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Great Grinduro recap video from Cannondale. A race? A ride? Whatever. Grinduro is an event for anyone who likes to have a good time around two wheels. This year was no exception as the weather rolled in for a monumental day on the bike - and a most excellent party off the bike.
A nice little bit of bikeporn to start the weekend courtesy of u/bdgardner over on Reddit. Absolutely incredible custom paint job and a beautiful Zipp/SRAM build to boot. Photos worthy of your desktop wallpaper. As for his inspiration: this is my cannondale that I custom painted to imitate the icelandic green cannondale track frames from... Continue Reading →
We saw a leaked image a while back, but now the rumors are confirmed. Today, the CAAD13 is official. Cannondale CAAD 13 Key Updates Aerodynamics: The traditional round profile tubes of the CAAD line weren't aero, CAAD 13 changes that. The new sleek, integrated design features a new family of highly truncated airfoil tube shapes.... Continue Reading →
Ted King is going to have some WorldTour level competition at Dirty Kanza this year as EF Education First is slated to send some top names to the premier gravel racing event. I gotta say, I'm really enjoying watching the trajectory of this EF team: 2018: Were going to focus less on Euro bike racing... Continue Reading →
Aluminum made Cannondale in the '80s and it has remained on the menu ever since. Although the CAAD lineup doesn't have superstarts like Mario Cipollini and Cadel Evans cruising around on them in the WorldTour anymore, the aluminum frame has an almost cult-like following. The CAAD lineup is in need of some updates though. Namely... Continue Reading →
Gravel grinder extraordinaire, Ted King has a new event, Rooted Vermont. Check out the press release for the event below, it sounds like a great reason to visit the Green Mountain state this summer. Rooted Vermont: Return to Gravel is a brand new gravel event that will take place on August 4, 2019 in Richmond,... Continue Reading →
REI isn't new to the bike game. The sold bikes with the Novara label for years before moving to the Co-op Cycles brand in 2017. They've sold road bikes, hybrids, hardtails and evern e-bikes, but until now never a full-suspension bike. REI is jumping into the full-suspension world with the DRT 3.1 and 3.2 models. Both bikes are mid-travel... Continue Reading →
Looks like some new bikes are coming to Zwift soon. There are several new bike models in the latest update that are not yet accessible in the game, models include: Cannondale Synapse 2018 Cannondale System 6 2019 Giant TCR Advanced Pro Pinarello Bolide TT 2018 Pinarello Dogma F10 Specialized Allez Sprint No word on when... Continue Reading →
When U.S.-based WorldTour team EF Education First announced a partnership with apparel company Rapha late last year, it was announced as going beyond just apparel. EF and Rapha detailed plans to blend gravel and mountain bike races into the team’s conventional pro road race schedule. Now there's confirmation that EF will send riders to Dirty... Continue Reading →
Nostalgia is all the rage right now, but a lot of throwbacks fall flat on their face. Not so with these new Cannondale XC frames. Cannondale's Limited Edition F-Si throwback framesets are simply perfect. The two new F-Si Hi-MOD framesets come with matching Lefty Ocho forks and are painted in the classic livery from the early days... Continue Reading →
It's almost Tour de France time, which means it's launch season! Looking very much like the SLICE Tri bike, the new Cannondale SystemSix was designed to be the fastest road bike ever made. They claim they pulled it off using six unique elements – Frame, Fork, Seat post, Stem, Handlebar, Wheels – in unison. I... Continue Reading →
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