Cannondale has as of late introduced the release of the 2024 SuperX gravel race motorbike. It’s according to the present fourth-generation SuperSix EVO highway motorbike, as raced by way of the EF Schooling professional groups and to be had in 3 specifications according to a normal carbon and a LAB71 frameset.
The LAB71 body weighs a claimed 900g, 100g not up to the SuperSix EVO SE, Cannondale’s earlier technology gravel race motorbike, which it replaces. It’s additionally 100g lighter than the usual carbon SuperX frameset.
That ends up in a 7.4kg claimed motorbike weight for the top-spec LAB71 SuperX in dimension 56. That motorbike comes provided with a SRAM Pink XPLR AXS 13-speed Complete Mount groupset, applying the brand new body’s UDH rear derailleur interface.
Different element highlights come with a one-piece Cannondale SystemBar R-One bar/stem. Cannondale has followed the Delta Steerer additionally discovered on the newest SuperSix EVO highway motorbike, which permits inner cable routing whilst protecting the pinnacle tube slim.
The LAB71 motorbike is done off with Reserve 40|44 GR wheels with DT Swiss 180 hubs and a Fizik Vento Antares 00 saddle.
As you’d be expecting, the LAB71 SuperX has a hefty ticket hooked up: $15,000 or €14,999, with UK costs but to be introduced. You’ll additionally purchase the LAB71 frameset for $5,500 or €5,499 if you wish to construct it up your self. In spite of the low weight, Cannondale provides a life-time ensure on its SuperX frames.
Make a choice your individual spec and you’ll be able to have compatibility a 2x Shimano crankset with 50/34t rings or SRAM with 43/30t. Pass 1x and the similar figures are 54t for Shimano and 46t for SRAM.
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Cannondale has already had the LAB71 SuperX out racing beneath a couple of of its EF Schooling males’s and ladies’s execs in a couple of extracurricular gravel races.
Aero at gravel race speeds
The SuperX clears a 48mm rear and 51mm entrance tyre and the UDH mech interface lets in SRAM Complete Mount derailleurs to be fitted (Symbol credit score: Cannondale)
Cannondale has honed the SuperX’s aerodynamics for gravel racing the usage of CFD and wind tunnel research. It claims a 1.6 watt saving over the SuperSix EVO SE, measured at 35km/h slightly than the 45km/h or much more steadily quoted for highway motorbike aero measurements (even if we wind tunnel examined 11 superbikes at 40km/h).
When Lachlan Morton received Unbound 200 in 2024, using a SuperSix EVO SE, he averaged nearly precisely 35km/h, finishing the 200-mile path in a brand new file time of 9:11:47. Cannondale says that moderate speeds for the entrance of gravel races at the moment are most often more than 35km/h despite the fact that, so there could also be higher aero beneficial properties on be offering for the quickest riders on some lessons.
The slender, curved seat tube provides tyre clearance and compliance to the rear of the SuperX (Symbol credit score: Cannondale)
Adjustments from the SuperSix EVO SE come with a change to a BSA threaded backside bracket from that motorbike’s Press Are compatible machine. The SuperX frameset accepts a normal 700c rear wheel, slightly than the symmetrically dished wheels wanted for a few of its older motorcycles with Ai rear triangle geometry. It provides rear tyre clearance of 48mm, whilst the fork has 51mm clearance.
To house the rear wheel, the SuperX has a slimmed-down and curved seat tube. Cannondale has additionally incorporated flex zones into the rear triangle and vertically thinned out the rear of the tip tube. In combination, it says that those options lend a hand build up body compliance.
Cannondale reckons that the extensive height tube will fulfill cyclocross racers (Symbol credit score: Cannondale)
As when it introduced the SystemSix aero motorbike a couple of years in the past, Cannondale has reused a reputation from its previous for the SuperX. The unique SuperX was once a cyclocross race motorbike, however Cannondale has situated the brand new SuperX squarely within the gravel race class, even if nonetheless with a nod to cyclocrossers.
It reckons that the flattened height tube, together with the huge clearance and racy geometry, will fulfill riders taking a look to experience the brand new SuperX in the back of the tape, in addition to competition taking to gravel roads.
Two specifications at release according to usual carbon body
All specifications are fitted with 40mm Vittoria Terreno T50 tyres, designed for combined situation using (Symbol credit score: Cannondale)
At release, in addition to the dear LAB71 SuperX, there are two specifications according to the usual carbon frameset to be had to Ecu gravel riders.
The SuperX 2 is provided with a Shimano GRX 825 Di2 12-speed groupset with 48/31 x 11-34t ratios and the similar Reserve 40|44 GR rims because the LAB71 motorbike, however on DT Swiss 370 hubs. There’s a two-piece bar and stem, with FSA SL-Okay carbon bars and alloy Cannondale C1 Disguise stem with inner cable routing. Cannondale says {that a} dimension 56 motorbike weighs 8.5kg and the motorbike is priced at $6,900 / €6,999, once more with UK costs TBC.
The bottom spec is the SuperX 3, provided with 12-speed mechanical Shimano GRX 820 with 48/32 x 11-36t ratios and DT Swiss G1800 alloy rims on DT Swiss 370 hubs, together with an alloy Cannondale bar. Claimed weight for a dimension 56 motorbike is 9.1kg and the motorbike is priced at $4,200 / €4,499.
