The 2023 Cannondale mountain bike lineup is outlined below, to give you an idea of what they have to offer in the world of mountain bikes.
We have tried to organize this in such a way that it makes it easier to narrow down your options, depending on the type of mountain biking and the type of mountain bike you’re looking for.
We have grouped Cannondale’s Mountain Bikes into the categories that we see them best fitting in. And included a few specs that might factor into what you’re looking for.
Note that some bikes might be on the cuff between two categories, e.g. XC and Trail. We have put them where we see them fitting best, but these aren’t completely black and white and you could certainly make an argument for some to be within another category or span two categories.
CANNONDALE 2023 MTB COLLECTION BY CATEGORY
Below is the 2023 Cannondale mountain bike collection categorized. This is according to the categories here at MTbprofiles and may not align exactly with how Cannondale has labeled them. There is a total of 50 bikes classified below, under 4 different categories. Note that we only classify their mountain bikes and not other types of bikes that they might produce.
Cannondale Country (XC) Bikes
For the Trail SE models we debated whether to classify it as XC or Trail. But, while the fork travel could be at the low end of a Trail Bike (by our definition), it's also in range for XC, and everything else (Hard Tail, head tube angle) says XC to us - the front tire width is perhaps more Trail, but overall we went XC on this one. But you could put an argument that they they're Trail (which is how Cannondale classifies them).
The Trail (non-SE) series is quite clearly XC for us. Cannondale label them Trail, but they are more XC than some of the bikes they label XC, in our opinion!
And finally, we debated the 4 dual suspension Scalpel models at the bottom of our XC table. I think this the first time we've classified anything with Dual suspension as XC, but but every other spec, apart from the Dual Suspension is clearly XC (by our definition).
NAME OF BIKE | PRICE | CATEGORY | suspension | electric | wheel size | tire width | travel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scalpel HT Hi-MOD Ultimate | $11,000 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" | 2.25" | 110mm |
Scalpel HT Hi-MOD 1 | $6,050 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" | 2.25" | 110mm |
Scalpel HT Carbon 2 | $4,050 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" | 2.25" | 100mm |
Scalpel HT Carbon 3 | $3,025 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" | 2.25" | 100mm |
Scalpel HT Carbon 4 | $2,300 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" | 2.25" | 100mm |
Trail SE 1 | $2,225 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" | 2.5" front | 2.3" rear | 120mm |
Trail SE 2 | $1,875 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" | 2.5" front | 2.3" rear | 120mm |
Trail Women's SE 3 | $1,525 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" | 2.5" front | 2.3" rear | 120mm |
Trail SE 3 | $1,525 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" | 2.5" front | 2.3" rear | 120mm |
Trail SE 4 | $1,175 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" | 2.5" front | 2.3" rear | 120mm |
Trail Women's SE 4 | $1,175 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" | 2.5" front | 2.3" rear | 120mm |
Trail 5 | $960 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" or 27.5" | 2.25" | 100mm |
Trail Women's 5 | $960 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" or 27.5" | 2.25" | 100mm |
Trail Women's 6 | $860 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" or 27.5" | 2.25" | 100mm |
Trail 6 | $860 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" or 27.5" | 2.25" | 100mm |
Trail 7 | $760 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" or 27.5" | 2.25" | 100mm |
Trail Women's 7 | $760 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" or 27.5" | 2.25" | 100mm |
Trail 7.1 | $760 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" or 27.5" | 2.25" | 100mm |
Trail 8 | $645 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" or 27.5" | 2.25" | 75mm |
Trail Women's 8 | $645 | XC | Hard Tail | No | 29" or 27.5" | 2.25" | 75mm |
Scalpel Hi-MOD Ultimate | $12,000 | XC | Dual | No | 29" | 2.25" | 100mm |
Scalpel Hi-MOD 1 | $8,600 | XC | Dual | No | 29" | 2.25" | 100mm |
Scalpel Carbon 2 | $6,350 | XC | Dual | No | 29" | 2.25" | 100mm |
Scalpel Carbon 3 | $5,050 | XC | Dual | No | 29" | 2.25" | 100mm |
Cannondale Trail Bikes
Because we classified a couple of the Scalpel series as Trail below, it meant the series was split, which isn't ideal, but we felt that the Scalpel models in the XC table above were too XC to put in Trail, and the Scalpel models below were more Trail than XC. That said, you could argue them to be XC, if you wanted. But we thought they had a stronger case being Trail. While the headtube angle is more XC and the fork travel is right in between both, the Dual suspension, tire width and the fact that it's only the Head Tube angle that makes them more XC, we think they're best classified as Trail.
Everything else classified here, we think was pretty straightforward.
