News bot Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 The Best Bike in Africa will be held at the 2015 Standard Bank Africa Cycle Fair on 23 - 25 October at St Stithians College, Johannesburg. The competition invites fair visitors to vote for their favourite bike at the Best Bike in Africa stand. All the entrants that vote for the bike that wins the Best Bike in Africa will go into a draw to win the bike. Leading up to the fair, we'll be be revealing the bikes entered in the Best Bike in Africa. One for the gravel adventurers, the Cannondale Slate Ultegra.Click here to view the article
Mongoose! Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 It could be a winner if the wheel size were 29"....why 27,5?
Jaco-fiets Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 Would really like to try this bike out!!!! Stefalbertyn 1
Odinson Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 Internal routing for a dropper on a road bike (oops! "gravel grinder") with 30mm travel. Really, Cannondale?
clyde79 Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 This does seem like quite an odd mix. Baracuda 1
rock Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 actually the cheaper 105 model would be the winner imho. Baracuda and Wez-O 2
Wez-O Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 Looks amazing! Are they also available with solid front forks? Stefalbertyn 1
Baracuda Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 This does seem like quite an odd mix. Indeed. I can see the utility of gravel / cycle-cross bikes if you need to do a few kilometers of jeep track or dirt roads on your predominantly road commute or training ride - e.g. Spec Diverge or Giant TCX, but once it gets rougher than that and you need suspension for corrugations etc. why not buy a hardtail 29er MTB with narrowish tires?
Sportsworld.co.za Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 The SuperX looks amazing if you want a solid fork: http://media.cannondale.com/media/catalog/product/cache/3/small_image/725x/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/C/1/C16_C17226M_BLK_3.1440862958.jpg The Slate falls under Cannondale's "New Road", the top version looks pretty amazing, 1 x 11 with a 44T in front: http://media.cannondale.com/media/catalog/product/cache/3/small_image/725x/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/C/1/C16_C15706M_BLA_3.1440862886.jpg Still, I'm keen to put drop handlebars on a MTB hard tail!
Spoke101 Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 55k I think might be a little steep for what you get.
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