Secret Scalpel Unveiled for Olympic Games

Published by Matt Polaine | Filed under Cycling

I must be where it’s at!

Not only are the 2012 Olympics’ Cyclocross events being held in Suffolk, just a short hop away from where I work, but the latest version of the bike I use is being used by one of the Olympic Cross Country Teams.

Roel Paulissen, Jakob Fuglsang and Kashi Leuchs of the Cannondale-Vredestein Mountain Bike Racing Team will all line up for the Olympic Cross Country event aboard this special superlight Olympic Edition Scalpel.

Cannondale’s engineers and those of their technical parners worked in conjunction with the Cannondale-Vredestein racers to deliver these highly optimized bicycles in support of their Olympic dreams.

My ‘old’ 2002 model weighs in at 10.8kg and was the lightest XC full suspension bike available at the time. This model however comes in at 8.8kg! Read more.

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