Owner of a CAAD3 worth getting a CAAD4 ?

[xkomo]

Hi, I already own a Caad3 as a second road bike. I am a fan of Caads because I love the way my 3 rides and also like company's philosophy about aluminium US handmade frames.
I recently saw on a marketplace a Caad 4 in great condition, the owner asks for 450 euros.
Do you think it would be a good purchase?
How does the 3 rides compared to 4?

Thank you

 

[willmill]

That's a beauty! Ah, the CAAD3 vs. CAAD4 question comes up every so often in this forum. I just did a quick search and found some old threads that cover it fairly well.

Team Saeco Cannondale Caad4

Hi Cannondale enthousiasts! As a novel cyclist I recently purchased my first bike. I was able to get a nice cannondale bike with campagnolo parts as depicted below. Although I was mainly looking for a mechanically sound bike, I got interested in this bike's story after purchase. Early on in...

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Some discussion about favorite CAAD road frames from another forum

Great group of folks at the Paceline forum. Thought others might be interested in their comments. Interesting range of favorites, some of which I have and some that I don't. https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=252494

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restore a vintage road cannondale

hi. im intrested in restoring a cannondale roadbike 2003-2008. with modern parts. ive seen in the catalouge there is many diffrent models. ive seen a caad 5 team saeco selling here. but i have seen that the team did not use caads they had optimo si hollowgram. what kind of frame is optimo r5000...

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Bottom line as I reread these threads: the CAAD4 won't ride much differently than the CAAD3. Buy it because it’s a nice example of a classic Cannondale, not because you expect it to be a significant upgrade in ride quality over your CAAD3.

Cheers.