THE AFFORDABLE SUPERBIKES - Racing is a great teacher and our years of World Cup experience carr y through into the Trail 29. These affordable superbikes feature details and performance usually reserved for other brands’ exotic models. If you’re an aspiring XC racer or fast trail rider looking for the flat-out speed of a race-bred 29 hardtail, your search is over...but your adventures are just beginning. World Cup DNA at real-world prices.

REFINED FRAME 
Ever y tube in the Trail SL's frame has been tweaked and refined to reduce weight and improve ride quality. At just 1600 grams, the Trail SL saves over 200 grams compared with the Trail.

1.5" HEAD TUBE 
As an upgrade over Trail, our Trail SL line gets a 1.5" head tube which increases front end stiffness for better steering and control.

SMOOTH WELDS 
Trademark double-pass smooth welds showcase Cannondale's aluminum frame mastery. Since we don't patch fill with putty and paint, our process eliminates the stress-risers and weak points found on traditionally welded frames, enabling us to build lighter, stronger frames everywhere in the line.

SAVE STAYS 
Optimized seat stay and chain stay shaping provides vertical compliance for a more comfortable ride with no loss in lateral rigidity.

29'ER RACE GEOMETRY 
Like the F29, the Trail SL 29 has super short chainstays, a relatively low BB and a steep head angle, which give them pointand- shoot handling and a lively feel, but with the stability and roll-over-anything ability of bigger wheels.