What you’re seeing here is the first 2012 Cannondale Scalpel 29er to be delivered in the U.S., sittin’ pretty after just being unboxed, weighed and built by our friends at Freshbikes in Arlington, VA.
We’ve covered, seen and weighed these a couple of times with a full tech rundown here and the dream build here, but it’s always good to see what they end up at on the showroom floor. Click through for tons of pics…
If you work at a Cannondale dealer (or you just hang out there a lot), here’s what you see when it’s pulled out of the box.
Remove the reflectors and don’t install the cheap flat pedals that come with it and you’ll get a weight of 22.66lbs (approximately 10.28kg or 22lbs 10.6oz, size Large).
Besides the wheel size, the key differences between the 26″ Scalpel is the addition of a lower pivot…
…use of an X12 thru-axle…
…absence of a true seatstay bridge and the linkage pivots from above the shock mount rather than below. The removal of the brake bridge is to help get the rear wheel tucked up closer while still allowing a full 100mm wheel travel (the 26″ model is only 80mm travel). To compensate for the lack of that structural brace, the frame uses the same massive 15mm pivot axles as on their Jekyll all-mountain (er, sorry, Over Mountain) bike. Plus, it connects in front of the pivot, too.
