00:00 Exciting news for Cannondale fans, a new bike has been leaked via some riders at
00:05 Team EF Education First Easy post. Now I've seen images and I've seen a video
00:10 of the bike so I'm gonna share everything that I think I know about the
00:14 new offering. The first obvious thing is that it seems to share quite a few
00:18 similarities with the current Super 6 Evo 3, so this model is presumably going
00:23 to be its replacement. If so that means it will then be known as the Super 6 Evo 4
00:28 essentially the fourth generation of the Super 6 Evo platform. The current
00:33 model of Cannondale Super 6 Evo was launched in the summer of 2019 which
00:37 although that's just three and a half years ago it works out to be the typical
00:41 lifespan of a modern road bike. Usually brands tend to refresh models from
00:45 anywhere between three and five years. Now if you've watched either our latest
00:49 tech of the month or our 2023 road bike tech trends video then you'll know that
00:53 we were suspecting a new bike would be coming from Cannondale but I'm surprised
00:58 it's come so soon. I was personally expecting the bike to be showing up at
01:02 the Tour de France but clearly both Cannondale and EF want to be on the bike
01:06 for the start of the new season. Now while the current generation and this
01:10 new model do seem to share quite a few similarities there are still some
01:14 significant changes which do indeed confirm that this is a brand new bike.
01:19 Firstly the change that probably most Cannondale fans will be very happy to
01:23 see is actually the redesigned cable routing from the handlebars down into
01:28 the frame. The outgoing Super 6 Evo featured a channel on the front of the
01:32 head tube through which then the cables entered but in some instances this then
01:36 caused damage to the cables and the hoses and it created an aesthetic sore
01:41 point for when you use anything other than a Cannondale issue cockpit. The new
01:46 model appears to feature cleaner routing through the bottom spacer and in turn it
01:50 looks like the ability to use different bar and stem combinations is going to be
01:54 a lot easier to do and it won't provide such an eyesore. Because of that it then
01:58 creates a smoother head tube appearance and the rear of the head tube itself
02:02 actually looks to be even more squared off than before. Another area of reshaped
02:07 tubing is found at the seat tube. On the outgoing model the seat tube remained
02:10 consistent in depth from the top to the bottom but there's a very significant
02:16 change at the junction with the seat stays on this new version. The seat stays
02:20 now meet the seat tube lower down but the area above that junction is now a
02:25 lot more aerodynamically optimized but then when you look below it it's now a
02:30 lot thinner and we can only assume that that has been done to build in
02:34 compliance into the frame. Now to go back to that section of tubing above the seat
02:38 stay junctions you can see that it is a lot more aero and it also looks like
02:43 Cannondale have got rid of the D-shaped seat post and then have replaced it with
02:47 again something that's a lot more aerodynamic. Now while it's impossible to
02:51 tell from the images I'm gonna take a punt and I'm gonna assume that it is
02:55 gonna have a threaded bottom bracket. Obviously we can't see that but I think
02:59 it's fair to assume that this new bike will be following in the footsteps of
03:02 other recently released Cannondales. The Super Eagle Eye viewers amongst you may
03:07 have noticed this Lab 71 logo on the side of the frame. Now we've seen
03:12 reports of Cannondale trying to trademark the moniker and I reckon that
03:16 the 71 potentially relates to 1971 which is of course the birth year of Cannondale
03:22 but what does it mean? Well maybe it's Cannondale's version of S-Works for
03:27 Specialized denoting the use of a higher grade of carbon fiber or maybe it's much
03:33 like Trek's Project One system where you have a custom paint job service. Until we
03:38 get clarification from Cannondale we aren't going to know but it definitely
03:43 means something quite exciting. Now while these images give us a slight idea of
03:47 what tire clearance could be I think it's actually better to look at the
03:49 overall market trend. The fact is nobody's going to be making a bike with
03:54 less clearance. Now the current third generation has space for 30 mil wide
03:59 tires. I think it's fair to assume that this model would probably come with
04:02 either 32 or 34 mil worth of clearance. The question I'm sure we're all asking
04:08 though is when will this bike launch? Well since riders have fully built, fully
04:12 painted bikes I think it's fair to assume that the release will be imminent.
04:16 Clearly the team and Cannondale want to kick off the year with the brand new
04:21 bike so I'm sure it's only a matter of time before we see the red carpet rolled
04:25 out for the latest Super 6 Evo. What do you think of the new bike though? Let me
04:30 know down in the comments below. If you enjoyed the video then please do drop it
04:34 a like, subscribe to the channel for more content and I'll see you again very soon.
04:37 We'll see.
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