https://www.bikeradar.com/...ale-systemsix-52536/
http://road.cc/...ds-fastest-road-bike
Whitepaper: https://www.cannondale.com/~/media/Files/PDF/Dorel/Cannondale/Global/SystemSix_Whitepaper.pdf
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Let them enjoy their few days of “glory” until Trek Madone Disc (launch on 6th of July), new Venge Disc (soon), new BMC Road Timemachine Disc (soon) and Cervelo S5 Disc (not so sure about this one anymore though) all claim to be the new fastest ones 
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Looks really, REALLY, good.
Great looking bike. I found this excerpt rather enlightening:
When descending, the differences become quite marked. To stay in touch with a rider riding a 5 percent downhill gradient at 200w and 60.6kph on the SystemSix, you’d need to be putting out 309w on the Evo. But when you’re talking terminal velocity (descending with no pedal input, so just rolling downhill), the SystemSix will hit 53.1kph while the Evo will hit 49.9kph, so that’s 3.2kph faster for no effort…
That bike has Damon’s pawprints all over it. Stunning piece of work. The only thing that bothers me is the bottom end of the Cannondale wordmark being covered up by the crank.
I wonder if that is the newer disc version of the Scott Foil that was tested? Nice looking frame overall and a. Umber of things look really well thought out, but the color schemes are not very exciting. Black/grey is getting a little worn as every manufacturer is using it and not a huge fan of the shades of green either.
Watching the GCN video about it and the put the Rubino tires on there over the Corsa Speed becuase CDale said they had a lower rolling resistance.
Has anyone seen this else where?
hmm reminds me of the Diamond back vitasse podium
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This was interesting from a claim perspective:
Cannondale claims that KNØT64 wheels are faster aerodynamically overall with either 23C or 25C tires on them than comparable-depth wheels with either tire size from Mavic, Zipp, ENVE, Hed, and Shimano, but are slightly slower than Roval 64 DBs with 23C tires.
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Watching the GCN video about it and the put the Rubino tires on there over the Corsa Speed becuase CDale said they had a lower rolling resistance.
Has anyone seen this else where?
He said “Corsa”, not “Corsa Speed”…I would believe the former being slower than a Rubino Pro, not the latter.
That bike has Damon’s pawprints all over it. Stunning piece of work. The only thing that bothers me is the bottom end of the Cannondale wordmark being covered up by the crank.
Except it won’t be covered up on the “regular people” bikes due to so many people running 50/34 these days 
But yeah, that’s a bit weird that they screwed that up…
Nice looking frame overall and a. Umber of things look really well thought out, but the color schemes are not very exciting. Black/grey is getting a little worn as every manufacturer is using it and not a huge fan of the shades of green either.
Personally I love the obnoxious Volt yellow and the styling of all the models… They’ll never please everybody!
Just a question…
but do you think that a TT model, maybe Ironman friendly with aero drink, storage etc…will be realized ? i have a 2013 slice but now i really prefer bikes with ‘ironman looking’ such as canyon or scott or trek
I have zero insight beyond speculation, but I think the first thing happening would be the official unveil of the SuperSlice - which probably will not be focused heavily on the tri marketplace.
You’ll have to pry 50/34 from my cold, dead legs.
And, well, I think it’s still going to get covered up.
I have zero insight beyond speculation, but I think the first thing happening would be the official unveil of the SuperSlice - which probably will not be focused heavily on the tri marketplace.
I am in the market for a new road bike and Tri-bike. My road (Cannondale Evo Frame w/ 15 yo DA components) and my Tri (Slice RS) are ready for retirement.
The question is whether this SystemSix will be able to cover both. But if it were… I’d throw clip-ons on this new System Six for my few Tri Races.
BUT, with so much SI going on, I doubt this SI custom handlebar and stem would be clip on friendly.
Appears to be bike only data…“rider-on” data please. Also, we need to see how each bike was set up equipment-wise. Same as always…
edit: Found the white paper here: https://www.cannondale.com/~/media/Files/PDF/Dorel/Cannondale/Global/SystemSix_Whitepaper.pdf
Apparently, that drag plot is values normalized to a SuperSix with the same KNOT64 wheels. In other words, it’s a difference plot, not absolute values.
There’s bike build detail list (no pics though) in an appendix. Some interesting wheel depth (e.g. Aeolus 5 on the Madone) and tire width selections in there IMHO…
Hmmm…a yaw-weighted look at an overall value. Interesting…Now, if only someone would combine that with rolling resistance values to determine an overall system value
Looks really, REALLY, good.
My aesthetic sense can’t get over the “overbite” of the fork crown though…
Now that the cat is officially out of the bag, does this mean we can start peppering Damon with questions?
Now that the cat is officially out of the bag, does this mean we can start peppering Damon with questions?We need the SuperSlice info!!! Is it going to be the exact same frame? (With a little Tri-biased geometry.)