Cannondale Topstone Al Ultegra 2020 Gravel Bike Review

• About the Cannondale Topstone Aluminium UltegraNamed after a favourite dirt road loop near the Cannodale headquarters in Connecticut, the Topstone AL Ultegra is pure gravel goodness. With its high-volume tires, confident rider position and sporty handling, it is ready to smash out big miles on the backroads, explore routes less travelled, or smooth out the chop on your morning commute. With the impressive reliability and shifting performance of its Shimano Ultegra group set, this iteration of the Topstone will take you further still. The big tyre clearance allows plenty of room for tires up to 42mm wide, for comfort, grip and adventurous capability. A slack head angle paired with a long 55mm fork rake delivers great stability at speed and great agility where needed. Just what you need for mixed-surface confidence or multi-day adventures. The Topstone shares similar stack and reach measurements with the Synapse endurance bikes, for a confident and sporty riding position. Full carbon forks on the Topstone come with tapered steerers and 12mm thru-axles, for a light, comfortable and precise-steering front end. With mounts for three water bottles, plus mounts for top tube storage, Topstone is ready to go long. Multiple bottle cage positions on the downtube mount let you configure for big frame bags. Key FeaturesSmartForm C2 Alloy Frame for stiff but light construction allows you to convert more of your power into speedFull Carbon Fork is engineered to flex to absorb shock and vibrationShimano Ultegra 2×11 Speed Drivetrain for super-fast, light and accurate shiftingShimano Ultegra Hydraulic Disc Brakes for consistent and controllable stopping in all conditionsWTB Nano TCS Light, 700 x 40c Tyres for great traction off road and excellent rolling ability on the tarmacAbout the BrandCannondale have come a long way since their birth in a crowded loft above a pickle factory in 1971. From introducing the cycling industry’s first bicycle trailer, the Bugger, and added successful cycling apparel and accessory lines while earning a strong reputation for innovation and quality. Cannondale introduced their first bicycle, a Touring model, in 1983. They raised the cycling world’s eyebrows by building their bicycles around handcrafted, oversized aluminium frames that were both lighter and more flex-resistant than the steel models that dominated the industry at the time. In the last 14 years, Cannondale won five Giro d’Italia Maglia Rosas and, most recently, they won the Giro d’Iltalia and the Vuelta a Espana in one single year! Bike SizingChoosing the bike size depends on the type of bike, your height, your riding style, and your preference. A correct fitting bike will be more comfortable, more efficient and more fun to ride. This bike size guide gives our customers general advice on choosing the right size. It is a guide only and we always recommend visiting one of our stores or contacting one of our experts.Road Bike Size GuideAdventure Road Bike Buying Guide
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As with many cyclists, be it mountain bikers, BMX riders or road cyclists we want to take the time to make sure we get the best products. Where cycling is a passion for many we often invest a lot of our time and money into the hobby. And as we know, getting the right products can give us that small competitive advantage either over our actual competitors, our mates or even just beating our own goals. But because we do invest so much in our bikes and our equipment it’s really important to buy from recognised retailers, in our most recent search, we found many products available online for ridiculously (almost laughable) prices. They were just so low that alarm bells should instantly be ringing. That’s why we only recommend buying from the retailers that you really know and trust, names like Wiggle, Chain Reaction and Evans Cycles are just some of those that we use regularly. With these retailers you know you’re in safe hands and can expect great service, great returns policies and if anything was to go wrong great customer service under a warranty claim.

But onto the reason you’re here today, let’s delve into some of the details of Cannondale Topstone Al Ultegra 2020 Gravel Bike to help you understand a bit more about where it sits in the market against some of the many alternatives that are available out there. We’re very aware that by buying our cycling stuff online that we’ve missed out on the opportunity to actually see and test the product first. This is where reviews come in to their own, as it gives us that chance to hear from other like-minded cyclists about how good or bad a product is.

As you would expect, our first and top piece of advice before buying, is to read lots and lots of Cannondale Topstone Al Ultegra 2020 Gravel Bike reviews. With a review score of 8.5 out of 10 it’s likely that there will be lots of great detailed reviews to help you. And if you find that actually the reviews are suggesting Cannondale Topstone Al Ultegra 2020 Gravel Bike isn’t right for you then there will be tons and tons of other reviews for other products in the Cyclocross Bikes category. In fact we’ve got 75 products reviewed in this category alone.

Something that makes it particularly challenging is the vast range of choice, as mentioned above there are 75 products in the Cyclocross Bikes category. There are also 170 products from the brand Cannondale. And then getting into the specifics even more there are 14 products from Cannondale in the category “Cyclocross Bikes”.