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On test: Cannondale Evo Team Liquigas Sram Red

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Category: Cannondale

Published on Monday, 10 October 2011 07:00

Written by Luca Salvatelli

The 2012 lightest bike, excellent performance, especially uphill

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The new Cannondale Evo 2012 stands as one of the major innovations. Its weight has often been underlined, but this is not just its characteristic. The new chassis has been completely overhauled, starting from the section of the main triangle tubes, now much smaller than the previous SuperSix.

Remains the BB30 bottom bracket and the series has the steering bearings and 1 inch 1/4 and 1 inch and 1/8. The new fork weighs just 315 grams seeds and stems straight. The tube has the internal passage of the brake cable and a profile that narrows at the center to avoid contact with the inside of the thigh. The oversized head tube, while the vertical tube houses the seatpost of 27.2 mm. All new rear triangle, which debuts the new Speed SAVE, the particular shape and rolling of the carbon rear triangle, which allows absorption of vibrations without reducing the absolute performance. Now the top of the triangle tubes are smaller, a different profile and, above all, they run separate until it joins the top tube. The dropouts are carbon fiber, as well as the locations of the steering bearings. The weighs 695 grams, in the configuration Ultimate, which use a special paint to protect the carbon, very light. The version being tested is a particular bike, basically a version of Team Liquigas, but with Mavic R-SYS wheels, instead of the Mavic Cosmic Carbone SLR. The group used is the Sram Red, used in full, except for the crankset Cannondale Hollowgram SL 53/39, 50/34 series to transform even the spider in a compact crankset. Stem, handlebar and seatpost are FSA K-Force, the saddle Fi'zi:k. The Mavic R-SYS with Schwalbe tires. In this particular configuration, the bike has a 6 kg of weight, as observed with our instrumentation. Compared to Cannondale Evo Team Liquigas, changes the colour of the frame, SRAM Red group, the saddle and FSA components. The real difference is the slight technical Mavic R-SYS that replace the Mavic Cosmic Carbone SLR and Schwalbe tires that replace the excellent Mavic clinchers.