Again in January we noticed a brand new Cannondale SuperSix Evo, and speculated about what was coming down the pipeline. We have been proper about some components of the brand new SuperSix Evo SE/CX however mistaken about others.
So, Cannondale tell us precisely what’s coming new.
Many Cyclocross nerds (fortunately increase their palms) knew one thing new was coming from the Cannondale group after Deschacht Hens Maes rider Anton Ferdinande, shared pictures.
You possibly can see the updates in his Instagram feed, exhibiting off a super-sleek, team-edition Cannondale SuperSix Evo CX.
We made a want listing of what we wished to see in a brand new bike right here. However I quickly found that just some have been granted. The PF30 backside bracket and the Ai-Dish rear wheel stay. There’s at all times the subsequent mannequin, however this up to date delta tube design is slick and clean-looking.
What’s new within the next-gen Cannondale SuperSix EVO SE/CX?
In the event you don’t know the SuperSix EVO SE / CX, it’s Cannondale’s do-it-all-off-road drop bar, cyclocross, and suspension-less gravel steed. It’s a pleasant, versatile journey (we favored it) with basic geometry that rips from the times of Cannondale Cyclocross World racing.
As for updates, this subsequent iteration of the Cannondale SuperSix EVO SE/CX just lately acquired a delta steerer tube.
This is similar fork design as on final spring’s new SuperSix EVO street bike, too.
What’s the Delta Steerer Tube, you ask?
For these unfamiliar with the Delta Steerer Tube, I’ll catch you up.
The up to date design permits cables to route immediately by means of the headset into head tube and across the new triangular-shaped steerer tube. The design is a triangular truncated steerer (Delta) that allowed the Cannondale design group to create a smaller frontal profile. It principally, simply chopped off the 2 sides of the highest of the in any other case spherical steerer tube (narrower on the entrance, wider on the again), with cables run by means of the higher bearing on both facet of the reshaped steerer.
The earlier full-integrated design from the street had the cabling enter in entrance of the higher headset bearing, which required extra space to permit sufficient handlebar rotation. And the cross and gravel bikes had typical exterior/inside cables that entered the down tube.
Now that the Cannondale SuperSix EVO SE/CX is within the Delta steerer tube crew, it opens up extra stem and bar combo potentialities. The addition of the Conceal Stem was seen within the bikes out there within the UK and Europe.
The Conceal Stem is Cannondale’s approach of circumventing the one-piece tremendous combo nightmares for cable routing. Utilizing solely a extra typical separate stem to route the cables and wires gives a modern possibility for off-road. One that’s adjustable for handlebar match desire, and independently adjustable/replaceable following crashes.
As an added bonus, the fork loses the cable port (duh) and maintains a beefed-up crown space with an aggressive tapper to the dropout.
New CX/SE availability: When are you able to truly get it?
We’ll doubtless see extra of the up to date Cannondale SuperSix EVO SE/CX across the US gravel scene because the races happen.
The revamped bikes appear to solely be out there selectively on some nook of Cannondale’s international web site like Germany for instance (attempt right here in English, too). However not on many particular USA, UK, or remainder of Europe nation websites. It appears to be a rolling change, so that you & I’ll each should maintain an eye fixed out for native availability.
