Cannondale Topstone Carbon 2
Build SRAM GX AXS
Photo: AXS Smartsense GX build
Cannondale Topstone Carbon 2
gravel bike, carbon frame, 700c wheels, 1×12 drivetrain, high end equipment
Key specs
- Model year
- 2026
- Frame
- Carbon
- Fork model
- Topstone Carbon
- Wheelset
- 700c · WTB KOM Team i25 TCS
- Drivetrain
- 1×12
- Groupset
- SRAM GX Eagle Transmission, Apex AXS
- Brake model
- SRAM Apex hydraulic disc
- Seatpost
- Rigid · Cannondale 2 Carbon, 27.2x350mm (47-58), 400mm (61)
Spec sheet
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Ride type
- Ride type
- Being updated
- Suspension
- Rigid
Frame and fork
- Frame
- Carbon
- Fork
- Carbon
- Max tyre clearance
- Being updated
- Axles
- Thru-axles
- Bottom bracket
- SRAM DUB BSA Road 68 Wide
- Cable routing
- Internal
Topstone Carbon, Kingpin suspension system, Proportional Response construction, downtube Stashport, internal cable routing, 12x142mm thru-axle, 27.2 dropper pos
internal cable routing
Suspension
- Fork travel
- 55 mm
- Fork model
- Topstone Carbon
Drivetrain
- Groupset brand
- SRAM
- Groupset
- SRAM GX Eagle Transmission, Apex AXS
- Shifting
- Electronic, wireless
- Chainrings
- 1
- Gears at the back
- 12
- Chainring teeth
- SRAM Apex 1 Wide, 42T
- Cassette
- SRAM XS-1270, 10-52, T-Type, 12-speed
- Rear derailleur
- SRAM GX Eagle AXS, T-Type
- Shifters
- SRAM Apex AXS, 12-speed
SRAM GX Eagle AXS, T-Type SRAM Apex AXS, 12-speed
Brakes
- Brakes
- Hydraulic disc
- Brake model
- SRAM Apex hydraulic disc
- Front rotor
- 160 mm
- Rear rotor
- 160 mm
SRAM Apex Disque hydraulique
Wheels and tyres
- Wheel size
- 700c / 29"
- Wheelset
- WTB KOM Team i25 TCS
- Rims
- Aluminium
- Tubeless ready
- yes
- Tyres
- WTB Riddler TCS Light, 700x45c, tubeless ready
- Tyre width fitted
- 45 mm
Cockpit and seatpost
- Seatpost
- Rigid
- Handlebar
- Cannondale 2 ShortDrop, 7050 alloy, 12 deg flare drop
- Stem
- Cannondale C1 Conceal, Alloy, 31.8, -6°: 70mm (47-51m), 80mm (54cm), 90mm (56-58cm), 100mm (61cm)
- Seatpost model
- Cannondale 2 Carbon, 27.2x350mm (47-58), 400mm (61)
Weight
- Weight
- Being updated
Mounts and storage
- Rack mounts
- Being updated
Geometry
- Geometry size
- 54CM
- Stack
- 579 mm
- Reach
- 378 mm
- Head angle
- 70.7 °
- Seat angle
- 73.1 °
- Chainstays
- 420 mm
- Wheelbase
- 1,026 mm
- Bottom bracket drop
- 76 mm
Character
The bike at a glance: the ground it is made for, how it handles, its gears and its equipment, beside the other bikes of its kind.
« Gravel bike very demanding, rather stable, average gearing, rather high equipment. »
EasyDemanding
Built for rougher ground than most other gravel bikes.
NimbleStable
Steadier at speed than most other gravel bikes.
Gearing
- This bike: Topstone Carbon 210 km/h - 51 km/h
- Average of other gravel bikes10 km/h - 49 km/h
Easiest gear (climbing)Hardest gear (descending)
From 10 km/h in its easiest gear to 51 km/h in its hardest.
Not enough data yet for the Equipment level chart: it fills in once the sheet is complete.
Topstone Carbon 2other gravel bikes
Geometry
6 sizes: 47CM, 51CM, 54CM, 56CM, 58CM, 61CM.
| Geometry of the Topstone Carbon 2 per size | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reach (mm) | 364 | 373 | 378 | 383 | 389 | 397 |
| Stack (mm) | 554 | 561 | 579 | 597 | 615 | 646 |
| Top tube (effective) (mm) | 532 | 543 | 554 | 564 | 576 | 593 |
| Seat tube (mm) | 410 | 446 | 482 | 518 | 554 | 590 |
| Head tube (mm) | 97 | 101 | 123 | 142 | 164 | 196 |
| Head angle (°) | 69.9 | 70.7 | 70.7 | 70.7 | 70.7 | 70.7 |
| Seat angle (°) | 73.1 | 73.1 | 73.1 | 73.1 | 73.1 | 73.1 |
| Chainstays (mm) | 420 | 420 | 420 | 420 | 420 | 420 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 1,009 | 1,012 | 1,026 | 1,036 | 1,050 | 1,069 |
| Front centre (mm) | 601 | 605 | 617 | 628 | 641 | 659 |
| Standover (mm) | 716 | 741 | 772 | 800 | 831 | 864 |
| BB drop (mm) | 79 | 79 | 76 | 76 | 74 | 74 |
| BB height (mm) | 280 | 280 | 283 | 283 | 285 | 285 |
| Fork offset (mm) | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 |
| Trail (mm) | 73 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 |
The range
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Who is it for?
The sports the brand announces, and the features that go with them.
Cycling
- Groupset: SRAM GX Eagle Transmission, Apex AXS