Are We Getting A New Cannondale Supersix?

[Maximilian]

SRAM red 11 speed mechanical rim brake HM and I’d buy.
I wish SRAM would still make a light mechanical groupset for us weightweenies.


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I'd prefer mechanical (Record 12) but I hate the mechanical cable routing so would have to go electronic to avoid that. I refuse eTap AXS due to my wheels not being compatible (Corima Viva S & Mavic Cosmic Carbone 80)...

[oldmac]

The geometry is more aggressive, so sad to see that. I can't find my size.

[Calnago]

Physics schmysics.... I’ll never be throwin’ a leg over something that’s butt ugly.

[Maximilian]

The geometry is more aggressive, so sad to see that. I can't find my size.

No it isn't. In a 58cm frame -->

SuperSix Evo Gen 3: Stack = 594mm. Reach = 395mm
SSE Gen 2: Stack = 584mm. Reach = 399mm
SSE Gen 1: Stack = 577mm. Reach = 399mm
CAAD9: Stack = 579mm. Reach = 399mm

Gen 1 SSE is almost identical to the CAAD9. The later two generations of the SSE have got taller and in the latest 3rd gen shorter in reach!

For the new one to fit me I'd need it slammed with a -17 110mm stem . At the moment my CAAD9 is slammed (on a #slamthatstem bearing cover) with a -6 stem (100mm)

[Verbal]

No HM version for rim brakes. That’s all Folk.
Happy to have the latest Ss6 HM with rim brakes.

[Hexsense]

That geometry... Wow!

74mm drop on most sizes except some few large sizes where people actually need long cranks.

55mm fork rake+slack head tube angle all the way to size 54. Then switch to 45mm fork rake and steep head tube angle for larger half of available sizes. It keep trail value very constant, solving issues of smaller sizes and also make size scaling of stack and reach consistent.

Bold move and i really like that.

[oldmac]

The geometry is more aggressive, so sad to see that. I can't find my size.

No it isn't. In a 58cm frame -->

SuperSix Evo Gen 3: Stack = 594mm. Reach = 395mm
SSE Gen 2: Stack = 584mm. Reach = 399mm
SSE Gen 1: Stack = 577mm. Reach = 399mm
CAAD9: Stack = 579mm. Reach = 399mm

Gen 1 SSE is almost identical to the CAAD9. The later two generations of the SSE have got taller and in the latest 3rd gen shorter in reach!

For the new one to fit me I'd need it slammed with a -17 110mm stem . At the moment my CAAD9 is slammed (on a #slamthatstem bearing cover) with a -6 stem (100mm)

I am using a size44 CAAD12,the same size with the GEN2 SSE. The new GEN3 size 44 and 48 are both more aggressive.

[Maximilian]

No HM version for rim brakes. That’s all Folk.
Happy to have the latest Ss6 HM with rim brakes.

Whats the source? If true I'm done with production bikes.

Time to find someone who can build me an alu frame with CAAD9 geo or time to go to Sarto.

[Maximilian]

The geometry is more aggressive, so sad to see that. I can't find my size.

No it isn't. In a 58cm frame -->

SuperSix Evo Gen 3: Stack = 594mm. Reach = 395mm
SSE Gen 2: Stack = 584mm. Reach = 399mm
SSE Gen 1: Stack = 577mm. Reach = 399mm
CAAD9: Stack = 579mm. Reach = 399mm

Gen 1 SSE is almost identical to the CAAD9. The later two generations of the SSE have got taller and in the latest 3rd gen shorter in reach!

For the new one to fit me I'd need it slammed with a -17 110mm stem . At the moment my CAAD9 is slammed (on a #slamthatstem bearing cover) with a -6 stem (100mm)

I am using a size44 CAAD12,the same size with the GEN2 SSE. The new GEN3 size 44 and 48 are both more aggressive.

Hmm, strange that the bigger frames have got less agressive and the smaller franes more aggressive. 44/48cm are difficult frames do design though as the wheels don't get smaller so toe overlap becomes a big problem. I guess its more aggrressive to push the front wheel further out the combat this.

[oldmac]

The geometry is more aggressive, so sad to see that. I can't find my size.

No it isn't. In a 58cm frame -->

SuperSix Evo Gen 3: Stack = 594mm. Reach = 395mm
SSE Gen 2: Stack = 584mm. Reach = 399mm
SSE Gen 1: Stack = 577mm. Reach = 399mm
CAAD9: Stack = 579mm. Reach = 399mm

Gen 1 SSE is almost identical to the CAAD9. The later two generations of the SSE have got taller and in the latest 3rd gen shorter in reach!

