The wheels come tubeless ready, although out of the box the continental Grand Prix's are set up with inner tubes. The bike comes stock with an 11-30 cassette alongside 52/36 chainrings which offer plenty of gear range.Ĭannondale itself provides the wheels, with its Hollowgram SL50s, which as the name suggests, are 50mm deep. Our test bike was shod in the latest 12-speed semi-wireless Ultegra R8170, and the performance was just what you would expect - precise, quick and seemless. The full name of the model we had on test is the Cannondale SuperSix EVO Hi-Mod Ultegra Di2 - quite a mouthful, but it features exactly what it says on the tin. Cannondale SuperSix EVO Hi-mod: The build It's important to note here that this really is a bike for racers and serious riders, so the firm ride quality shouldn't come as too much of a shock. While Cannondale has dropped the seat stays in a bid for more frame compliance, they have also fitted a wider seatpost than on the V3, so these changes seem to cancel one another out. The full build we had on test came in at 7.69Kg (54) which sits in a similar ballpark to many of its competitors at this price point. In fact, the LAB71 frameset costs more than the Hi-mod, yet it only saves a minute 40 grams - that's about one large SIS gel. Well, as we mentioned before, the Hi-mod no longer sits as the range-topping frameset, but that doesn’t make it heavy. We've mentioned aero efficiency, but how does the new machine stack up with weight and compliance? Attaching standard stems is still possible thanks to a few shims, which were less finickity than I had imagined to set up. The new 'Delta Steerer' is no longer round, but a triangular design which allows cables to pass either side of the steerer.

The new Cannondale is undoubtedly sleek - but the American brand has also implemented lots of improvements and changes beyond what meets the eye.Ĭannondale has also taken a new approach to internally routed headsets. The product of all this redesign is a much more refined-looking machine, which Cannondale claims saves 17 watts at 45kph when compared to the previous generation. One touch I personally love is the fork blade - the through-axle is only visible on the side it's tightened from, which makes for such a clean look.

Cannondale says the design is the result of hours of wind tunnel testing and the use of computational fluid dynamics - software that can cycle through hundreds of virtual designs and test them for aerodynamic efficiency.

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