When the head of Cannondale’s off-road product team says cross-country racing lives in their blood, you know they’ve been working hard to create the latest iteration of the Scalpel, the family of bikes which was one of the first to succeed at a world-class XC level.
Taking cues from the F-Si, Cannondale has integrated a number of new design ideas into its full-bore XC race machine. Longer, slacker geometry, fancy tricks with the rear end, and a few neat frame touches show the engineers haven’t been lazing.
Impact-resistant BallisTec carbon
Initial availability will be in the form of the carbon framed models, built with Cannondale’s BallisTec Carbon. All the usual carbon attributes are present: light weight, strenght, stiffness and so on, and Cannondale claims it’s nice and impact resistant too, because "it’s not a matter of if, but when, you’ll crash".
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The BallisTec carbon frame has no pivots at the back, but flexes instead
Claimed weights are pretty impressive, with the frame, shock, hardware and rear axle reportedly coming in at 2118g (size L) – this compares favourably to the current S-Works Epic (2358g), old Scalpel (2220g) and current Trek Top Fuel (2142g) – all Cannondale’s claimed weights. Cannondale have also published a number of stiffness measurements, all of which look good compared to the competition. Alloy versions will also be available later in the year.
Cross-country slacker, but no slouch
Ai back end
Range details and pricing
- Scalpel Si Black Inc – $11,999 / £8,999
- Scalpel Si HM Team – $8,999 / £7,299
- Scalpel Si HM Race – $8,499 / £6,299
- Scalpel Si HM 1 – $6,999/ £4,999
- Scalpel Si Crb 2 – $5,999 / £4,699
- Scalpel Si Crb 3 – $4,499 / £3,799
- Scalpel Si Crb 4 – $3,999 / £3,299
- Scalpel Si Al 5– $2,999 / Not available in the UK
- Scalpel Si Crb Women's 1 – $5,999 / £ TBC
- Scalpel Si Crb 2 Al – $3,999 / £ TBC
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