For the new one to fit me I'd need it slammed with a -17 110mm stem . At the moment my CAAD9 is slammed (on a #slamthatstem bearing cover) with a -6 stem (100mm)

I am using a size44 CAAD12,the same size with the GEN2 SSE. The new GEN3 size 44 and 48 are both more aggressive.

Hmm, strange that the bigger frames have got less agressive and the smaller franes more aggressive. 44/48cm are difficult frames do design though as the wheels don't get smaller so toe overlap becomes a big problem. I guess its more aggrressive to push the front wheel further out the combat this.

The GEN3 headtube is shorter,and the STACK is much smaller than the GEN2, so the small size becomes agressive

[Dan Gerous]

For me, geo change seems good. 3mm higher stack and 3mm shorter reach in size 54 so I can get closer to fully slammed, maybe a slightly longer stem depending on the bar's reach. Slammed is a good thing with those headset spacers!

Fork rake for a 54 though goes from 4.5 to 5.5 but with a slacker headtube angle, same trail value. Wheelbase grows too, should be very stable at high speed...

[Hexsense]

Size 44, 48 are better than before.
SS evo 2
44 stack 51.4 reach 36.2 trail 7.3cm
48 stack 51.6 reach 36.9 trail 6.6cm
Both are pretty much the same stack with different length. And both have higher trail value higher than larger sizes.

SS evo 3
44 stack 50.4 reach 37. 0 trail 6.0cm
48 stack 51.9 reach 37.4 trail 5.8cm (now same trail value as every other larger sizes!, no more handling compromise on size 48.)
Trail value consistency is clearly the focussing parameter on the new SS Evo 3. Cannondale really deliberately make every size now handle the same in this generation. Well, maybe except size 44 that has trail=60 unlike the rest that has teail=58, but it is still much better than the old trail=7.3cm

The new stack and reach are scaling as it should be. If stack shrink, reach shrink too. Not going disproportion like the old version.

[Beaver]

Claims 30w saved over the older model. That's at the 30mph that we're all riding all the time because we're all WT Pros.

Where does that come from? What did they compare? Hard to believe. Maybe with really, really bad wheels on the SuperSix II.

[Maximilian]

For me, geo change seems good. 3mm higher stack and 3mm shorter reach in size 54 so I can get closer to fully slammed, maybe a slightly longer stem depending on the bar's reach. Slammed is a good thing with those headset spacers!

Fork rake for a 54 though goes from 4.5 to 5.5 but with a slacker headtube angle, same trail value. Wheelbase grows too, should be very stable at high speed...

I could live with that change on my size but 15mm taller for the 58cm frame is bulls--t. I though this was meant to be a race bike...

[gbrnole]

First UK store I've seen with them:

https://www.7hundred.co.uk/facetresults ... m=supersix

https://www.7hundred.co.uk/56534/premiu ... black.aspx

Top of the range DA Di2 is £8999 - comes with a Power2Max (as do many of them), 45mm Knot wheels and a top-tube logo that looks like a toddler was let loose with some Letraset.

Claims 30w saved over the older model. That's at the 30mph that we're all riding all the time because we're all WT Pros.

30w is huge, even at 30mph, even for amateurs! Yes most don't ride at these average speeds, but we do go faster than that sometimes during rides and even if you average 30km/h, you'll still save quite some power. Even if you ride in the mountains and average 25km/h, it will descend muuuuuuuch faster, save you energy in the valleys when you do ride fast. I get that reaction for small gains like the new Scott Addict saving 6w at 45km/h over the old one, that's not much but 30w is quite an impressive improvement many even non-pros should be able to feel and take advantage of.

Personally, I like the Helvetica style small logo and more minimal, simple graphics... But it's a matter of taste, there will always be people happy and others not happy about paint jobs, but it's inevitable, with every new bike releases come whiners about this color and that color and that graphic or the logo's too big we're not billboards, now it's too small...

Personally I really like these bikes. Only gripe is that nasty Garmin mount for the KNOT cockpit and having non-activated powermeters that have next to no value if you want to sell it and save weight or use a powermeter you already have.

Hard time believing 30w. Cannondale's own wind tunnel results show on average a 0.02 cda improvement between the new and old evo. About 20w. They would have to be comparing only the extreme ends of the yaw angles, that make up a minimal exposure time real world, to get to 30w.