Trek Checkmate SLR
Gravel racers coming from a road-race fit who found Checkpoint too tall or too touring-oriented.
The gravel-race Trek: lower, longer, and more aero than Checkpoint. It wants speed on dirt, not a full frame-bag tour.
Gravel racers coming from a road-race fit who found Checkpoint too tall or too touring-oriented.
The gravel-race Trek: lower, longer, and more aero than Checkpoint. It wants speed on dirt, not a full frame-bag tour.
Riders who want a drop-bar bike for mixed-surface events, not a touring mule.
Gravel-race geometry with a distinctive front end. Quick to turn and happier on fast dirt than on loaded bikepacking tracks.
Racers who like Cannondale's handling. Synapse is the taller sibling; SuperX is the CX/gravel race cousin.
The third-generation EVO: dropped seatstays and truncated-airfoil tubes turned Cannondale's climbing bike into an aero all-rounder with room for 30 mm tires. Lively rather than deep-aero.
| Measurement |  De RosaMerak 2027 |  |  CanyonGrail CF 2027 |  CannondaleSuperSix EVO 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stackmm | 560 | 580+20 | 558−2 | 561+1 |
| Reachmm | 396 | 403+7 | 394−2 | 384−12 |
| Head tube angle° | 73.0 | 72.2−0.8 | 71.5−1.5 | 73.0 |
| Seat tube angle° | 73.0 | 73.2+0.2 | 73.5+0.5 | 73.7+0.7 |
| Chainstaymm | 406 | 425+19 | 435+29 | 408+2 |
| Wheelbasemm | 1000 | 1038+38 | 1039+39 | 985−15 |
| BB dropmm | 68 | 74+6 | 75+7 | 72+4 |
| BB heightmm | — | — | — | — |
| Standovermm | — | — | — | — |
| Part | Merak 52 | Checkmate SLR ML | Grail CF S | SuperSix EVO 54 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stem | 90 mm | 100 mm | 90 mm | 100 mm |
| Bar | 400 mm | 420 mm | 400 mm | 420 mm |
| Crank | 170 mm | 172.5 mm | 170 mm | 172.5 mm |
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