First Ride Cannondale Scalpel SE 1 - Mountain Bike Action Magazine

[@certifiedlawnpros]

Just got mine week. It’s the previous version, but it’s still a single pivot design with a flex rear. I never looked into cannondale, the dealers in my area don’t carry them, and when I saw this one in person I was blown away by how well engineered and built it was. Coming from owning a fuel ex 9.8, and a tallboy v3, I used to think those bikes were stiff, but i just did a 34 mile race in north georgia, and it’s unbelievable how much more stiff this frame is! I honestly don’t know how much more they could have improved on my version vs the new version, but I’m super excited to see this new one in person.

[@DutchRS]

Nice vid. I’ve been waiting four months for mine already!

[@lbco5229]

Gorgeous bike.

[@AKIRAYANA]

Ordered mine in June, should arrive soon. 🤞

[@rohanguness3947]

How much did you pay for it ?

[@AKIRAYANA]

@@rohanguness3947 ordered at 4100 but had gone up to 5200 by the time it arrived. Luckily paid a deposit and had a receipt with from a LBS I have used for 15 years.

[@z33z19]

Writing a review on Cannondales is a complete waste of time. Their customer service (which used to be great) sucks. In fact it's non existing. They are not more than bicycle frame sales people. If you pay $10000 for a mountainbike you expect to find service parts and help when things break. In Europe many bike stores got rid of Cannondale because of this reason. Yeah sure their bikes look nice but so do many other brands nowadays for far less money and better specs

[@certifiedlawnpros]

Sounds more like a bike store issue

[@z33z19]

@@certifiedlawnpros Bike stores you mean. So when a few stores didn't help me I turned to the importer and when that one also didn't help me I turned to Cannondale Headquarters in the USA who didn't even reply to my messages. At that point you get that "Oh shit!" moment, when you realise that a store problem just turned into a Brand problem. No idea what Cannondale's business plan is. I mean have a bit more pride ... Maybe start with putting a decent Logo on your products (like they use to have). Instead of some retarded logo in cheap default Font in lowercase. The only thing this brand has done well since they got bought by Dorel is planned obsolence