{"id":497,"date":"2010-05-04T01:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T01:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2010\/05\/04\/cannodale-bad-boy-2009-disc-6-months-later-still-rad\/"},"modified":"2010-05-04T01:22:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T01:22:00","slug":"cannodale-bad-boy-2009-disc-6-months-later-still-rad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2010\/05\/04\/cannodale-bad-boy-2009-disc-6-months-later-still-rad\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannodale Bad Boy 2009 Disc: 6 months later, still rad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just thought I’d update my review of the Cannondale Bad Boy 2009 Disc now that I have had it for 6 months. Its still a rad bike.<\/p>\n

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I had the chance to commute on it in the winter during the snow and rain, ride single track on it and just every day commuting.<\/p>\n

In the winter I commuted on it with studded 26″ Nokian Mount and Ground tires on my old mountain wheels. <\/p>\n

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I even have been hitting up some singletrack on it. You don’t mind not having any suspension if the ride is less than 2 hours. Really don’t notice it for the first hour.<\/p>\n

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It has a bunch of nice features for a commuter. I used to be a fan of CX bikes, and still think they are good, but for riding in the snow, and my mixed commute of dirt, gravel and roads I like the flat bar. The only real choice for a rigid 26″ mountain bike these days is the bad boy, and maybe the Salsa a la carte.<\/p>\n

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I also like the subdued graphics, they are actually reflectors, which is cool. <\/p>\n

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I added Zefal Fenders, which will work with either 700c or 26″, and come off in a snap. <\/p>\n

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Little tip to keep the fenders from shaking, I slip a piece of tube over the metal bracket. <\/p>\n

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I removed the big ring, the granny, front der., front shifter and replaced it with a Paul’s Chain Keeper. <\/p>\n

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Of course you need a bell and a light for commuting. <\/p>\n

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I also sold the heavy ass 700c wheels and replaced them with a set of Mavic Speed City wheels with cross tires. Because of the disc brakes, wheel swaps take 30 seconds to go from commuter to mountain bike. <\/p>\n

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Overall I would suggest this bike to anybody who needs a light and  tough commuter. <\/p>\n

Check it out at cannondale: http:\/\/www.cannondale.com\/usa\/usaeng\/Products\/2009\/Recreation\/Bad-boy\/Details\/1644-8BRD-Bad-Boy-Disc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just thought I’d update my review of the Cannondale Bad Boy 2009 Disc now that I have had it for 6 months. Its still…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bad-boy","category-bike"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}