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Cannondale Synapse Tiagra Endurance Road Bike (Various Sizes, Meteor Gray)

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Cannondale has Cannondale Synapse Tiagra Endurance Road Bike (Various Sizes, Meteor Gray) on sale for $1200. Select free store pickup where available.

Thanks to community member snowboarder160 for finding this deal.

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Features:
  • SmartForm C2 alloy frame with full carbon fork delivers an exceptionally lightweight feel and high-performance quality
  • SAVE Micro-Suspension in the frame and fork insulates you from the bumps and vibrations of the road to keep you focused on the ride and connected to the road
  • Shimano Tiagra 2 x 10-speed derailleurs with an FSA Omega dual crank provide smooth and efficient shifting and excellent power transfer
  • Promax Decoder R mechanical disc brakes offer clean and powerful braking in all conditions
  • Internal cable routing provides easy maintenance while keeping riding area free of cable clutter
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Cannondale has pretty big discounts on the 2021 Synapse bikes. Notably, the Tiagra is $1200, from an MSRP of $1700. Also discounts on the Sora and 105.

https://www.cannondale.com/en-us/...pse-tiagra
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Created 05-22-2023 at 03:08 PM by snowboarder160
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Great deal. The Tiagra is the best buy for only a bit more than the Sora. Mechanical brakes are fine at this price.
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Good to see pricing come down to reality. In 2021/2022 every manufacturer increased prices to levels that weren't sustainable.

Good deal on a Tiagra bike. Hydraulic brakes are great, but unless you really need them, they're a pain to maintain, bleed, etc.
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BeautifulWallaby506
05-23-2023 at 10:50 PM.
05-23-2023 at 10:50 PM.
Quote from wmad :
Newbie here. This one for 1200 or the Specialized Diverge E5 for 1300? TIA!
The Synapes and Diverge are very different bike. Where do you ride? Synapes is more a paved road bike, Diverge is more for gravel
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05-23-2023 at 11:18 PM.
05-23-2023 at 11:18 PM.
Quote from BeautifulWallaby506 :
If you are going with bikesdirect, might as well go to aliexpress and save a few bucks. Such a shady site. The $1200 one say editor choice but when you actually go to the "Bicycling" web site, it's not on their list! https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-g...ards-2020/

Yeah good luck with that.
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05-24-2023 at 06:40 AM.
05-24-2023 at 06:40 AM.
Lowest I recommend is 105. Tiagra and anything lower just sucks.
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opticks
05-24-2023 at 06:59 AM.
05-24-2023 at 06:59 AM.
I got the Synapse 105 from REI and love it. The mechanical brakes are easy to work on if you have an issue on the road. I don't see myself needing to upgrade for a long time. If you need a nice endurance bike, I recommend this one, it's super comfortable to ride. The only thing I don't like so far is that the seatpost is 25.4 which makes it hard to find a carbon replacement for added comfort.
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KeyL3475
05-24-2023 at 09:01 AM.
05-24-2023 at 09:01 AM.
Quote from BeautifulWallaby506 :
If you are going with bikesdirect, might as well go to aliexpress and save a few bucks. Such a shady site. The $1200 one say editor choice but when you actually go to the "Bicycling" web site, it's not on their list! https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-g...ards-2020/
Websites like that are for people do NOT know whole lot about bikes and looking for dumb down information for their purchasing decision. Just to teach you something here. Look for frame type/Frame Material, Derailleur and Shifters instead of brand name bike where they had huge markup on marketing. Higher end bike's price range likely coming from the same manufacturer in Taiwan that manufacture Trek and Kona (I leave it up to you to crosscheck). Bikesdirect have been around for long time. May be you are too young and not knowing it. Buying from Bikedirect, you do need to know how to put basic bike parts together. Support isn't that great as there is no local store for you take it back to. If you cannot put the basic stuffs together, take it to local bike store. It takes about 15 to 30 minutes to put them together. Not a rocket science. Your comparison of Bikedirect to Aliexpress really show that your knowledge is shallow. Bikedirect have warehouse and support crews in the US while all Alixpress shipped from China and obviously mostly if not all manufactured in China (again, I leave it up to you to crosscheck as it helps you to improve). Regardless of the origin of where the bike is built, you are going to have hard time to beat the price with comparable parts that made up the bike. On top of that, do you trust your credit cards with Aliexpress?
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05-24-2023 at 11:01 AM.
05-24-2023 at 11:01 AM.
Quote from KeyL3475 :
Websites like that are for people do NOT know whole lot about bikes and looking for dumb down information for their purchasing decision. Just to teach you something here. Look for frame type/Frame Material, Derailleur and Shifters instead of brand name bike where they had huge markup on marketing. Higher end bike's price range likely coming from the same manufacturer in Taiwan that manufacture Trek and Kona (I leave it up to you to crosscheck). Bikesdirect have been around for long time. May be you are too young and not knowing it. Buying from Bikedirect, you do need to know how to put basic bike parts together. Support isn't that great as there is no local store for you take it back to. If you cannot put the basic stuffs together, take it to local bike store. It takes about 15 to 30 minutes to put them together. Not a rocket science. Your comparison of Bikedirect to Aliexpress really show that your knowledge is shallow. Bikedirect have warehouse and support crews in the US while all Alixpress shipped from China and obviously mostly if not all manufactured in China (again, I leave it up to you to crosscheck as it helps you to improve). Regardless of the origin of where the bike is built, you are going to have hard time to beat the price with comparable parts that made up the bike. On top of that, do you trust your credit cards with Aliexpress?
LOL, I raced when I was younger, and put together and take apart more bikes then I can remember. I remember bikesdirect has simps on may online bike forum to push their bikes. The fact that bikesdirect use a magazine award that it didn't has is false advertisement and it's shady as fxxk.. Why don't you address that?

