For some, especially those who spend much of their time on a road bike, Cannondale’s ‘full suspension’ Topstone Carbon Lefty, with its idiosyncratic single-leg suspension fork, might be a little outlandish. It’s also likely to be overkill for many riders.
Enter the ‘standard’ Topstone Carbon 3, which shares the frame with the Lefty model but uses a traditional carbon fork instead, positioning itself as Cannondale’s speed-orientated gravel bike.
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Cannondale has long been known for pioneering weird and wacky suspension solutions and on the Topstone Carbon continues this trend.
This time Cannondale has gone all out to drop those seatstays. They sit at a similar height to a lot of full-suspension linkages seen on mountain bikes, and it’s at this junction that the ‘Kingpin’ technology can be
