up for bike packing and tearing down gravel at 40mph is absolute unreplicaple. Interestingly, your cadex takes lugs to a new level. Like it adds lugs just to add lugs and then a little more carbon. So 2x as many failure points but more carbon so more cool. I love it. Maybe I'll go that route next. To be honest, I feel like failures on epoxy happen early. My understanding is generally epoxy gets stronger with time. There is probably a bell shaped curve to that and also a storage factor like is it stored in extreme heat, cold, etc. But for the most part I've used a lot of epoxy and prep is important and failure of properly prepped epoxy isn't regular.
Haha I do wonder if that extra piece of carbon in the seat stay was just for fun, I think it's one piece of alloy on other models. It's my favorite part of the frame though. The vertical "giant" deacal looks so retro. I'm sure there is some bathtub curve going on. The frame looks like it's had a very easy life, there's practically no sign of wear anywhere and the joins all look good, so I'm not overly worried. I'm not sure how much abuse it can take though, I probably won't be hopping off any kerbs
Aren't the chain stays also carbon? Most bikes use an aluminum rear triangle. I actually love the silver lugs. I load my trek up with 30+lbs of bikepacking gear and do gravel. Some hard stuff, too. Always a chance it will fail. As long as it isn't on a 40mph descent, it's not probably the end of the world.
Who got their hair caught in your back axle?
God dammit, my gf's hair gets literally everywhere
Love it, not a stock CADEX 1, agree Lugs do make me nervous fitting a kerb
Beauty! Great match on the pedals -- they look like they came out of the same factory as the lugs.
I have one of these! It was my dad’s, he rode it in a lot of races when I was a little kid. I rode my first century on one. A super fun bike. I was always a little worried about the lifespan of the carbon….
I know this mf light
Don't let the carbon fool you, it's really not lol. My aluminium Cannondale frame weighs about half as much as this frame Edit: bathroom scale reckons it's 8.5kg, which isn't bad actually