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Cannondale Fat CAAD 1 2017 Mountain Bike

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CAAD goes big!

They may be fat but, good Lord, can these things dance! Fat CAAD makes full use of Cannondale's Si System Integrated technology and aluminium wizardy to give the fun, floaty traction of a fat bike the heart and soul of a racer. With its incredibly agile handling, narrow Q-factor and ultra light weight, you'll want to ride these things even when its not snowing.

Rider Profile

Riders looking for a more high performance, racy feel with all that fatbike traction and float.

Key Features :

  • A full-traction, multi-terrain adventure mobile

  • The best of fat biking with the fattest tyres, the lowest Q-factor and the best fat suspension fork

  • A more nimble, agile, high performance approach to fat biking.

  • CAAD - Cannondale Advanced Aluminium Design - Our CAAD heritage shines again in the SmartFormed frame of the Fat CAAD. Incredibly light, stiff and smooth riding, the Fat CAAD is a testament to Cannondale's decades of aluminium crafting expertise.

  • Fat Performance Geometry - Fat bikes don't have to be slow and cumbersome, the Fat CAAD was made to rip no matter what the season. We tweaked all the angles and infused our XC learning to create a super nimble, speed craving machine.

  • Lefty Olaf - In the world of fat biking there is no more ideal fork than the Lefty. The Lefty Olaf is has unmatched stiffness and control to keep the big meat pointed exactly where you want it. Olaf 's wider clamps and inset axle offers the largest tyre clearance of any fork and its fat-specific airspring curve works wonders with those pillowy tyres. 100mm travel.

  • Lowest Q -Factor - Thanks to our System Integrated components, the Fat CAAD has the lowest Q-Factor in the game (198mm for 1x, 204mm for 2x), which is up to 2.5cm narrower than other 4.8" tyre compatible bikes! Our 120mm BB30XL bottom bracket and custom offset chainrings on our Si cranksets allow us to move the crankarms further in without affecting chain clearance, so it feels like riding a bike, not a horse.

  • Super Short Chainstays - Thanks to our Si cranksets and offset spiders, we were able to keep the chainstays to just 456mm for surprisingly agile handling, even with room for big 4.8" tyres.

  • Extra Fork Rake - With their huge, grippy contact patch and heavy rotational mass, fat bike tyres don't really like to turn, especially at slower speeds. To overcome that tendency, most fatbikes have pretty steep head angles, which works, but also can make the bikes more nervous and twitchy at speed. Fat CAAD takes a totally different approach. We use a relatively slack head angle for high speed stability, and pair it with forks that have up to 15mm more rake (offset) than other forks, to reduce the " trail" measurement for exceptional slow-speed agility. Lefty Olaf - 60mm rake / FattyFat Rigid - 55mm

  • Internal Dropper Post Compatible - Clean, internal routing through the Seatpost makes a dropper post an easy upgrade


Frame Fat CAAD, SmartFormed Alloy, BB30XL, 1.5 Si head tube
Forks Lefty Olaf, 100mm, PBR Isolated Damper Technology with Enduro+ tune and updated controls, 60mm offset
Headset Cannondale HeadShok Si
Handlebars Cannondale C2 riser, 7075 double-butted alloy, 740mm, 6 degree rise, 9 degree backsweepCannondale Locking Grips
Stem Cannondale C1, 6061 Alloy, 1.5", 31.8, 5 deg.
Shifters 11 Speed SRAM XO1
Front_Mech N/A
Rear_Mech SRAM XO1
Chainset Cannondale Si, BB30a, Fat Offset SpideRing, 30t
Bottom_Bracket Cannondale BB30XL, 160mm spindle / 120mm shell
Chain SRAM X1, 11-speed
Cassette SRAM XG-1195, 10-42, 11-speed
Front_Brake SRAM Guide hydraulic disc, 180/160mm
Rear_Brake SRAM Guide hydraulic disc, 180/160mm
Rims Sun Ringle MuleFut 80 SL, 26"
Front_Hub Lefty 73 (front), Formula DHL-1971, 197x12mm thru (rear), 32 hole
Rear_Hub Lefty 73 (front), Formula DHL-1971, 197x12mm thru (rear), 32 hole
Spokes DT Swiss Competition
Tyres Schwalbe Jumbo Jim 26x4.8", Snakeskin, tubeless FrontSchwalbe Jumbo Jim 26x4.8", Snakeskin, tubeless Rear
Seatpost Cannondale C2, 2 bolt, 7075, 31.6 x 400mm
Pedals Not Included

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