REVOLUTION

Cannondale’s SuperSix race bike is only a dozen years old, but it already brings with it a rich history, in both its design and pedigree. In 2011 came an update, the first of the EVO models, which was significantly lighter and a race bike that explored comfort as a performance benefit. Then, in 2015, came the second-generation EVO, which was lighter still and had a vastly improved ride quality.

This second-generation SuperSix EVO was a true milestone bike, one that defined the era of lightweight carbon – it’s still a flyweight proposition today, five years later. It wasn’t just this that set the EVO apart, however, but a perfect balance of lightness and handling with a ride that wouldn’t beat you up. That it did this with a traditional frame shape and mostly round tubes gave it the air of a classic, and it’s most certainly set to become one. Today the EVO 2 (as it’ll now be known) is still a benchmark for how all race bikes should handle. Even in its final year of production it was helping teams to win massive races, such as Alberto Bettiol (EF Education First) at the 2019 Tour of Flanders.

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The new 2020 bike, then, had a lot to live up to against a bike of