Cannondale Jekyll 3 2018 Test
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.
Cannondale jekyll 3 2018 test. Cannondale lengthened the top tube slackened the head angle and shortened the chainstays in order to give the new jekyll a more nimble feel. 2019 jekyll 29 3 frame and build. The problem with the jekyll 3 is that for just 200 more you can upgrade to the base level carbon model the jekyll 2 which seems like a no brainer to us just for the frame saving a couple of. New model of cannondale jekyll 3 2018.
We don t expect a company like cannondale to blindly follow industry trends but this did stand out to testers. Cannondale jekyll 29 3 2018. The jekyll 29 has a 355 millimeter bottom bracket height with just 16 millimeters of bottom bracket drop. Some of the other bikes in the test have up to 30 millimeters of bb drop all of which had more travel.
Pure enduro bike which is not afraid of anything. All builds feature fox suspension a 1x drivetrain dropper seatpost the same massive carbon shock link and 27 5 wheels. Our size large test bike came equipped with a 150 millimeter travel dropper post that allowed us to stay low in the corners. Cannondale also updated the geometry lengthening the top tube by a hair 4 millimeters and slackening the headtube from 68 to 67 degrees.
Ibis ripmo af vs. Reviews ratings specifications weight price and more for the 2018 cannondale jekyll 3 bike. 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. The jekyll s aggressive geometry lends confidence when railing turns.
Cannondale s jekyll 1 27 5 is the company s top of the line enduro bike that delivers an almost no compromise build for 8 200 while expensive the price is actually quite competitive with the kind of build it comes with. Canyon spectral al pinkbike field test duration.