>>1208980Yes. It's real.
However, it’s an unconventional partnership with Power2Max that steals the show. In particular, the two Hi-Mod bikes comes with a crank based power meter as standard – although it isn’t activated. Once they’ve purchased the bike, consumers can then decide whether they want to activate the product for an additional £490.
The point of this being that the price of the power meter is kept separate to that of the bike. This differs from Specialized who incorporated its power cranks into the bikes retail price. As a result the Tarmac SL6 costs £9500, whereas the top level SystemSix costs £7999.
Once the power meter is activated, it’s set for life but for this reason the bikes will only ship with Shimano drive chains, although they’ll still use Cannondale cranks. The non hi-mod versions will also use Cannondale Spider chainrings.