Cannondale Jekyll
Enduro riders. Habit if you want all-day trail.
Enduro Cannondale: long-travel, slack, and meant for steep tracks.
Enduro riders. Habit if you want all-day trail.
Enduro Cannondale: long-travel, slack, and meant for steep tracks.
Enduro and aggressive trail riders. Stumpjumper is the all-rounder sibling.
Long-travel Specialized. Slack, low, and meant for enduro stages and steep tracks. It climbs because it has to.
Riders on older Epics. For 2024-on, use Epic 8 / Epic World Cup pages.
Pre-Epic 8 generations, including Brain-shock years. XC race bikes of their era — steeper and shorter-travel than a modern trail 29er.
| Measurement |  Gary FisherSuperfly 2007 |  CannondaleJekyll 2022 |  SpecializedEnduro 2022 |  SpecializedEpic 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stackmm | 616 | 636+20 | 629+13 | 611−5 |
| Reachmm | 440 | 490+50 | 487+47 | 460+20 |
| Head tube angle° | 70.5 | 64.0−6.5 | 63.9−6.6 | 68.5−2.0 |
| Seat tube angle° | 73.0 | 77.5+4.5 | 76.0+3.0 | 74.5+1.5 |
| Chainstaymm | 430 | 440+10 | 442+12 | 435+5 |
| Wheelbasemm | 1132 | 1274+142 | 1271+139 | 1169+37 |
| BB dropmm | 46 | 28−18 | 28−18 | 48+2 |
| BB heightmm | — | — | — | — |
| Standovermm | — | — | — | — |
| Part | Superfly L | Jekyll L | Enduro S4 | Epic L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stem | 50 mm | 50 mm | 50 mm | 50 mm |
| Bar | 800 mm | 800 mm | 800 mm | 800 mm |
| Crank | 175 mm | 175 mm | 175 mm | 175 mm |
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