NAME OF BIKE | PRICE | CATEGORY | suspension | electric | wheel size | tire width | travel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Habit HT 2 | $1,450 | Trail | Hard Tail | No | 29" | 2.5" front | 2.4" rear | 130mm |
Habit HT 3 | $1,175 | Trail | Hard Tail | No | 29" | 2.3" | 130mm |
Scalpel Carbon SE Ultimate | $8,800 | Trail | Dual | No | 29" or 27.5" | 2.35" | 120mm |
Scalpel Carbon SE 2 | $4,050 | Trail | Dual | No | 29" | 2.35" | 120mm |
Habit LTD | $10,000 | Trail | Dual | No | 29" or 27.5" | 2.4" | 140mm |
Habit LT LTD | $9,000 | Trail | Dual | No | 29" or 27.5" | 2.4" | 150mm |
Habit Carbon LT 1 | $5,550 | Trail | Dual | No | 29" or 27.5" | 2.5" | 150mm |
Habit Carbon 1 | $5,550 | Trail | Dual | No | 29" or 27.5" | 2.4" | 140mm |
Habit Carbon 2 | $4,350 | Trail | Dual | No | 29" or 27.5" | 2.4" | 140mm |
Habit Women's Carbon 2 | $4,200 | Trail | Dual | No | 29" or 27.5" | 2.5" front | 2.4" rear | 140mm |
Habit Carbon 3 | $4,200 | Trail | Dual | No | 29" | 2.5" front | 2.3" rear | 140mm |
Habit LT 2 | $3,625 | Trail | Dual | No | 29" | 2.5" | 150mm |
Habit Waves | $3,325 | Trail | Dual | No | 29″ | 2.5" front | 2.4" rear | 140mm |
Habit 3 | $3,325 | Trail | Dual | No | 29" or 27.5" | 2.4" | 140mm |
Habit 5 | $2,525 | Trail | Dual | No | 29″ | 2.4" | 140mm |
Habit 4 | $2,300 | Trail | Dual | No | 29″ | 2.4" | 140mm |
Moterra Neo Carbon LT1 | $8,650 | Trail | Dual | eMTB | 29" or 27.5" | 2.6" | 150mm |
Moterra Neo Carbon 1 | $8,300 | Trail | Dual | eMTB | 29" or 27.5" | 2.6" | 150mm |
Moterra Neo 3 | $6,750 | Trail | Dual | eMTB | 29" or 27.5" | 2.6" | 150mm |
Moterra Neo 4 | $5,900 | Trail | Dual | eMTB | 29″ | 2.6" | 150mm |
Moterra Neo 5 | $4,550 | Trail | Dual | eMTB | 29″ | 2.3" | 140mm |
Cannondale Enduro Bikes
Cannondale classify the Jekyll under their trail bikes, but they are clearly Enduro to me. Also, in their description for the Jekyll, they mention that one of its best uses is for Enduro racing.
NAME OF BIKE | PRICE | CATEGORY | suspension | electric | wheel size | tire width | travel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jekyll 1 | $6,250 | Enduro | Dual | No | 29" | 2.5" front | 2.4" rear | 170mm |
Jekyll 2 | $4,600 | Enduro | Dual | No | 29" | 2.5" front | 2.4" rear | 170mm |
Moterra Neo Carbon 2 | $7,750 | Enduro | Dual | eMTB | 29" front | 27.5" back | 2.6" | 170mm |
Moterra Neo Carbon LT2 | $7,500 | Enduro | Dual | eMTB | 29" front | 27.5" back | 2.6" | 170mm |
Giant Dirt Jumper Bikes
NAME OF BIKE | PRICE | CATEGORY | suspension | electric | wheel size | tire width | travel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Dirt Jump | $1,300 | Dirt Jumper | Hard Tail | No | 26" | 2.3" | 100mm |
Breakdown Summary
To simplify the above classification further, to get a wider lens view of Cannondale's bikes:
XC
- Scalpel series
- Trail series
Trail
- Habit series
- Scalpel series (some we saw as XC, some as Trail)
- Moterra Neo series (eMTB)
Enduro
- Jekyll series
- Moterra Neo series (eMTB) (some we saw as Trail, some as Enduro)
Dirt Jumper
- Dave Dirt Jump series
So whilst there are 50 models total, including build variations, there are only really 5 different series (4 regular and 1 eMTB series). All be it that, in our opinion, 2 of those series straddle categories, so more like 7 different series.
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
Hopefully this has helped to see the Cannondale lineup in an easy to digest way.
Cannondale have a large majority of their mountain bikes as either XC or Trail. They classify more as Trail, rather than XC than we do, but with 45 out of 50 being either XC or Trail, they are the dominant type for Cannondale, as we see it. As noted we debated the classification of some of the models. Are there any bikes above that you would categorized differently?
Also, if you’ve ever ridden a Cannondale mountain bike, would love to hear your thoughts on that, too.
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