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.
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.
All-day road riders, gran fondo people, and anyone who found Madone/Émonda too low.
IsoSpeed endurance geometry: taller stack, longer wheelbase, and a rear end that takes the sting out of cobbles and chipseal. Still a road bike, not a Checkpoint.
| Measurement | TommasoImola 2026 |  CannondaleTopstone Carbon 2027 |  SpecializedAllez 2022 |  TrekDomane SL 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stackmm | 580 | 615+35 | 580 | 586+6 |
| Reachmm | 378 | 389+11 | 380+2 | 376−2 |
| Head tube angle° | 72.0 | 70.7−1.3 | 73.0+1.0 | 72.1+0.1 |
| Seat tube angle° | 73.5 | 73.1−0.4 | 73.0−0.5 | 73.4−0.1 |
| Chainstaymm | 420 | 420 | 415−5 | 420 |
| Wheelbasemm | 1018 | 1050+32 | 1012−6 | 1013−5 |
| BB dropmm | 70 | 68−2 | 70 | 78+8 |
| BB heightmm | — | — | — | — |
| Standovermm | — | — | — | — |
| Part | Imola M | Topstone Carbon L | Allez 56 | Domane SL 54 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stem | 100 mm | 110 mm | 100 mm | 100 mm |
| Bar | 420 mm | 440 mm | 420 mm | 420 mm |
| Crank | 172.5 mm | 175 mm | 172.5 mm | 172.5 mm |
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