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Tech specs
Price: $6,499 / €5,899 / £5,995
Weight: 8.1Kg – Size 54
Groupset: Shimano Ultegra Di2
Wheels: DT Swiss
Tyres: Vittoria Rubino 28mm – tube type
Sizes: 48,51,54,56,58,61
Colours: One – Grey
The Cannondale Synapse has been around for a long time now, over twenty years in fact, and in that timespan it’s been through various iterations as road bikes have developed.
I’m not a WorldTour pro, and I have spent around five months riding this bike exclusively on the road, to really see if this is everything I might need in a performance road bike.
The Synapse, for the uninitiated, is Cannondale’s more comfortable, more upright, yet still sporty endurance road bike. I’ve been testing the Carbon 2 model, which sits about in the middle of the range, though it isn’t particularly cheap. If you’re looking for comfort but still want a performance-oriented road bike, then the Synapse could be a bike to consider, and this review will get into the details of how Cannondale’s endurance machine performs.
The Synapse and I didn’t get off to a great start, which I talk about more below, but I’ve ridden it for several months, through the winter and am heading into spring on this bike. Regardless of anything else, we’ve certainly formed a bond after all the miles we’ve spent together.
Design and aesthetics
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The Synapse blends performance and more endurance-specific design elements into an overall frame shape that’s pretty easy on the eye.
The bike has received aerodynamic attention from Cannondale, evidenced by things like the blind front fork dropout, D-shaped seatpost, and sculpted headtube, but then the gravel bike tyre clearances and kinked seat tube…
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