Test Riding The Rize

Test Riding The Rize
Originally uploaded by brendan61

Sunday was mountain bike day. Here, I am riding on the new Cannondale Rize One. The Rize is a 5 inch travel all mountain bike and weighs only 24.5 pounds by virtue of its carbon frame and tasty array of XTR components and Mavic Crossmax SLR wheels. This is a pretty dramatic change from the fully rigid single- speed bike I have been riding until now. It was a fantastic day for a ride and it was a blast riding this bike but as you can see in the picture, the rain we were promised never showed up and the Tourne was filled with people walking about. We only rode for an hour and then called it a day.