For 2020 Ella Conolly stays onboard the Cannondale Jekyll that saw her take third at EWS Madeira in 2019. After a great start to the 2020 season in Zermatt with a third place finish she will be looking for another top result this weekend.
Ella's bike this weekend stays mostly the same from previous races as she prefers to keep a familiar setup so that she knows how the bike will react when riding. This also carries through with her bike featuring no special components or setup tricks as again she wants to keep everything familiar so there are no surprises during races.
The only change she has made for this weekend is the decision to use a rear tire insert because of the jagged rocks on the course. This isn't something that she finds is necessary on most courses because of her lighter weight, but for this weekend it was a must to avoid any potential disasters. The size small Cannondale Jekyll is equipped with RockShox suspension front and rear with 85psi up front and 140psi in the shock.
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Increasing LSC and reducing pressure made it feel dead.
and team robot is spot on....I just swapped to new 2.1 charger damper + debonair spring and I went up like 10psi.
The frame (current) design looks so incredibly dated.. dont get me wrong they have relatively modern geo and they are still great bikes but it just feels like they havent really progressed.
Cannondale:
To me it also looks compromised and a full redesign is long overdue.
didn’t seem to hold back Cecile Ravanel though
There was room for a bottle with the old shock as well. Basically the shock and water bottle just switched places.