Cannondale Slate Vs Topstone Lefty
Some of the topstone s weight disadvantage can be explained by its dual suspension. The fork was good the frame was nice but combined with the wheels none of it ever seemed to work in harmony.
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A few years later cannondale went big and introduced the slate as a hybrid road gravel bike that rolled on 650b wheels with a lefty fork upfront.
Cannondale slate vs topstone lefty. I recently sold my trek hybrid bike and am looking to buy something nicer. Equipped with kingpin suspension high volume tires and top quality components they win against the competition on any surface. The fork was good the frame was nice but combined with the wheels none of it ever seemed to work in harmony.
Cannondale began their journey into the gravel grinding world with the revolutionary slate model. A few years later cannondale went big and introduced the slate as a hybrid road gravel bike that rolled on 650b wheels with a lefty fork up front. I generally ride trails mostly paved but sometimes packed dirt gravel so i ve been looking at gravel bikes.
The topstone carbon lefty a bike that on paper is remarkably similar but definitely not the same. Cannondale slate vs topstone 105. And that is in no small part thanks to this trailblazing bike that quietly disappeared from the cannondale catalog in 2019.
However gravel standards have changed a lot since. Cannondale has reimagined the 2021 topstone as a full suspension gravel bike with an all new lefty oliver fork with 30mm of travel and 650b wheels and there s an ebike version too. The last detail we thought of everything.
To be honest it was one of our least favorite bikes to date. Topstone carbon lefty comes with smaller diameter higher volume 650 x 47c tires for even more off road ability and on road comfort. In its wake the slate left the groundwork for a successor.
To be honest it was one of our least favorite bikes to date. Topstone carbon lefty comes with smaller diameter higher volume 650 x 47c tires for even more off road ability and on road comfort. I test rode quite a few bikes over the weekend including the cannondale topstone giant toughroad and the specialized diverge.
The kingpin in the rear and the front lefty fork both offer 30mm of travel. Cannondale topstone is a lineup of ground breaking gravel bikes available with aluminum and carbon frames. The last detail we thought of everything.
Warren puts his own 2016 cannondale slate up against the all new 2021 cannondale topstone carbon lefty 1. Battle of the bikes cannondale topstone carbon lefty vs cannondale slate.
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