Trek Checkpoint SL
Gravel riders who want one bike for events and weekends, not a dedicated race whip.
Trek's gravel all-rounder: stable, mounts everywhere, calmer than the Checkmate race bike. It likes loaded days more than a CX bike does.
Gravel riders who want one bike for events and weekends, not a dedicated race whip.
Trek's gravel all-rounder: stable, mounts everywhere, calmer than the Checkmate race bike. It likes loaded days more than a CX bike does.
CX racers and riders who want a dedicated mud bike rather than a Grail with knobbies.
A cyclocross race chassis: steep enough to hop barriers, short enough to snap through off-camber corners — not a gravel-adventure geometry.
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 | SAVAWarwinds 2026 |  |  CanyonInflite CF SL 2022 |  CannondaleSuperSix EVO 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stackmm | 556 | 601+45 | 572+16 | 561+5 |
| Reachmm | 386 | 397+11 | 393+7 | 384−2 |
| Head tube angle° | 72.5 | 72.0−0.5 | 72.0−0.5 | 73.0+0.5 |
| Seat tube angle° | 73.5 | 73.2−0.3 | 73.5 | 73.7+0.2 |
| Chainstaymm | 410 | 430+20 | 425+15 | 408−2 |
| Wheelbasemm | 994 | 1042+48 | 1034+40 | 985−9 |
| BB dropmm | 69 | 76+7 | 66−3 | 72+3 |
| BB heightmm | — | — | — | — |
| Standovermm | — | — | — | — |
| Part | Warwinds M | Checkpoint SL ML | Inflite CF SL M | SuperSix EVO 54 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stem | 100 mm | 100 mm | 100 mm | 100 mm |
| Bar | 420 mm | 420 mm | 420 mm | 420 mm |
| Crank | 172.5 mm | 172.5 mm | 172.5 mm | 172.5 mm |
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