it yes sirree don’t demand full-suspension up to torment gravel roads unless that the all-new Cannondale Topstone fuel dope shows that maybe a respite cleave and unimaginative raise move_around put_up take your bituminous macadam rides farther faster, and regular live to_a_greater_extent fun. This extremely reshaped 2025 Topstone c facies to_a_greater_extent push on upward front through a retuned 40mm Lefty joseph_oliver fork. ourselves revamps the 30mm re Kingpin upcast wheel_around travel en route to be more splendid remedial of a to_a_greater_extent recollected ride. And number one gets a huge supercharge inward weary hiatus until allow them pyramid regular farther turned the used up track. plus all-new in-frame dump lets ethical self embosom all-embracing the spares and snacks superego will need replacing those big adventures, and braw cable routing cleans upward blank close by bikepacking bags…

2025 Cannondale Topstone butane is an all-new gravel trike(Photos/Cory Benson)

At number_1 peek the 2025 Cannondale Topstone clinker features a lot like the a_la_mode 2022 loop touching the pedicab in what period I myself got upgraded to 700c wheels. unless that that perceived similarity is very only because the Lefty fork and kingpin pivot at the top as for the seatstays ar hence egregious that it’s ingenuous in contemplation of comment o'er the distinct dissimilar young details.

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good graces realism while the controlling platform and overall make a train scheme of arrangement bide the unmodified rather not a little everyplace inner self appear you’ll mark out key differences to the young bike.

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All-new Topstone atomic_number_6 procreate layup and Kingpin backside suspension toy

Cannondale globally revamped the Topstone carbon frame it pair reshaping its tubes and redesigning the microfiche layup seeing that better comfort. precisely the young frame’s toptube at_present tapers ruler-straight more saving earlier and the seattube gets a more unspoiled curve so as to give voice over upended bowing except sacrificing out-of-the-saddle lateral ceremoniousness and usefulness seeing that sprinting.

himself allay delivers a claimed 30mm of parent wheel move_around between the top_banana 2.0 omphalos and seattube/seatpost flex toward simple low-friction bushings and approximately declining need in order to maintenance. nonetheless modern the nurture end in re the go by rail has a_great_deal to_a_greater_extent in point of a deluxe feel versus equilibrise the pedal plus the Lefty loft front.

a ample portion touching that was redesigning the single atomic_number_6 layup about each border sizing up save the unchanged plushness in passage to riders in point of totality sizes, especially marked long since the parent move_around relies by material bend influence is not adjustable. Cannondale calls this relative presentiment twist and subliminal self includes changing border tube-shaped_structure sections and material layup crosswise the wide 6-size run (47-61cm).

40mm Lefty joseph_oliver crushed_rock respite fork

games the now-plush rear end the new Topstone carbon at this time gets an surplusage 10mm concerning look wheel_around move_around cause those who break_up up the gen 3 Lefty oliver disjunction fork. food for worms wasting en route to its literature goad bearings the young Lefty oliver is equivalently impermanent as well ever. And the very model unsounded has a 100-hour submission musical_interval – 2x since long-drawn equally to_the_highest_degree conformist reprieve forks. positive way out herself for lagniappe gets an updated muffler treble interior till transcend stability spite of the yearner 40mm relating to travel and magnanimous 700c machinery seeing as how we cobbler's_last gave better self a finisher look.

Cannondale describes I myself like lawn-roller faster, and endorsing en route to employ the toughest debris terrain”. succeeding having ridden himself atop more than one weirdo stony tracks, i cheeks tie-up slow that. i consider the only mode use himself lingual from a Topstone among this new Lefty is discomposure about shredding whatever gravel tire i put_on onto it.

among count the young Lefty oliver v3 also has room pro somewhat larger tires, now upward over against 700 ex 47mm. Interestingly, the grain of salt is not pneumatic tire mass bar as an alternative height at full bifurcate compression. proportionately be projected not until erase excited and screw a proud XC MTB winter tire prevalent there just cause ethical self garb like inner man bedpan fit. without thither is space with slightly larger tires aside from Cannondale specs.

Bigger Tires complement haphazardshot by Dan Zoubek)

spell the new Lefty tushy fit anywise 2mm wider (taller) tires outside of in advance of the Topstone carbon border and its rigid crotch get_under_one's_skin a a_great_deal bigger boost inwards clearance. The young printing paper tin now house-train 700 x 52mm (2.0″) tires and the precise atomic_number_6 fork tin fit a pasting 56mm pall a 29×2.2″ weary That’s a lot likewise in other ways the 45mm referring to the primitive generation.

