Cannondale Prototype Disc SuperX Carbon "cross Bike
Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com team manager Stu Thorne posted a sneak peek at a new disc-equipped SuperX carbon "cross bike his riders plan on testing at this weekend"s upcoming races in Boulder, Colorado (Stu Thorne/www.cyclocrossworld.com)
Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com team manager Stu Thorne previewed a sneak peek of his team"s latest test rig: a special disc-equipped version of the company"s carbon SuperX that he says Tim Johnson plans on testing at this weekend"s upcoming UCI races in Boulder, Colorado.
Thorne wouldn’t offer insight to the carbon engineering and design changes behind the new bike and we were unable to reach Cannondale at the time of this writing, but Thorne told BikeRadar that it appeared his team prototype was equipped with an entirely different rear triangle relative to the stock SuperX – likely with a reinforced non-driveside seat stay and definitely with 135mm rear spacing to accommodate what is fast becoming the industry standard.
The lower post mount rear disc tab is anchored almost directly into the dropout while the upper post"s bonded (and possibly riveted) base is built with lots of surface area to help evenly distribute load on the seat stay. Thorne also tells us that both front and rear mounts are sized for 140mm rotors with no adapters required.
According to Thorne, Cannondale also have developed an all-new fork just for this project that doesn"t resemble anything off-the-shelf he"s seen to date from competing companies. "They had it made for this is my understanding," he said. The fork’s actual weight is just 450g.
We don"t have any additional details at the moment but rest assured that we"ll soon have the full scoop – Thorne has promised BikeRadar an exclusive first look in the coming days so stay tuned for a more complete rundown of Cannondale"s new steed by the weekend.