Next is my custom painted Holdsworth Competition. A great paint job by KustomFlow in the UK. Yes technically it’s steel but guessing people won’t mind as long as it’s not carbon. Fitted with a mix of 11x Campag Athena/Chorus and Vision 45 wheels.
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This is my CAAD12 CNCPT with Campag Potenza and Chinese wheels. 
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That deserve a SUPER NICE Love the colour.
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For me, it’s the simplicity that makes the CAAD12 so beautiful. I honestly believe the frameset will be a classic in years to come.
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You’re right, in fact I didn’t originally consider buying the CAAD12 until Cannondale unveiled the CAAD13. As soon as I saw they’d moved away from the traditional shape I knew I had to get one. It’s a classic for sure, amazing bike to ride.
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Oh yes 
Potenza is such a nice group-set. Going on my Pinny Galileo as we speak.
I really like it, although for full disclosure I am a big Campag fan. I have Chorus on my ‘best’ bike and there almost no difference between that and Potenza side from looks. You can get some real bargains on the components too. PlanetX here in the UK are seeking the rear mech for £40!
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I have Record on my “real” road bike (Cervelo R3) and I’ve run Campy on everything except my cross bike and MTB forever. Until I picked up my Kona Major Jake I hadn’t even ridden a modern Shimano road group 
So I say all that to say “I’m with you on Campy”. I’m actually planning out my next custom road bike, a steel all day pure road machine and my only question on groupset are whether I’m going to take the aesthetic hit of going with Record Discs (aesthetic mostly on the frame, the groupset is gorgeous) or just admit that I’m an old man and stick with beautifully thin and fine rim brakes. My builder has a very pleasing disc mount solution, so I will most likely go that route…
Hi Mellow, hmmm personally for a pure road bike I’d stick with the rim brake option as there’s little to be gained from discs if riding mainly on the flat or in good weather. Here in the UK the only bike I have that has discs is my CAADX and that’s only because I use it a bit for touring so the extra braking power can be quite useful when the bike is loaded.
That said, with Record I’m sure whatever you choose will look mint!
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Recently got some Enve 3.4s for my Allez Sprint disc. It’s the comp build with Shimano 105 and a praxis crankset, but I can’t complain. Overall the bike has been flawless and feels even better with the new wheels.
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Looking nice! I can’t wait to get some Enve wheels on my Sprint. Might be a while though due to some unfortunate unpaid furlough weeks at work. Aiming to save for them for next spring to start the season with them. Hoping there will be races by then, too.
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If I could pick up a CAAD12 disk for winter I would be happy. But love the rim one for summer/cafe posing.
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Trek Emonda ALR. This was my anti-midlife crisis. I sold my Emonda SLR 9 w DA Di2 and wanted to try this out for crit racing. I wasnt willing to dump a carbon $10k bike in a crit, so this fit the bill perfectly. I kept (most of) the 105, but put on my carbon bars/seatpost/saddle, carbon wheels and DA stages crank. Its a little over 16lb and a fast snappy ride.
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Nice, I have a custom painted ALR in build at the minute. Can’t wait for it to be finished.
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Another Allez sprint for the pile. Had it for a couple of years now (before the disc brake takeover), just added the gold chain and vision wheelset. Slammed 120mm stem with narrow bars. 105 gets the job done nicely!
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Can any of you discern if this Caad12 is a 2016 or 2017? I got it used, it’s too big but I rode it for a year anyway and now I’m looking to sell it and I don’t know its model year. Called cannondale but the sticker with the barcode and the model number were removed so they took a best guess that it was a 2017. I’m unsure if there are any obvious ways to figure this out that I’ve yet to find by google.
Thanks
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I would go with what Cannondale said. Say that you reached out to Cannondale and that’s what they said for the model year.
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