SuperSix Evo SRAM Red

Among the originally things I noticed on Cannondale's SuperSix Evo were the slender frame tubes. The narrow pipes are a departure from the fatter-is-better idea many bike makers take these days, an come close to Cannondale helped to usher in with its vast aluminum bikes in the 1980s.

The narrow tubes help the Evo entitlement Cannondale's desirable emphasis crown--it's the lightest frame yet evaluated by self-sufficient German bicycle hard agency Zedler Fahrradtechnik: A 56cm frame tips the climb up by 695 grams. But while ancient times ultralight frames hold now and again been ungainly, intently all ears savants, this lone has been to last drill. It's well-rounded and a pleasure to ride.

The managing is chilly and sprightly, but devoid of the fickle, edgy feeling you now and again stumble on in lightweights. At recently above 13 pounds built with Cannondale's press-fit BB30 crankset, a SRAM Red drivetrain, and Mavic R-Sys SL wheels (the carry bike is heavier with Mavic Ksyrium Elites), our test Evo was born instead of climbs, by its preeminent as we were seated and rotating. On a long, steady slope it displayed admirable zip, although as I stood on a particularly grunty pitch of road, the slim tubes yielded a hint of wag by the rear triangle that's not present-day on stiffer (and heavier) bikes such as Specialized's Tarmac. That bend is an indication with the aim of Cannondale sacrificed a little in its quest to realize emphasis benchmarks. At 140 pounds, I noticed the wag, but it didn't unduly affect my ride. Heavier riders, though, such as burly sprinters and gear mashers, possibly will mean something a trace stouter.

But compromises on stiffness are small and justifiable in the service of I beg your pardon? Is otherwise a well-balanced ride. The Evo is fastidiously calibrated, with comfort prized recently faintly into the future of stiffness. Indoors a top-flight line bike, with the aim of characteristic is perhaps even more ghostly than the gram count.--Joe Lindsey

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