All-New 2022 Cannondale Jekyll | Hidden Shock & High-Pivot Design

This video contains paid for product placement for Freewheel. This is Cannondale’s all-new Jekyll, a 165mm rear travel enduro bike featuring a high-pivot and burly 170mm fork.

Cannondale’s Jekyll, in various forms, has seen more than its fair share of success on the enduro race scene over the years, but it’s been a while since we’ve seen it on the podium.

Tongues got wagging when the Cannondale truck rolled into the first round of the downhill World Cup in 2019 with a rather unusual, twin shock equipped bike piloted by the talented Matt Simmonds.

Were they coming back to downhill after all these years? Or were they working towards something none of us could have predicted? Well, it appears the latter might well be true.

As you can see, the new Jekyll is an entirely different beast to its predecessor. According to Luis Arraiz, Cannondale’s lead engineer on the project, “the goal for the new Jekyll was to create the ultimate descending enduro bike.

All the decisions in terms of suspension layout, idler, axle path, anti-squat, anti-rise, leverage ratio and centre of gravity were driven by that specific goal.”
After nearly three years of hard graft, the bike you see before you is the product of a massive amount of work.

What do you think of the new Jekyll? Let us know in the comments below!

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[bikeradar]

What do you think about the new Jekyll? Fair to say that paint is incredible!

[Jan]

By far the best looking high pivot bike without sacrificing performance, proportion wise is spot on

[KnigthMare]

First Scott, now Cannondale... looks like we're entering the era of hidden shocks

[MrZestystyle]

Cannondale recommend 25% sag on the rear shock, but I ignored that and it didn't work, so I set it to 25% and it did. Genius.

[thegriff]

Looking forward to seeing the Norco Range comparison.

[double-oseven]

Looks brilliant n seems by many to have that great balance n high performance with no bad manners...great work Cannondale

[rogercucci]

I love the look of this bike. I've had my eye on high pivot models for a while now. The challenge will be where to find one and ride it!

[actuallyred]

Ive ordered mine already such dreams😍🔥

[Raumance]

HTA 64, STA 77.5. Idler pulley. Wheelbase is 1227 for me so +4cm from my bike not bad not too long. Pretty much bang on what I'd want from a bike. Winner in my enduro book.

Only problem as someone mentioned in comments is the cradle that the shock is in and how that works with mud, doesn't 😂. Personally don't ride in that kind of mud but if you are on a trip then you are going to just ride what is out there and if it's mud then that's what it is. It's pretty rare, but looks like a legit problem.

[kaltonian]

yes i have previewed this mtb already and i can hole heartedly say that cannondale are back with this beauty, it's handling is very responsive

[richardedward]

Looks amazing. I bet it rides like a dream. Not a budget bike but looks like you get what you pay for. 👍👍👍

[TheHuester]

Nice bike ! Hopefully it’s a successful bike for Cannondale

[JibbaJabber]

Where Art meets Engineering!!

Don't scuff the paint work - green-gold blends with the fork😘

[jamlee]

Looks awesome! Nice paint too.
Although I think the bottle cage needs to be lower as it's looks like the bottle's rubbing on the top tube.

[TacticalJewban]

That looks like one hell of a trail sled! Great job cannondale im already looking into getting one 😅

[PedalhoundsTV]

What sort of pressure are you running in the rear shock?
I'm struggling to find a balance, it's very firm at 25% sag, i have compression wide open also.
The suspension isn't very sensitive.

[jackl]

what was the back protector he was wearing

[pastilanbai]

what can you say on chucking a dhx2 on this beast?

[raleighkellyc]

Hey is their a lefty version of the jekl

[bigmikeshooter]

Awesome bike. Waiting α τεστ between Spark and Jekyll....