
It feels hard to believe, but the Cannondale Synapse has been on the market for 20 years now. Six iterations have existed to date.
It's been the comfortable alternative to the more aggressive CAAD and Supersix platforms, it's been used by pro riders at cobbled classics like Paris-Roubaix, as well as being a go-to model in bike shops for customers needing more user-friendly geometry in a competitive package. It's fair to say it was one of the bikes that helped usher in the era of the endurance road bike category.