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Thanks--I'm pretty tickled. And I was the girl who said for years that I was NEVER going to mountain bike. Before that I said that I was NEVER going to do cyclocross...and now it's like my favorite...

Oh, I am already moving on...my Salsa El Mariachi 3 should be in my hot little hands sometime next week! :D The Cannondale will be going on to my 11 year old DS. We figure he will fit it for a year,...

That's a really good idea. We could try that with my friend's wheels--from her Salsa.

I have wondered about this. DH played with the brakes and we'll see if that makes any difference. He really doesn't think it's the hubs/wheels. BB is next on our list of things to examine.

Which spec. level is yours? Granted, mine is not the top of the line for the model, but it definitely wasn't a truly "entry level" bike, either. I've been told that the fork, alone, would probably...

Hmmm...the thing is I've gone from small block 8s to a much heavier and wider tire on my CX bike and never noticed a huge difference--I actually like the heavier tire because they are much more...

That was DH's theory, too, but then it makes no sense that I can get my friend's even smaller Ala Carte up to speed without much trouble. That thing feels positively zippy, even though the bikes...

Nah...I have a hard time going even 9-10mph on the paved road with this bike and have to kill myself to do so--it feels like the bike is fighting me every pedal stroke. By contrast my POS Schwinn...

Hubby doubts we could get more than maybe $250 for it, since newer ones with less wear seem to be going for about what we paid. Probably not worth the bother for something that the rugrat might only...

I don't know. We paid $350. Full retail was $700.

I should add that the bike only has maybe 225 miles or so on it.

I suggested looking at the hubs (since that seems to be such a common suggestion) to DH and he's out monkeying with our CX bikes for tomorrow's race and said if he has time he'll see what he can...

Yeah, it still feels slow when I pedal. People in front of me can be coasting down a hill and I can't even gain on them while pedaling like mad.

Maybe floppy wheels. They are definitely low-end...

Those are all interesting possibilities. How easy is it to determine any of these possibilities and diagnose? The tubes and tires would be my last suspicion. I have Kenda Nevegals, which people...

I just asked hubby and he said when he checked the wheels they spun as he'd expect them to--no obvious issues. He wonders if it's my fit on the bike (it's a size too small), but my fit is probably...

And I'm pretty certain it's the bike ('09 Cannondale F5) and not me. Similar rides on a 5-10# heavier Salsa Mukluk 3 feel like they're turbo-charged (DH didn't really believe how much I was...