Massive saddle-to-bar drop on Cannondale's new race bike - video
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Take a video tour of Ryder Hesjedal's Cannondale SuperSix EVO(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Ryder Hesjedal (Cannondale-Garmin) puts in an attack(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Most Garmin-Cannondale riders use SRM power meters instead of team sponsor Garmin's Vectors, but most use Garmin-branded pedals. Hesjedal just goes with the trusty Shimano Dura-Ace, bolted onto 180mm Cannondale Si cranks with 53/38 FSA rings(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Ryder Hesjedal (Cannondale-Garmin) leading Rigoberto Uran as Fabio Aru is about to make contact(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Ryder Hesjedal used FSA's new SL-K Drop stem on his Synapse to get his desired 17cm saddle-to-bar drop(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Ryder Hesjedal and his eight Cannondale-Garmin teammates each got brand new Cannondale SuperSix EVOs at the start of the 2015 Tour de France. As is the trend with road race bikes, the SuperSix EVO debuted with claims of increased torsional stiffness and lateral deflection. But the SuperSix EVO has a notable physical change to back up the lateral deflection (read: comfortable flex) in the adoption of the slender 25.4mm seatpost that the Cannondale Synapse used last year.
Standing at 187cm / 6ft 2in, Hesjedal chooses to ride a 56cm frame so he can achieve his desired 17cm drop without a crazily-angled stem (like he uses on his Synapse).
Check out the video below where team mechanic Alex Banyay walks us through the bike.
