CAAD13

[cerro]

Will the 13 be painted on upside down?

Let's hope, would be awesome

[TobinHatesYou]

13 is a lucky number in Chinese, and that might take precedent over “the rules” from a business standpoint.

[robertbb]

Wait for a limited edition upside down 13...

[TonyM]

13 is a lucky number in Chinese, and that might take precedent over “the rules” from a business standpoint.

...more like 13 is NOT a unlucky number for Chinese...

A lucky number for Chinese is more like the "8"..

[AnkitS]

95% sure they will be using their new logo. Not a fan of the comic sans but hopefully we get interesting colors like the allez sprint and emonda alr.

[TobinHatesYou]

...more like 13 is NOT a unlucky number for Chinese...

A lucky number for Chinese is more like the "8"..

In Cantonese-speaking areas, including Hong Kong and Macau, the number 13 is considered lucky because it sounds similar to the Cantonese words meaning "sure to live" (as opposed to the unlucky number 14 which in Cantonese sounds like the words meaning "sure to die").

[BagelMaster]

https://cyclingtips.com/2019/02/cannond ... eculation/

CyclingTips published an article that’s essentially just a summary of everything said here — but perhaps it will drum up a little more interest in spotting one in the wild in the future.

[C36]

https://cyclingtips.com/2019/02/cannond ... eculation/

CyclingTips published an article that’s essentially just a summary of everything said here — but perhaps it will drum up a little more interest in spotting one in the wild in the future.

I would struggle to understand what the 7075 construction would bring. Yes it’s strong but it’s not stiffer.
If you use this alloy strength you can make the tubes lighter but it will become softer unless you radically change shapes and forming 7075 is hard (not impossible but tougher). Al-Li will bring more stiffness while still dropping weight but Reynolds tubing failed in producing those tubes 10 years or so ago.



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[BagelMaster]

I would struggle to understand what the 7075 construction would bring. Yes it’s strong but it’s not stiffer.
If you use this alloy strength you can make the tubes lighter but it will become softer unless you radically change shapes and forming 7075 is hard (not impossible but tougher). Al-Li will bring more stiffness while still dropping weight but Reynolds tubing failed in producing those tubes 10 years or so ago.

I hightly doubt 7075 will be commercially used for this bike, or any production bikes in the near future, if ever. I assume changing to 7075 needs significant investment in tooling, training, and materials. This manufacturers still need to make a profit, so if it ends up being the future of aluminum bike construction, it's going to be after they have tested and established it will be economically prudent to make the switch.

Honestly, I would expect there to be more advances in carbon manufacturing first. With 3D printing, automation, and better quality control, carbon construction can be made cheaper and better without actually altering the fundamental process as much.

[Dan Gerous]

95% sure they will be using their new logo. Not a fan of the comic sans but hopefully we get interesting colors like the allez sprint and emonda alr.

Thankfully, the new logo is not Comic Sans, that would be a good reason enough to stop buying their bikes!

[Kjetil]

95% sure they will be using their new logo. Not a fan of the comic sans

As Dan Gerous says it's not Comic sans. It looks a lot like a Helvetica variant.

[AnkitS]

To clarify, by Comic Sans, I meant to refer to how simple and ugly it looks. I understand that this is not actually comic sans and also that looks are subjective.

[Kjetil]

Using the term comic sans for a font one dislikes is new to me.
I dig Helvetica and it's many spinoffs. I found the Youtube video (link in my previous post) about the history and "death" of Helvetica quite interesting.

CAAD XIII. CAAD the thirteenth. Ha!

[TobinHatesYou]

It looks like Arial Bold to me. And yeah Comic Sans is Comic Sans. It's not a generic pejorative.

[AnkitS]

It's not a generic pejorative.

I was not using it as a pejorative but rather as an allegoric comparison for my dislike of the font that Cannondale used. When I was in elementary school, teachers used comic sans for EVERYTHING, at the highschool I attend, Comic Sans implies a childish font. Maybe this comparison doesn't exist outside of my school.
I was comparing my distaste for this font with a universally hated font of Comic Sans. I apologize if it was far fetched and was a bad comparison.