£5,950 • 29in • cannondale.com
Cannondale claims that the Moterra Neo Carbon 2 is “agile, quick, stable and composed.” And there might be a kernel of truth in this boast, because the bike is Proportional Response Tuned. Put simply, PRT means the suspension on the Moterra Neo Carbon 2 has been tuned for each of the four frame sizes, so everyone gets to ride a bike that is tailored more closely to their height and body weight, as opposed to adopting a one-size-fits-all approach.
As such, Cannondale engineers have tuned the kinematics on the larger frames to be more progressive to deal with the increase in rider weight, and they have more anti-squat too, while taking the opposite approach on the small sizes. Other size-specific tweaks include 27.5in wheels on the size Small, while the M, L and XL bikes are full 29ers, and there are different-length
