Cannondale Synapse Review - Endurance Road Bike

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Visit a Bikes and Life store: https://www.bikesandlife.com/pages/contact-us The Cannondale Synapse Carbon Ultegra Di2 is a lightweight and comfortable endurance road bike. The frame geometry is specifically designed to be a middle ground between aggressive race performance and upright comfort. That means you have a slacker and taller head tube as well as special shaping to the frame to reduce vibration and increase the dampening effect of the carbon as you go over bumps, gravel, dirt roads, etc. The Cannondale Synapse is intended for riding in any sort of conditions, on anything from smooth roads to gravel trails - and maybe even a bit of single track! Where ever you like to ride this endurance road bike is ready to take you to the next level.

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I have a synapse and love it, I have done some very big endurance style races on it ... 2 peaks challenges in Australia, 240klm with 4000m of climbing over 12 hours in one day. Cant fault the bike. So I can safely vouch for the review given. All day comfort with good performance. I was riding past guys on very expensive race bikes with race geometry, who after 200klms were not looking at all comfortable. Im now getting into more gravel type riding and am very happy.... I wont have to buy a gravel grinder to do it .. I already have one!!

What size is the bike?

oh noes, front/rear big rings...wouldn't do that with your own bike

pie plates on... riding big-big... is this the first time you've been on a road bike?

what does it weigh?

does it have thru-axles?

is it better than a trek domane?

Love the video and I love my cannondale synapse 2015. Just wish I had bought the disc brake version but I find there's not a lot of choice of wheels upgrades with Disc brakes yet.
Witch brand is that red that jacket you are wearing ? looks perfect for winter!

Awesome review! you need to review more on bikes and maybe even some reviews on bike components, if you can. Keep up the good work.

Great video. Keep going man!

what a location to do cycling , nice :D

Hi, I'm trying to decide between the Carbon Ultegra Synapse Disc(2017) or Rim brake version(2016). Having issues deciding. I'm getting a deal on the 2017 and it would be a difference of $200. I don't know if its worth it. Can someone please help?

So funny, my first bike was a Univega Gran Record with 105 group set. Great video!

Is this the normal or hi-mod Carbon frame? Is it a big difference?

From what I read endurance bikes seem to be slightly slower then a regular road bike. But how about cyclocross bikes?
WIll still be better to get a endurance bike that can fit wider tires to handle rough roads, or with same width slick tires on a regular road the CX bike faster then the endurance bike?
Can't seem to find nothing about that online.

Are you running the stock tires on that bike on gravel and snow? I just purchased the carbon 105 series no disc brakes, should I upgrade to armadillo 28cm tires?

I saw a synapse 105 carbon at my local dealer which I really liked, color was perfect for me. No other bike there came close in aestetics for me. It doesn't have disc brakes though. Is rim brakes good enough? I live in Bergen, Norway which gets a lot of rain. But I've heard with the correct carbon wheels and brake pads. Its virtually no difference between them. Your thoughts? Also they only had the 56 cm left. I'm 180. Is that a good size for me?

To be honest, I'm tired of all the "good" reviews. Meaning, every bike, the review is the same...comfortable, great...blah blah. At the end, you don't really know which bike is better and what to get. I want to know the weight. When I spend a lot of money, at least I want to know the weight. Most videos don't do weight and all reviews are praises. C'mon, let's not be PC and compare honestly like a defy against this. I don't want to hear both are great, I already know that !

Great video. Entertaining, informative and fun :D

Great video! I'm with red's comment. The defy (pro) models look insane too!
Any chance of doing a video about them?

This channel is becoming my favorite YouTube Bike channel! Torn between the Cannondale Synapse and the Giant Defy line

What size frame are you riding in this video? I'm considering this bike and, like you, am 6'2" with a 36" inseam.

Great review. Is the Synapse the better choice than the Diverge from Specialized?