Have you greased internal surfaces according to manual? Do you use 8Nm torque? Are you sure it is the seatpost?
Cannondale Supersix is infamous for seatpost creaking but I havn't read it about Caledonia 5.
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Have you greased internal surfaces according to manual? Do you use 8Nm torque? Are you sure it is the seatpost?
I asked FSA distributor and got a message it will be available in October in Italy. Sold out everywhere. So I am on stock Caledonia cockpit and I quite like it... why do you want to change?
Seems to me this downsizing should work very well for you. It´s an endurance bike but with racing pedigree. It´s actually used by pros on cobbles.paulpongco wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 9:37 amHello, very interested in getting a caledonia. I know it is an endurance bike . I currently have the Venge size 56 (Stack 555 Reach 398) with 100mm stem. I am considering the caledonia since i need a shorter reach bike with roughly the same stack. The size 54 Caledonia has Stack 555 and Reach 378. This seems to fit my requirement. You think this will work? Thanks.
Came from a TCR ML... this is what I did.paulpongco wrote:Hello, very interested in getting a caledonia. I know it is an endurance bike . I currently have the Venge size 56 (Stack 555 Reach 398) with 100mm stem. I am considering the caledonia since i need a shorter reach bike with roughly the same stack. The size 54 Caledonia has Stack 555 and Reach 378. This seems to fit my requirement. You think this will work? Thanks.
I quite have the same problem. The expander should be torqued at 8Nm. I can't do 8Nm because it expands the steerer tube so much the stem can't move. So I just use something like 6.5 Nm. I set up everything. After a ride I need to retighten them stem bolts. After couple of rides and retightenings, stem bolts stop loosing the torque...but the expander bolt is probably not torqued ok and my headset is loose. So I am thinking about using carbon paste on the expander and loctite on stem bolts. I won't use loctite on top cap bolt. I did once on different bike and not long after that the water got into the headtube while cleaning the bike and the bolt seized in the expander...woodyvalentine wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 4:09 amAnyone getting loose stem bolts anywhere? I keep having to retighten stem and headset bolt. Yes both are torqued correctly. It's mostly the steerer pinch bolts coming loose. I have the carbon ST-31 stem. Ok to use blue loctite?? I read the very old thread on loctite, mixed opinions. Seems ok in the end.
Are you on the Caledonia 5 or regular? Sounds like the regular since the C-5 bonds the expander plug to the D Shaped steerer with epoxy so it's fixed in there.hannawald wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 9:59 amI quite have the same problem. The expander should be torqued at 8Nm. I can't do 8Nm because it expands the steerer tube so much the stem can't move. So I just use something like 6.5 Nm. I set up everything. After a ride I need to retighten them stem bolts. After couple of rides and retightenings, stem bolts stop loosing the torque...but the expander bolt is probably not torqued ok and my headset is loose. So I am thinking about using carbon paste on the expander and loctite on stem bolts. I won't use loctite on top cap bolt. I did once on different bike and not long after that the water got into the headtube while cleaning the bike and the bolt seized in the expander...woodyvalentine wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 4:09 amAnyone getting loose stem bolts anywhere? I keep having to retighten stem and headset bolt. Yes both are torqued correctly. It's mostly the steerer pinch bolts coming loose. I have the carbon ST-31 stem. Ok to use blue loctite?? I read the very old thread on loctite, mixed opinions. Seems ok in the end.
Caledonia 5 with D-shaped expander... i would like to try the old plug but you can´t source it anywhere. I have asked Cervelo...woodyvalentine wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:32 pmIt looks like Cervelo changed the expander plug on the R5 so perhaps they started doing this on newer Caledonia5's to stop having to use expoxy to bond it.
Regardless, still need to likely use blue loctite for stem bolts.
hannawald wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 5:16 pmCaledonia 5 with D-shaped expander... i would like to try the old plug but you can´t source it anywhere. I have asked Cervelo - sold out...woodyvalentine wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:32 pmIt looks like Cervelo changed the expander plug on the R5 so perhaps they started doing this on newer Caledonia5's to stop having to use expoxy to bond it.
Regardless, still need to likely use blue loctite for stem bolts.
I have not had any problems with chainline. It's a road crankset, and Caledonia is still a road as opposed to gravel frame. Because of this I also kept the Ultegra road front mech (as opposed to the GRX rear mech.) Sorry for the slow reply, only recently saw your post... I still find it an awesome bike!forklifter wrote: ↑Sun May 15, 2022 9:30 amDoes the crank work well in conjunction with the chainline on the Caledonia?
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