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It's official: 14.94 pounds, with clinchers and reflectors! A 54cm Cannondale Super Six 2, equipped with SRAM Force and Mavic R-Sys wheels, was our first out-of-the-box bike to break the 15 pound barrier on our digital scales (without pedals).
BB30 is a bottom bracket standard pioneered by Cannondale, used with great success in models beginning with the CAAD6. Wider = stiffer, so a wider bottom bracket shell means better power transfer. Other big players on the road racing scene, notably Specialized, are now using the BB30 for their top models. The same goes for the crank axle of Cannondale's SI cranksets. At 30mm, the SI axle is 25 percent wider than the current industry standard used by Shimano, Campy, and SRAM. Wider also means stronger, so Cannondale is able to use a lighter aluminum crank axle. What about lightness? The Super Six is not one of those frames that
tries to tip the scales at 850gm or less. The Cannondale philosophy is to
use more material to make the frame stronger. Cannondale offsets the
higher frame weight (1,000gm) with the very light, very stiff SI cranksets.
14.94 pounds is light, especially when you consider that a 54cm Super Six uses
the SRAM Force group, not SRAM Red. |
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