Cannondale System Six Vs Giant Propel
Why new giant propel advanced excels cannondale systemsix aero racing bike.
Cannondale system six vs giant propel. Great option but i don t trust cannondale bottom bracket setups. Aeroad and giant propel. How well does the propel climb against something like my system six. At the heart of that are cannondale s new.
Cannondale systemsix carbon ultegra di2 5 499 rated 9 10 the systemsix is cannondale s first ever dedicated aero road bike and the brand has come out swinging. What about the cannondale system six. 1 on the s5 and the new s3 imho. I live in the netherlands so most of my riding is as flat as it get hence why i am thinking of the giant propel however i do go on trips to france and italy a couple of times in the year to go climb.
To work in harmony as a complete system. I looked at the trek madone canyon aeroroad propel venge even for a bit more dosh the cannondale system six. This is based on everyone i ve ever ridden with who has a cannondale with a press fit bb has had problems. Pulling the covers off its first dedicated aero race bike just days out from the tour de france with the systemsix american company cannondale claim to have created the most aero efficient race bike ever said to save the average rider 17 watts at 30kph true to its name the systemsix makes use of six systems to achieve ultimate aero efficiency these being the frame fork seatpost stem.
2019 giant propel advanced disc first impressions. Is a better ride. It might be late to the party but cannondale could still steal. As for the propel i have a lot of friends sponsored by giant including friends on opposing teams one riding a tcr and the other a propel.
Results 1 to 25 of 33. In their search for the very best road bike of 2017 cycling plus collected a few arch rivals in five different categories and pitted them against each other. Giant announced the 2019 range of propels so the 2018 s dropped in price. The system six is starting to get a little old.
The propel might be one generation behind in aero but overall it is a better riding bike and don t forget giant makes loads of framesets for other manyfacturers and borrows technology from them as well.