Cannondale Jekyll 29 2019 Review
Feb 4 2019.
Cannondale jekyll 29 2019 review. The 150mm bike was a blast to ride. The jekyll 29 is the longest travel big wheeled bike cannondale makes right now. It is based around the same design as the 27 5 wheeled bike that came out about a year earlier and after a season of being piloted around the ews circuit by the cannondale team the 29 is now available to buy for mere mortals like us. In moving from 27 5 to 29 cannondale drops the jekyll s travel from 165mm to a 150mm 120mm combo out back and 150mm up front.
The jekyll family gets a big wheeled sibling by way of the 2019 cannondale jekyll 29er. The cannondale jekyll 29er gets released into the wild with a big wheel revamp gemini tuned shock carbon front end and much more. Cutting a distinctive shape the jekyll 29er is the newest addition to the long running jekyll family. I recently spent four long days pedaling around the czech republic aboard cannondale s long travel jekyll 29er on a wide variety of trails.
We set out to take advantage of the monster truckability of the 29 inch. How did you settle on 150 millimeters of front and rear wheel travel and was the jekyll 29 designed to be more less or equally capable compared to its small wheeled brother. Cannondale jekyll 2 kit sram s 12 speed x01 eagle gearset is tougher than the pricier xx1 version and the carbon truvativ descendant cranks are a great way to lever it into action. In fact that review can be found in our february 2018 issue.
2019 cannondale jekyll 29 1. T he jekyll went through changes in 2017 when cannondale ditched its proprietary lefty fork and dyad pull shock in exchange for a fox fork and a more conventional style shock known as the gemini. 2019 jekyll 29 3 frame and build. Cannondale s 6800 jekyll 29 1 slots between the msrp of scott s genius 900 and 910.
With unique performance tech like the gemini dual travel shock and ai offsetndrivetrain the all new jekyll 29 is purpose built for hunting enduro podiums. Enduro racer the jekyll was refreshed with more aggressive trail geometry and a name. The cannondale has an aluminum rear section.