Cannondale Topstone Carbon
Gravel riders who want comfort and tire room. Racers may prefer SuperX.
Gravel Cannondale with Kingpin rear flex on carbon models. Stable, progressive, and happier on chunk than SuperX.
Gravel riders who want comfort and tire room. Racers may prefer SuperX.
Gravel Cannondale with Kingpin rear flex on carbon models. Stable, progressive, and happier on chunk than SuperX.
CX racers. If you want gravel capability, look at Checkpoint or Checkmate instead.
A UCI cyclocross race bike with IsoSpeed on some generations. Tight, muddy, and built to be shouldered — not a Checkpoint with CX tires.
New road riders and anyone who wants Specialized road geometry without carbon race numbers.
The endurance/entry alloy Specialized: taller and calmer than Allez Sprint. It is a first road bike and a winter beater, not a Tarmac.
| Measurement |  PolygonStrattos 2014 |  CannondaleTopstone Carbon 2022 |  TrekBoone 2027 |  SpecializedAllez 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stackmm | 582 | 600+18 | 580−2 | 580−2 |
| Reachmm | 384 | 395+11 | 387+3 | 380−4 |
| Head tube angle° | 72.5 | 71.0−1.5 | 72.0−0.5 | 73.0+0.5 |
| Seat tube angle° | 73.0 | 73.0 | 73.6+0.6 | 73.0 |
| Chainstaymm | 415 | 430+15 | 425+10 | 415 |
| Wheelbasemm | 1016 | 1065+49 | 1020+4 | 1012−4 |
| BB dropmm | 73 | 68−5 | 66−7 | 70−3 |
| BB heightmm | — | — | — | — |
| Standovermm | — | — | — | — |
| Part | Strattos L | Topstone Carbon L | Boone 56 | Allez 56 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stem | 110 mm | 110 mm | 100 mm | 100 mm |
| Bar | 440 mm | 440 mm | 420 mm | 420 mm |
| Crank | 175 mm | 175 mm | 172.5 mm | 172.5 mm |
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