Cannondale System Six Wind Tunnel
More interestingly the system six has been designed not simply around aero goals.
Cannondale system six wind tunnel. In the wind tunnel ken buckley is an elite road racing cyclist who has a palmares which includes both national and european masters circuit championship titles as well as a british land speed record. Cannondale system six. Frame fork to minimize drag the frame and fork feature highly truncated airfoil shapes engineered to maintain flow attachment across important yaw angles. It s taken cannondale longer than most other brands to release an aerodynamic road bike and the systemsix is the first to be built from the ground up for speed.
Not only the fastest in the wind tunnel or just the fastest for a select few riders in a select few scenarios but the fastest for anyone interested in going faster just about everywhere you d want to go faster. The long wait has meant cannondale could allow so called standards to settle down and as such this is a disc brake only model. Learn more about the results of the aerodynamic performance testing of the new supersix evo. The same system that s found on its domane endurance.
As well as running a successful coaching business ken is also a member of the nuun sigma sports london racing team. Wind tunnel testing revealed a reduction in drag by a massive 21 compared to its predecessor. Now that s a hard statement to prove. I ve not been able to wind tunnel test it so i can t prove.
Cannondale systemsix carbon ultegra di2 5 499. However cannondale says that the bike s aero prowess makes it as fast as lighter climbing bikes on gradients up to six per cent. Cannondale began an exhaustive study of the six forces that resist your movement rolling resistance wheel bearing friction drivetrain friction aero drag potential energy to climb and kinetic energy to accelerate. Our race bike of the year 2019 is super fast comfortable and a lot of fun to ride and cannondale claims its new systemsix is the fastest bike in the world.
With the cycling weekly wind tunnel still seeking funding from the powers that. Cannondale has engineered the ballistec hi mod carbon fibre layup so that this bike is faster everywhere and not just in the wind tunnel.