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Bike and Frame Reviews, Cannondale, Features, Gravel, Product reviews, Tech - May 27, 2020

Cannondale Topstone Carbon Lefty review: Suspension makes it better

The new Cannondale Topstone Carbon Lefty is basically the same as the standard Topstone Carbon, but now with a suspension fork and a switch to 650b wheels and tires. The changes sound modest on paper but the difference you feel in the saddle is far greater than you might expect, and while that Lefty Oliver …

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Cannondale’s 2021 Scalpel is a more capable cross country race machine

Cannondale’s Scalpel is to cross country racing what tea is to hot water. The two just go hand-in-hand, and even way back in 2001, the Scalpel was a full suspension bike never far from a World Cup podium spot. For 2021 Cannondale is overhauling the Scalpel once again. It’s still a bike designed to win …

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Cannondale CAAD13 review: more aero, but less stiff and distinctive

Cannondale’s CAAD series of welded aluminum road racing bikes have long occupied a cherished position among amateur racers and weekend warriors for their excellent all-around stiffness and weight, reasonable pricing, and traditional aesthetic. With this latest CAAD13 iteration, though, Cannondale has decided to stray from the CAAD’s tried-and-true playbook, trading some of those traditional performance …

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Bikes of the (staff) bunch: Dave Rome’s Cannondale CAAD12

Ever heard the saying that you can tell a lot about a person by their shoes? Well, we believe the same applies to a person’s choice of bike. In this mini-series of Bikes of the Bunch, we’ll be having our staff share one of their preferred personal rides. These rides provide insight into the product …

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Bonkers bikes of Paris-Roubaix: A brief history

At Paris-Roubaix, more than any other race in cycling, technical innovation is given free rein in the pursuit of an advantage. The rider and the mechanic's foe is the same – the brutal cobbles of northern France – and the bikes ridden there are sometimes innovative, sometimes bizarre, and always fascinating.

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Cannondale Topstone Carbon Lefty review: Suspension makes it better

Cannondale’s 2021 Scalpel is a more capable cross country race machine

Cannondale CAAD13 review: more aero, but less stiff and distinctive

Bikes of the (staff) bunch: Dave Rome’s Cannondale CAAD12

Bonkers bikes of Paris-Roubaix: A brief history

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