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05-24-2023 at 12:23 PM.
05-24-2023 at 12:23 PM.
Quote from BeautifulWallaby506 :
LOL, I raced when I was younger, and put together and take apart more bikes then I can remember. I remember bikesdirect has simps on may online bike forum to push their bikes. The fact that bikesdirect use a magazine award that it didn't has is false advertisement and it's shady as fxxk.. Why don't you address that?
When you said Bikesdirect is shady and yet you compared that to getting bike from Aliexpress with no known parts name and shipped directly from China that reflect what you actually know. If you truly know what you know, may be next time provide some real facts or your experience. Go look up AliExpress road bike between $1000 to $1200 and go through the specifications. I am seeing aluminum frame, with some Twitter, RETROSPEC(SENSAH) Derailleur, ZOOM brake and Sunshine parts. I am not even sure if you can easily find replacement parts in the US. There are bikes with shipping of $250. The ones from the US aren't comparable. Fact is right there. Which more shady? I had bikes from Specialize, Trek and Motorbecane and I am saying it from own experience and facts. How's your fact? You own any from Aliexpress ? Seems so confident of what you were saying Confused
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kenstogie
05-24-2023 at 05:19 PM.
05-24-2023 at 05:19 PM.
Weren't the canyon deals of 4 or 5 months ago better? I got a pathlite with full xt for 1200 I think…. Sure it's not road stuff but it's a sweet ride and the road lite 7 has ultegra for 1300 now… https://www.canyon.com/en-us/hybr.../2784.html
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05-25-2023 at 07:42 AM.
05-25-2023 at 07:42 AM.
Quote from wmad :
Newbie here. This one for 1200 or the Specialized Diverge E5 for 1300? TIA!
The Specialized has Claris which is a few steps below Tiagra.
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05-25-2023 at 07:54 AM.
05-25-2023 at 07:54 AM.
Quote from chi :
The Specialized has Claris which is a few steps below Tiagra.
Depending on how/where the person rides, the difference in bike types is going to have a much larger impact in ride quality than a small component difference.
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05-25-2023 at 08:08 AM.
05-25-2023 at 08:08 AM.
Quote from jeff34270 :
Depending on how/where the person rides, the difference in bike types is going to have a much larger impact in ride quality than a small component difference.
Lower end Shimano group sets contain plastic components:
https://matthewbrealey.medium.com...d16147817b

If you are going to spend > $1k on a road bike, I would not go lower than a 105 groupset - at least for the drive train. Current/recent 105 derailleurs contain earlier Ultegra components and designs, perform well, are quite durable - best bang for the buck.
While not necessarily a deal-breaker, Bikesdirect will claim a 105 groupset, but that is typically limited to the derailleurs - brakes and front crank are often non-Shimano, lower quality but still quite serviceable.
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05-25-2023 at 08:31 AM.
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Quote from eshank :
Lower end Shimano group sets contain plastic components:
https://matthewbrealey.medium.com...d16147817b [medium.com]
OK, but how much of a ride quality difference does the plastic piece in the derailleur mean versus the difference between a road and gravel bike? One really needs to decide what type of bike is best for the riding that they want to do before quibbling about components.
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05-25-2023 at 01:22 PM.
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Quote from eshank :
Lower end Shimano group sets contain plastic components:
https://matthewbrealey.medium.com...d16147817b

If you are going to spend > $1k on a road bike, I would not go lower than a 105 groupset - at least for the drive train. Current/recent 105 derailleurs contain earlier Ultegra components and designs, perform well, are quite durable - best bang for the buck.
While not necessarily a deal-breaker, Bikesdirect will claim a 105 groupset, but that is typically limited to the derailleurs - brakes and front crank are often non-Shimano, lower quality but still quite serviceable.
$1000 105 Road bike? OK.....
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05-25-2023 at 01:33 PM.
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I keep searching locally for 80s Cannondales. I couldn't afford one back then, but damn those oversized tubes and welds were beautiful! some of their fade paint jobs were amazing too!

I had a mid 80s Raleigh Super Corsa (I think...) Chrome rear triangle and a nice deep dark blue metalflake main triangle. Upgraded to 105 and was good to go for years!

I was more of a mountainbiker though (enthusiastic but unskilled).

Exactly! These young guys wouldn't know a good bike if it hit em in the head! Back in the 80s u could get a Shimano Ultegra based bike with Reynolds tubing, beautiful lug work and gorgeous paint jobs too.
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05-25-2023 at 01:57 PM.
05-25-2023 at 01:57 PM.
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Tiagra is low tier. Need at least Force AXS, maybe Red AXS
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