2015 Cannondale Jekyll 3 Review
The jekyll s innovative suspension components combined with a hyper light and stiff frame coalesce into a high performance all mountain bike that you could ride all day.
2015 cannondale jekyll 3 review. For 2015 the jekyll line gets updated with 27 5 inch wheels and 6 3 inches of rear suspension. Out of the box the jekyll has the head angle of a trail bike and the bottom bracket height of a 10 year old downhill bike. 2015 cannondale jekyll. The build kit is pretty much race ready too.
Both cdales were great riding bikes with no doubt. The new jekyll now boasts 650b wheels and a bit more travel 160 millimeters 6 3 inches of rear suspension in flow mode and 95 millimeters 3 7 inches in elevate mode. La plagne alpine live ride review duration. Combined with the long fork offset 50mm versus 42mm for the pike and 44mm for the fox 36 of the lefty it made for an unbalanced precarious ride with unpredictable steering.
2015 cannondale jekyll carbon team rating. The cannondale jekyll 4 was tested head to head against the commencal meta am 3 orbea rallon 50 and specialized stumpjumper fsr comp evo in the summer 2012 issue of mbr. The 2015 cannondale jekyll 27 5 carbon team is a nice update to the previous model and the changes result in a more planted ride at speed with better geometry. The most successful enduro platform in the world evolves into an all new race weapon with the 2015 jekyll.
Editor s choice 2019 shimano deore m6000 disc brake. My first jekyll was the 2011 model with the first version of the dyad shock and then in 2015 i got the opportunity to upgrade to the 2015 model with 27 5 wheels. Working with enduro world champion jerome clementz we made his winning bike even winning er with all new geometry supermax front suspension a new fox dyad rear shock tune with increased travel and of course 27 5 wheels. For 2015 the jekyll line which includes four complete builds and a carbon frame only option received several updates.
Cannondale tweaked the geometry as well slackening the headtube a degree steepening the seat tube angle and growing the toptube by 15 inches. Cannondale jekyll review. I just demoed the trigger 29 and jekyll 27 5 and of course the demo bikes were top of line carbon that and carbon this.