I saw the new Super Slice in person today. It's a good looking bike! The guy who was holding it commented that the geometry was "different" from bikes Cannondale has made in the past. In person, the bike looked fairly long and low. The frame itself looked very "narrow" especially the head tube. Looking at the head tube you'd expect a 1" steerer but I'm 95% sure it's actually 31.8mm. I *think* the cockpit was by FSA. I did not see any tilt option but maybe there's separate hardware. The bike was set up running eTap and if you look closely you can see the Blip Box mounted under the stem. Personally I prefer to mount my Blip Box on top of the stem so it hides behind my water bottle. I forgot to check tire clearance, sorry :/
Let's talk about SRAM's brake levers: they're hideous in my opinion. I don't really have a dog in the disc brake fight (I actually like the idea of through axles even if they're overkill for road) but SRAM's hydro levers are just... bleh. Also, I hope they're banking on that "one finger braking" because you'd be lucky to be more than one finger on the lever. Aero? I'd be shocked if they weren't some sort of a penalty especially at yaw. I'm also not entirely sure why they didn't make a provision for eTap. They're not cheap so anyone running these brakes will likely be running eTap. IMO if an external reservoir is needed they should consider making a version with a longer expander plug and making it so that you chop down the bullhorns a bit and then use the brake reservoir as a grip.
Edit 1: photo coming in a minute.
Let's talk about SRAM's brake levers: they're hideous in my opinion. I don't really have a dog in the disc brake fight (I actually like the idea of through axles even if they're overkill for road) but SRAM's hydro levers are just... bleh. Also, I hope they're banking on that "one finger braking" because you'd be lucky to be more than one finger on the lever. Aero? I'd be shocked if they weren't some sort of a penalty especially at yaw. I'm also not entirely sure why they didn't make a provision for eTap. They're not cheap so anyone running these brakes will likely be running eTap. IMO if an external reservoir is needed they should consider making a version with a longer expander plug and making it so that you chop down the bullhorns a bit and then use the brake reservoir as a grip.
Edit 1: photo coming in a minute.
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GreenPlease: Jul 9, 17 11:38