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To be fair, the article isn't particularly helpful in explaining how it all works together.
Front centre? How about 2 degree slacker head angle and shorter, higher top tubes...
Bb shell is 73mm and q is still < than DA q and pretty much any other road crank.
Not sure why they went through axle tho
Howard-
86<73. Sounds like not a lot but those few mm are pretty helpful for eeking out additional clearance. FC-9000 q-factor = 147.5mm / 2017 Super-X = 155mm. At least driveside heel rub won't be an issue. I'm guessing the higher top tube is to help illustrate how awesome their 25.4mm seatpost is (could probably achieve the same with a shorter ST and decent length of exposed 27.2mm SP whilst gaining some valuable standover clearance at the same time). The only benefit to the lofty TT heights are that you won't have to bend too low to pick it up.
Alb
Someone at Cannondale must really love BB30 (or not want to fall on their sword). Had they opted for a wider BB platform (BB86/386Evo) then they'd have been able to have the same (if not more) clearance and same chainstay length with having to resort to a re-dished rear wheel and increasing the Q-factor by +10mm. Talk about an arse about face way of going about things. Gotta love marketing (Ai)...