The Liquigas team will race new prototype Cannondale SuperSix Hi-Mod frames for the 2009 season.Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
Ivan Basso hopes his new bike will help him as he makes his comeback after a two-year suspension.Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
The top tube of Basso’s bike says ‘SuperSix High Modulus’ but this is no standard SuperSix Hi-Mod.Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
Cannondale has added material to the back of the head tube and made the ends of the tube flush with the top tube and down tube, apparently in a move to increase front end stiffness.Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
Cannondale looks to have retained the current SuperSix’s tapered fork steerer. A Suunto Bike Pod keeps track of speed.Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
The seat stays now look to be separate nearly all the way to the seat tube relative to the current version’s more wishbone-like configuration.Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
Basso’s power transfers from the Cannondale Hollowgram cranks through the oversized BB30 bottom bracket.Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
The step at the top and bottom of the seat tube are also now gone.Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
Even with the extra power measuring hardware the SRM/Cannondale Hollowgram crankset is still claimed to weigh just 721g.Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
The new wireless PowerControl VI displays all of Basso’s critical performance metrics.Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
Basso is currently equipped with Campagnolo Record but says he will have Super Record in time for the Giro.Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
The newly added 11th rear cog provides more range at either end or smaller steps in between depending on the day’s needs.Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
Campagnolo says the stiffer front derailleur cage provides smoother shifts and though narrower, the chain is supposedly stronger than before.Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
Campagnolo continues to use different brakes front and rear, saying the dual-pivot front provides stopping power where it’s needed…Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
…while the single-pivot rear shaves weight and reduces the chance of wheel lock-up.Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
Elite carbon water bottle cages They were never with out a bottle in Argentina’s 45 C heatKirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
The Mavic Cosmic Carbone Ultimate front wheel uses a versatile 40mm-deep rim profile.Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
The same rim profile is used out back and the combination is both lightweight and reasonably aerodynamic.Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com
The front hub shell is all carbon fibre.Kirsten Robbins/Cyclingnews.com