NEW: 2023 Cannondale Synapse AL | Is It Still The Endurance Bike To Have? 

Just picked up a 2017 Synapse Carbon disc with 105 for £600, a much nicer bike IMO for a fraction of the price

Sam is the best thing to happen to Cycling Weekly. Excellent presenter.

I had previous versions of the Synapse and the newer carbon version would be high on my list except for smart sense. I didn’t ask for or want to pay for smart sense and it makes the bike cost a lot more which is probably the actual goal of adding it. I bought a Giant Defy instead with 105 and a great carbon frame.

Who’d have thought that we’d have to pay nearly £2000 for an aluminium bottom tier bike 😢

Bikes are over priced. So if the prices don’t drop, I’ll keep riding the two I have. Like they say the best bike is the one you’re already riding. Lol

What about Ribble? I had a max £2k budget last year and ended with one (R872), and it's been superb. For the same price as the more established brands (these) you could add a higher end group set and/or carbon frame. Or save more money with their Endurance AL range.

Presenting a bike is fine, but I believe others, like me, are interested in how it rides. Is there any chance you will test it(Synapse AL), preferably against the carbon version? That would make an excellent video that doesn’t exist on RU-vid(testing how Synapse AL rides).

£1100 and all I get is sora? pisstake. ill stick to second-hand. £380 got me an 8.5kg aluminium frame, carbon forks and 105 (except crankset)

Rear wheel is still qr! The competitors have all moved on to the standard thru-axle front and rear.

the price is fair & good investment good quality Thank You.

I have been reading about the Integrated Lights to this and yet I haven't seen one.

Just wanted the CAAD13, but now I think about waiting ...

Hi.What size frame would you suggest for rider of 169cm high and 81cm inseam?

So the entry level Synapse doesn't have Smart Sense included, but the higher level ones (who's riders usually have lights etc) are forced to have it. Ridiculous!

Canyon often pulls a bait and switch on you with their components, so watch out if you order from there.

The only difference between 105 and tiagra is one cog and the crankset. Since cannondale is already selling you 10y with a tiagra crankset painted black, they are already selling 11 speed tiagara. There is nothing new to trickle down to mechanical shifting, when we see 11 speed tiagra is just going to be rebranded r7000 with a heavier crankset.

The rivals are a better value probably. Cheaper alternatives with better tire clearance plus better components

Cannondale are supplying dealers in Europe out of their CSG distribution centre in the UK. The extra import vat and duty as a result of Brexit is the reason their prices are higher than competitors and the reason why my LBS in Ireland and others around Europe are not stocking Cannondale this year. They simply refuse to supply from mainland Europe. Scott are much better value now. Incidentally, I bought a Synapse GRX di2 spec with smart sense last year. I liked the frame and how it rode, and no other choice to buy one with smart sense as that is all the LBS could get at the time. Cannondale are only supplying the bike (even in the UK) with StVZO lights front and back which means solid mode only and so a 1.5 hour battery if lucky. And the battery doesn't hold it's charge in standby either. Ripped the whole lot out last week as was just sick of it. It's a 20 minute job. Luckily there is an official plate to cover the hole left from removing the battery, which I was able to order online. I wish they had sold this model without Smart Sense. No one wants it, the lights and battery are terrible, and it's over priced.

didnt mention they changed to external BB which is a huge upgrade from cannondale known for BB creaking from pressfit BB.

The previous model looks much nicer except for the mechanical disc brake

Could not focus…fretting about that glass being knocked over 😬

I ride and have ridden Cannondale for years. That said if I was buying today I would be looking at Giant first and foremost. Just my opinion for my money spent.

Nobody does aluminum like Cannondale does

700 quid for some bike lights.

It is a cannodale, so the answer is NO by default

Most other bikes like this are in the same price range.

Of course you think the wheels will need to be upgraded..

The Synapse would be the last option I'd choose. Canyon first.

How expensive :O

The last Cannondale I had was in 1993. What happened to their beautiful smooth welds? These newer AL frames of theirs have the most obvious welds evere.

Cannondale going backwards selling overpriced pieces of crap

Canyon doesn't support your local bike shop. So it may be cheaper, it doesn't invest in your community.

I am more confused each time I hear this guy in a video. He adds more than what is necessary for a review. It appears that the only audience to appeal to is those that are seeking to buy 4 figure bikes. There is a market for each model, so represent that in the videos.

Keep your hands still. Far too exuberant. Grow up. Deliver the information as though you were communicating to adults not pre school children