We finally got our hands on a couple of gravel bikes, some late 2019 Cannondale Topstones. Here's a rough review of Brian's initial impression of the Topstone (sorry about the bad audio for the first few seconds). Article at: https://ruinyourknees.com/review/cann...
The 2020 aluminum version just came out: https://ruinyourknees.com/go/cannonda...
As well as the carbon which has an ingenious rear suspension: https://ruinyourknees.com/go/cannonda...
We're working on rolling out an intro to gravel biking and hope to do some in depth reviews of more current models in the very near future. This is just a bit of a lo-fi test. Watch our intro to gravel biking: • Introduction to Gravel Bikes .
Has anyone else experienced some initial, weird mechanical issues with the Topstone? Brian's crank threading stripped out and one of the rotors bent almost straight away. Seems like an assembly issue, probably not a bike issue.