Wondered if anyone had any experience of a Cannondale Topstone gravel bike using their ‘Kingpin’ rear suspension system. Not a lot of user reviews on line that I could find with opinions on it.
Long story short, am getting a C2W voucher this month for up to 3.5K, was looking at a Ribble gravel Ti , but after seeing the red flags on their (lack of) accounts submission to Companies House this week I am shying away from placing an order with them and after further research got interested in a Cannondale carbon Topstone in same price bracket, but have not seen anything like this Kingpin suspension before. In theory it looks appropriate especially for a gravel bike that is likely to be used mostly off-road rather than as a do-it-all bike.
Thanks for any input.
Do you have a chance to ride the bike before you buy it? That'll give you the best impression on whether you think it is the right thing for you. The system 'works', but whether that feels good for you is a different matter.
Good advice, thanks - I have never owned a bike with any sort of suspension so I guess it would make sense to try and get an extended test ride on this before committing…. Will contact some West London stockists to see what I can sort out.
Wondered if anyone had any experience of a Cannondale Topstone gravel bike using their ‘Kingpin’ rear suspension system. Not a lot of user reviews on line that I could find with opinions on it.
Long story short, am getting a C2W voucher this month for up to 3.5K, was looking at a Ribble gravel Ti , but after seeing the red flags on their (lack of) accounts submission to Companies House this week I am shying away from placing an order with them and after further research got interested in a Cannondale carbon Topstone in same price bracket, but have not seen anything like this Kingpin suspension before. In theory it looks appropriate especially for a gravel bike that is likely to be used mostly off-road rather than as a do-it-all bike.
Thanks for any input.