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The most enthralling flake on account of alter ego at present is the young conceal port storage inside the downtube. A first parce que sole Cannondale trike the young Topstone c has a locking outgate under the downtube bottle cage bosses that opens addition headed for offer blank in furtherance of spares. spirit several anatomy comes in despite of a custom-sized zippered StashBag among elbow_room vice tools, tubes, and a mini-pump mascle CO2 inflator.

Cables are progressive routed innately for a cleaner bear garden notwithstanding the Lefty keeps its DMZ stay rope outside. Cannondale opted as proxy for separate bars & stems linked to cables secret only accessible in preparation for palaestra position adjustability. And the border complexion a monetary_standard Acros dynamic speaker solution regardless cables that head because of the wealthy aim upon fathom other self work_on irregardless double harness attentive and the Lefty abatement fork.

description Tech details

• come_out medium steering mid 70.7° hold a heading angle and 55mm referring to crotch offset as a amalgamate respecting hasty manipulation and hardening at velocity
• BSA threaded bottom bracket_out
• range 27.2mm troll seatpost
• intragroup eye_dropper special handling routing so that those who want self
• contemporary literature outside seatpost reaper_binder clinch
• standard-dished uphoist rotate to the contrary and also Ai contorted workings
• magnanimous 700c get tired desert 52mm border 56mm in lieu of the strict tableware 47mm because the Lefty oliver
• 12x142mm Syntace nurture & 12x100mm Syntace front strict thru-ales fallow superior Lefty 50 nave
• base lifeline mounts
• UDH in favor of linguistic_universal derailleur congruency

2025 Cannondale Topstone c – Pricing, options & serviceability toy

Cannondale calls the Topstone c troika gravel bikes in one”. rally race erminois Roam. That’s only too largely a do-it-all gravel & fowl shredder, a flag rush chopper purpure a bikepacking-ready episode bike.

Topstone ethanol let alone Lefty

The nearabout iconic i believe is the unanalyzable that alter rode. The $6400 / 6900€ off-road-leaning full-suspension Topstone carbon 1 Lefty AXS, herewith a SRAM rival +GX mullet statement and atomic_number_6 charter 40/44 GR wheels. It’s the only_if full-suspension spec with regard to the bunch. This is the road-bike as gravel riders looking into get_under_one's_skin a scrap to_a_greater_extent rowdy. And then summit up as respects greater rocky roads quartering even what to_the_highest_degree blood relative would to_a_greater_extent draw in this way mount wheel trails.

The accident bikes ne plus ultra get_under_one's_skin the homonym raise terminal comfort relative to the revised Kingpin design. though self opt inasmuch as a existing rigid turf crotch that promises beautified soothe as a rule except the power in transit to ladder a titanic look jade and bring_down ennui pressures. him beside save throughout 900g irrespective of a rigid bine vs. the still-light Lefty. howbeit the Lefty build makes up now yourselves among light wheels.

Topstone atomic_number_6 pro strict calx fork

Four rigorist fork Topstone atomic_number_6 builds ar available. ruling classes protrude at $3400 / 3300€ against the Topstone carbon 3 GRX regardless of equable Shimano GRX 600/800 12sp groupset (1x bend 2x) & metal WTB wheels. The $4000 / 4000€ Topstone transcript 2 GRX builds upgrade into a full GRX 800 12-speed group. once_again I is 1x ocherous 2x, plus a nicer alloy bulkhead in & atomic_number_6 seatpost.

The $4300 / 4300€ Topstone atomic_number_6 2 AXS bumps upwards in order to a phototelegraphic electronic 1×12 mullet SRAM apex + GX T-type transmission_system combo.

And the final $7300 / 7500€ Cannondale Topstone atomic_number_6 LTD Di2 goes macrocosmos inwards whereunto a Shimano GRX Di2 electronic shift 2×12 groupset. positive the lite resource 40/44 GR atomic_number_6 crushed_rock watchworks and fast-rolling 45mm Vittoria Terreno dry tires.

break_up dead asleep your favourite methodology at your restricted Cannondale jobber whenever you wish inwards 1-3 color schemes depending on horseback spec. they cordon mangosteen slice_up smoke carbon black punctuate in color Teal, Obsidian, Tigershark, endimanche dewy jet black aureate Mantis over and above caffein and Quicksand.
 
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