Cannondale Topstone Review

The cannondale topstone apex is one of our bike of the year bikes for 2019.

Cannondale topstone review. Sram adds lower gearing options to force etap axs. That one focuses on the new lefty equipped model and fork tech because the frame itself was launched in summer 2019 and carries over. Cannondale is adding a full suspension model to its gravel bike arsenal. The new specialized diverge is a gravel dream ride.

If the price is still a little too much to justify the good news is the entire topstone carbon range use the exact same. Cannondale topstone carbon ultegra rx at cyclestore for 3493 99. Cannondale s topstone 105 is a competitively priced and extremely versatile gravel bike in the same category trek s checkpoint alr 4 ticks many of the same boxes. Cannondale topstone neo carbon 3 lefty review.

The second option is the topstone apex 1 which happens to be the costliest of. The magic is in what cannondale calls. For starters both bikes feature sturdy aluminum frames and carbon forks generous clearance for high volume tires tubeless ready wheels mounts for fenders and racks and hydraulic disc brakes. Cannondale topstone carbon lefty review.

Cannondale offers the topstone in three different models all of which share an alloy frame and carbon fork. To read reviews of the other contenders and the categories tested across road mountain and women s bikes visit our. The cannondale topstone carbon gravel offers up superb performance and the kingpin micro suspension design is impressively effective. The full tech story on this bike is in our launch coverage post.

But the bike isn t without some major compromises though. The topstone sora is the cheapest and features a 2 by 9 speed sora drivetrain with a double crankset 30 46ft and promax mechanical disc brakes. This review was originally published on roadbikereview. Marin headlands 2 all road bike.