Cannondale CAAD10

For a great bargain on a race-worthy machine, here's the CAAD10 in Shimano 105.

This painted version of the CAAD10 frame is dressed in Ultegra.

It's good to see fat welded aluminum making a comeback.

Cannondale's signature hourglass seat stay shape doesn't carry forward on the CAAD10.

Walking past, it's easy to miss the major engineering marvel of the new aluminum CAAD10.

As you'd expect, the bottom bracket on the new CAAD10 is massive.

The new CAAD10 fork has forward offset dropouts to add some compliance.

The new CAAD10 head tube shaped required a new carbon fork for an optimal blend of stiffness and strength.

On the CAAD10 Ultimate, everything is aluminum except for a few bits in the SRAM Red shifters and rear derailleur. It's still al-mazingly light!

The chainstays likewise neck down significantly, mimicking Cannondale's carbon SAVE stay shapes.

Extreme slimming of the seat stays should help minimize road vibration.

The seat cluster junction in the new CAAD10 looks a lot like that seen on Cannondale's Flash and SuperX carbon bikes.

With new materials and manipulation techniques,Cannondale was able to create tube shapes in aluminum that are normally only attainable using carbon fiber.

This Cannondale CAAD10 was built with the not-for-sale Ultimate all-aluminum package. It weighed just 6.3 kilograms.

The CAAD10 was just one of several impressive engineering feats Cannondale displayed at the Eurobike show in early September.