Cannondale Topstone CAAD EQ - Black

Ready for everything

Our high-performance aluminium gravel bike builds on the long-standing tradition of the CAAD and brings together everything we learned when making the best aluminium frames on the market. Ready to explore new horizons, discover remote routes or get you to work faster.

A Topstone bike
It’s first and foremost a Topstone. Like the entire model range, this bike stands out for its perfect fit, confident handling and playful ride feel, all combined in a premium aluminium frame of the highest CAAD quality. Ready for rallies, racing and long rides – just like its carbon twin brother.

CAAD, by conviction
Cannondale Advanced Aluminium Design is a continuously developed aluminium tradition. Light, responsive, durable and practical to use: the Topstone CAAD embodies the quality we’ve refined for decades through the construction of world-class aluminium frames.

Ready for every day
Gravel racing on Saturday. Discovery ride on Sunday. City traffic on Monday. The Topstone CAAD has generous tyre clearance, lots of mounting options and huge everyday usability – a gravel bike ready for everything.

CAAD
The manufacturing technology behind the lightweight, robust and refined frame of the Topstone CAAD is Cannondale Advanced Aluminium Design. Precisely shaped, tapered and end-reinforced tubes, smoothed weld seams and clean lines deliver the high-quality ride feel and solid stiffness that CAAD is known for.

Full carbon up front
The full-carbon fork of the Topstone CAAD ensures light, precise steering, but it also features threaded bosses for water bottles, panniers, gear and lights. It provides extra comfort where it’s needed and gives the gravel bike a precise, powerful ride feel – on the road and off-road.

OutFront steering geometry
By combining a longer fork offset with a flatter steering angle, the OutFront steering geometry delivers confident stability and, at the same time, sharp handling. As a result, the front of the bike feels calm even at high speed, is responsive in tight spaces and provides more security even with smaller frame sizes.

Ready for suspension forks
The Topstone CAAD is designed for the mounting of a suspension fork, including our Lefty Oliver, so that if needed you can ride on the same Topstone platform with even more off-road control. Same bike family. More performance at the front.

Tyre clearance
Space for tyres with a measured width of up to 52 mm with 4 mm clearance on each side for more grip, comfort and control on a wide range of surfaces. The Lefty Oliver models are optimised for 700x47 mm tyres; tyre height is the key measurement for tyre clearance.

Endless mounting points
Bottles? Panniers? Mudguards? Racks? The Topstone CAAD has so many mounting points on the frame and fork that we stopped counting. Just fit everything – and a bit more.

Ready for a kickstand
A discreet 18 mm kickstand mount with two threaded bolts makes the Topstone CAAD ready for everyday use in no time. Fit it when you need it. Leave it off when you can do without.

BSA bottom bracket
The screwed 68 mm BSA bottom bracket with thread on the Topstone CAAD is simple, proven and maintenance-friendly. Less time spent on maintenance. More time for gravel riding.

Specification:
Frame: Topstone CAAD, SmartForm C1 Alloy, 12x142 thru-axle, 27.2 dropper compatible seat tube, 1.5" Acros-compatible headtube, BSA 68mm threaded BB, flat mount disc - 160mm native, UDH, StraightShot internal cable and dynamo routing, multiple gear/bottle mounts, 18mm two-bolt kickstand mount, rack and fender compatible, suspension-ready geometry
Fork: Topstone Carbon, 1-1/8" to 1.5" steerer, 55mm OutFront offset, flat mount disc, integrated cable and dynamo routing, 12x100 thru-axle, triple bottle/gear mounts, fender mounts
Headsets: Acros IS52/40 ICR
Rims: GXD 1.0, 28h, 23mm inner width
Hubs: (F) SP PL-7 Dynamo, 12x100mm, centerlock / (R) Shimano TC500, 12x142mm, centerlock, HG driver
Spokes: Stainless Steel, 14g
Tyres: WTB Vulpine TCS Light, 700x40c, tubeless ready
Crank: Shimano CUES 6030, 40T, 165mm (47cm), 170mm (51cm), 172.5 (54-56cm), 175mm (58-61cm)
Bottom bracket: Shimano BSA 68
Chain: Shimano LG500, LinkGlide, 11-speed
Rear derailleur: Shimano CUES U6000, Shadow RD+, 11-speed
Cassette: Shimano CUES LG400, 11-50, 11-speed
Shifters: Shimano CUES U6000, 11-speed
Handlebar: Cannondale 3, butted 6061 Alloy, 16 deg flare, 120mm drop: 400mm (47-51cm), 420mm (54-58cm), 440mm (61cm)
Handlebar tape: Cannondale KnurlCork, 2.7mm
Stem: Cannondale 3, 6061 Alloy, 31.8, 7°: 70mm (51m), 80mm (54cm), 90mm (56-58cm), 100mm (61cm)
Brakes: Shimano CUES U6030 hydraulic disc, 160/160mm RT30 centerlock rotors
Saddle: Selle Royal SRX Open, 145mm
Seatpost: Cannondale 3, 6061 Alloy, 27.2x350mm
Extra(s): Herrmans MR9 dynamo front light, H-Trace dynamo rear light, Tubus Rear Carrier (20kg), Curana Apollo Fenders, tubeless valves

* In rare cases, our manufacturers supply bikes with modified but equivalent components.