A year of hard riding on the Cannondale Scalpel Si Team

Joe reflects on a tumultuous relationship with a truly capable XC bike

Cannondale Scalpel Si Team long-term review

Jack Luke

Published: February 6, 2018 at 3:00 pm

_{Many, many thousands of kilometres later, Joe reflects on his time with his Cannondale Scalpel}

Joe Norledge is the most dedicated racer on the BikeRadar team and competes in a huge number of events, most notably at the XC Marathon World Championships last year.

He’s also not afraid of a little air time, so you can be certain that his Cannondale Scalpel-Si Team long-term test bike has truly been put through the works.

In this video, Joe explains his long and sometimes difficult relationship with a bike he’s grown to love.

Keep your eyes peeled for a full review on the site in a few weeks.

Deputy editor

Jack Luke is the deputy editor at BikeRadar and has been fettling with bikes for his whole life. Always in search of the hippest new niche in cycling, Jack is a self-confessed gravel dork, fixie-botherer, tandem-evangelist and hill climb try hard. Jack thinks nothing of bikepacking after work to sleep in a ditch or taking on a daft challenge for the BikeRadar YouTube channel. He is also a regular contributor to the BikeRadar podcast. With a near encyclopaedic knowledge of cycling tech, ranging from the most esoteric retro niche to the most cutting-edge modern kit, Jack takes pride in his ability to seek out stories that would otherwise go unreported. He is also particularly fond of tan-wall tyres, dynamo lights, cup and cone bearings, and skids. Jack has been writing about and testing bikes for more than six years now, has a background working in bike shops for years before that, and is regularly found riding a mix of weird and wonderful machines. Jack can also often be seen zooming about with his partner aboard their beloved tandem.