{"id":2107835,"date":"2026-08-23T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2107835"},"modified":"2026-08-23T13:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T10:00:50","slug":"confessing-our-toxic-cycling-traits-and-defending-the-cannondale-caad14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2107835","title":{"rendered":"Confessing Our Toxic Cycling Traits and Defending the Cannondale CAAD14"},"content":{"rendered":"

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    \u2022<\/span>Get right to the audio episode<\/span><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

    We tackle a hard question on the podcast this week: what\u2019s your toxic cycling trait? Levy came up with this question, and I have no idea why, but the basic premise is the thing you do on the bike that the group ride probably hates. Levy had a lot, but half-wheeling was a big one. I talk too much. And Lisa\u2026 well, Lisa is so darn nice that she had to really think on this one. She managed something eventually, but it took a while to get there, and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s actually that big a deal. You\u2019ll have to let us know both what your trait is and if you think Lisa\u2019s is actually an issue.<\/p>\n

    The other big topic this week was the Cannondale CAAD14 review. This is a bike that I\u2019ve had all summer and I absolutely love. I talked through how a mistake by Cannondale made the bike better, but the real meat of this discussion was two interconnected things.<\/p>\n

    The first is that yes, this is a budget bike. It\u2019s an incredible value, and some people will buy it because of that. There\u2019s a good reason why, even in the face of other cheap bikes, an aluminum Cannondale could still be worth a purchase.<\/p>\n

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    That leads to the other big thing we talked about. I think other reviewers out there are missing the point of this bike. It doesn\u2019t matter that there are cheaper carbon bikes from Chinese brands that are faster; the Cannondale CAAD14 should still be on your short list if you are considering an entry-level bike. Or, if you are considering a bike that has a vibe, even if it\u2019s not the absolute fastest out there.<\/p>\n

    Between debating bike vibes and calling out our own bad habits, we also tackled some reader questions. Since Logan Jones-Wilkins is off at Leadville playing at high altitude, it was just me, Lisa Charlebois, and Mike Levy running the show. That meant I got to step in and field a few questions directed at Logan. Would he have suggested a Trek endurance bike instead of the gravel bike I recommended? Hard to say but he probably also would have had more to say about the 32-inch Mosaic that launched this week. We\u2019ll never know, but we managed.<\/p>\n

    Check out the full podcast this week and let me know if you\u2019ve ridden a CAAD bike and you know what I am talking about. Or let me know if you think I am off my rocker and there is a cheaper carbon bike people should buy instead.<\/p>\n

    Timestamps<\/h2>\n

    00:00 \u2013 Intro
    \n00:53 \u2013 Toxic cycling traits
    \n21:26 \u2013 Mosaic 32-inch bike
    \n26:58 \u2013 reader questions
    \n34:55 \u2013 CAAD14 review<\/p>\n

    Articles covered in this episode:<\/h2>\n
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    • Review: Cannondale Made a Mistake and the CAAD14 Is Better for It<\/li>\n
    • The New Trek Domane is Too Good to Call an Endurance Bike<\/li>\n
    • The New Mosaic 32 Gravel Bike Fixes 32-Inch Gravel Bikes\u2019 Biggest Problem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      Published August 23, 2026 07:00AM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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      [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Velo-Podcast-thumbnail-Velo.jpg”] Josh Ross Published August 23, 2026 07:00AM Table of Contents \u2022Get right to the audio episode We tackle a hard question on the podcast this week: what\u2019s your toxic cycling trait? Levy came up with this question, and I have no idea why, but the basic premise is the thing you do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,71],"class_list":["post-2107835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-velo-outsideonline-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2107835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2107835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2107835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2107835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2107835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2107835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}