Each year MTB-Mag likes to focus on testing various bikes from various brands through the year, but often we like to have a test mule which we use as our baseline to test everything else against and also swap parts out and in the long run test the frame that this is all based on.<\/p>\n
For 2015 Cannondale have sent us a large size carbon Jekyll. This is the exact frame model that Jerome Clementz developed with Cannondale in his first season of the Enduro world series. It has 27.5″ wheels and all the latest thinking from Cannondale incorporated into it’s design and engineering. As we took the frame only for the moment it allows us to build up a completely custom bike. Our aim by the end of the year is to arrive with the exact same set-up that Jerome rides with, testing various products along the way.<\/p>\n
This is our first build up with Bagnoli Bike<\/a> doing the technical build based on an Enduro style focus aimed at Enduro World Series trails as those found in Punta Ala<\/a>, Tuscany, which will\u00a0 also serve as our test base for the bike. The trails are varied and allow us to ride from extreme Enduro (Rock -OH), to easy going trail (Cala Violina). It was also our location for our group test so we already have a good base line of how other bikes perform in similar conditions.\u00a0 Although we will have an extend time to test in this area.<\/p>\n Video: Bike Build<\/strong><\/p>\n