New to me cannondale slate.

[The Rover]

I feel like I’ve been played....

The LBS owner lent his cannondale slate whilst he’s off the bike due to injury, very nice of him but I knew that it was a cunning sales ploy.

Fast forward a few months and it’s mine, he offered me a deal I couldn’t refuse and even better news is that because it’s been in my garage for a while I don’t need to explain the new purchase!

Top spec sram, he’s made some changes to the gearing, set it up for me with a new stem and bars and it rides brilliantly.

 

[Slick]

There's a bit missing.

She's a beauty for sure.

 

[Sunny Portrush]

There's a bit missing.

Fork that

 

[Slick]

Fork that

I'd probably fall off every time I looked down and saw it was missing.

 

[Salty seadog]

Never been a fan of the 'Leftie' just looks like the stresses would be unbalanced. I guess they must work though but to the same level as traditional forks? Who knows? I wonder what benefits they are trying to convince us of.

Seems fady to me. A need to be different.

 

[Jenkins]

I'd love to give that a ride, just to see how it handled.

Don't know if I could put up with the looks 'though.

 

[JhnBssll]

Looks fabulous to me I can totally see the attraction

 

[Salty seadog]

Looks fabulous to me I can totally see the attraction

one seat stay?

 

[mikeymustard]

Looks fabulous to me I can totally see the attraction

I can totally see the front wheel. That's what bike design has been missing (not missing?) all these years

 

[Cycleops]

Most cyclists are traditionalists and don't readily accept change. It has a certain brutal beauty to me.

 

[mikeymustard]

It has a certain brutal beauty to me.

Or to alliterate further, a sort of "fetching fugliness"

 

[BorderReiver]

I like the looks but it will only take a mudguard on the back. So no good to me, sadly.

 

[mikeymustard]

I like your way of thinking.

The mudguards should be the first thing on the drawing board when designing a bike. All the rest is detail.

tbf if they can design a one-legged fork (is it still a fork if it only has one "tine"?) then I'm pretty sure they could come up with a guard which is only supported on one side. But that's what happens if you tinker with one part of a system

 

[Slick]

Doesn't look like it would be overly complicated to fit a front guard to that.

 

[ianrauk]

Well I like it............