Originally Posted by
PeteHski
Yep, down to the noise and discrepancies in claimed vs real weights etc. But all the key differences are accounted for.
Both nice bikes. But I really don’t like the SmartSense kit on the Cannondale. I already have a rear Varia and a wireless front day running light. I don’t need any extra wiring and central battery. I predict Cannondale will quietly drop this on the next frame update as I would imagine it is losing sales.
Nobody ever avoided a bike like this because it didn’t come with integrated lights. But I think plenty of people will avoid it because it does!
Agreed. Living a couple of miles off of a rail trail during the pandemic, I had no need for a radar, and honestly little need for lights - rarely out late enough that I'd bother turning on my blinkies for the ~2mi on road to get home. Maybe it would be different if there weren't obvious cost-cutting moves on the C'Dale, but I'd rather that $100 in COGS that went into the radar and lights go into nicer wheels or cockpit. In fact, I think it would be nice if C'Dale offered SmartSense as a dealer-installed package, instead. You know, like that trunk spoiler you see on Integras.