{"id":16890,"date":"2017-03-30T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2017\/03\/30\/bikes-of-the-epic-manuel-fumic39s-cannondale-scalpel-si-r6326\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T07:01:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T07:01:16","slug":"bikes-of-the-epic-manuel-fumic39s-cannondale-scalpel-si-r6326","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/bikes-of-the-epic-manuel-fumic39s-cannondale-scalpel-si-r6326\/","title":{"rendered":"Bikes of the Epic: Manuel Fumic’s Cannondale Scalpel-Si"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manuel Fumic and partner Henrique Avancini had a reasonably successful 2017 Absa Cape Epic. The pair piloted their Cannondale Scalpel-Si bikes to two stage wins and wore the leader’s jersey for five days. Manuel Fumic also joined the Amabubesi club this year finishing his third Cape Epic.<\/p>\n

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The new Cannondale Scalpel-Si was launched<\/a> with much fanfare about its slacker angles resulting in greater ability on technical cross-country courses. This had me wondering about how well it will work for South African’s favourite format: endurance racing. And, judging by the team’s excellent performances at this year’s Cape Epic, I’d say it appears to do pretty damn well. Slack doesn’t mean slow.<\/p>\n

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At the Cape Epic, the eagle has very much landed. Maybe it was just the eye-catching gold colours but it seemed that SRAM’s Eagle 12 speed single chainring drivetrain was everywhere. In Fumic’s case, he has gone with the more understated black variation of the cassette and chain with a 38 tooth chainring and a Quarq power meter crankset. Manuel elected to go with a bit more reassurance on the front chainring with a minimalist chain guide from Leonardi Racing.<\/p>\n

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The front suspension is handled by Cannodale’s Lefty fork with a RockShox Monarch XX shock partly tucked into the top tube controlling the rear. Enve supply the rims with a DT Swiss rear hub and Cannondale’s Lefty friendly hub up front. The carbon handlebar and seatpost are also supplied by Enve. Manuel rides with a Prologo Zero C3 saddle and Shimano XTR pedals.<\/p>\n

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Specification<\/h2>\n

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  • Frame<\/span>Scalpel-Si<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Rear Shock<\/span>RockShox Monarch XX<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Fork<\/span>Lefty XLR 100<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Rims<\/span>Enve<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Hubs<\/span>Front: Lefty \/ Rear: DT Swiss 240<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Tyres<\/span>Racing Ralph<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Handlebar<\/span>Enve<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Seatpost<\/span>Enve<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Stem<\/span>Cannondale<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Brakes<\/span>SRAM Level Ultimate<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Rotors<\/span>SRAM Centreline 160<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Shifter<\/span>SRAM XX1 Eagle<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Rear Derailleur<\/span>SRAM XX1 Eagle<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Cassette<\/span>SRAM XX1 Eagle<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Chain<\/span>SRAM XX1 Eagle<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Crank<\/span>SRAM XX1 Eagle Quarq<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Chainring<\/span>SRAM XX1 Eagle 38 tooth<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Chain guide<\/span>Leonardi Factory<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Pedals<\/span>Shimano XTR<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Saddle<\/span>Prologo Zero C3<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Bike Computer<\/span>Garmin 1000<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Manuel Fumic and partner Henrique Avancini had a reasonably successful 2017 Absa Cape Epic. The pair piloted their Cannondale Scalpel-Si bikes to two stage wins and wore the leader’s jersey for five days. Manuel Fumic also joined the Amabubesi club this year finishing his third Cape Epic. The new Cannondale Scalpel-Si was launched with much […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[76,1513,97,747,722,24,321,514,1549],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-16890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","tag-absa-cape-epic","tag-bikes-of-the-epic","tag-cannondale","tag-cannondale-scalpel","tag-cannondale-scalpel-si","tag-cape-epic","tag-manuel-fumic","tag-scalpel","tag-scalpel-si"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16890"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=16890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}