With the purchase and subsequent restoration of my Cannondale Scalpel Team Replica from 2007 I thought it would be a good idea to dig a little deeper into the history of yet another iconic model from the American cycling giant.
Both my Super V and Killer V are fantastic and classic ’90s mountain bikes. But the first Cannondale Scalpel is from 2002 and replaced the short-lived Cannondale Raven as their lightweight full-suspension option. Probably because the latter didn’t perform well in the professional circuit, hence wasn’t very popular.
The Raven first featured the controversial Lefty front suspension, introduced at the turn of the millennium in 2000. Still one of the best-looking and innovative bikes ever created.
But then came the Scalpel. And though the first iterations of the Lefty was plagued with issues, the allure and quality of this XC rocket would prove so popular that it would outlast any other model from that period.
There’s no more Super V, Jekyll, or CAAD mountain bikes, but more than 2 decades later, the Scalpel is still going strong, and has been the longest running model in Cannondale’s lineup.
Cannondale Scalpel 2002 models
Cannondale Scalpel Team Replica
Cannondale Scalpel 2000
Cannondale Scalpel 1000
Cannondale Scalpel 800
Cannondale Scalpel 2003 models
Cannondale Scalpel Team
Cannondale Scalpel 3000
Cannondale Scalpel 1000
Cannondale Scalpel 800
Cannondale Scalpel 2004 models
Cannondale Scalpel Team Replica
Cannondale Scalpel 3000
Cannondale Scalpel 2000
Cannondale Scalpel 900
Cannondale Scalpel 2005 models
Cannondale Scalpel Team Replica
Cannondale Scalpel 3000
Cannondale Scalpel 2000
Cannondale Scalpel 1000
Cannondale Scalpel 2006 models
Cannondale Scalpel Team Replica
Cannondale Scalpel 3000
Cannondale Scalpel 2000
Cannondale Scalpel 1000
Cannondale Scalpel 900
Cannondale Scalpel 2007 models
Cannondale Scalpel Team Replica
Cannondale Scalpel 1
Cannondale Scalpel 2
Cannondale Scalpel 3
Cannondale Scalpel 2008 models
Cannondale Scalpel Team
Cannondale Scalpel 1
Cannondale Scalpel 2
Cannondale Scalpel 3
Cannondale Scalpel 4
Cannondale Scalpel 2009 models
Cannondale Scalpel Team
Cannondale Scalpel 1
Cannondale Scalpel 2
Cannondale Scalpel 3
Cannondale Scalpel 4
Cannondale Scalpel 5
Cannondale Scalpel 2010 models
Cannondale Scalpel Carbon Team
Cannondale Scalpel Carbon 1
Cannondale Scalpel Carbon 2
Cannondale Scalpel 3
Cannondale Scalpel 4
Cannondale Scalpel 2011 models
Cannondale Scalpel Ultimate
Cannondale Scalpel 1
Cannondale Scalpel 2
Cannondale Scalpel 3
Cannondale Scalpel 2012 models
Cannondale Scalpel Team
Cannondale Scalpel 2
Cannondale Scalpel 3
Cannondale Scalpel 29’er Carbon 1
Cannondale Scalpel 29’er Carbon 2
Cannondale Scalpel 29’er Alloy 3
Cannondale Scalpel 29’er Alloy 4
Cannondale Scalpel 2013 models
Cannondale Scalpel 29’er Carbon Ultimate
Cannondale Scalpel 29’er Carbon 1
Cannondale Scalpel 29’er Carbon 2
Cannondale Scalpel 29’er 3
Cannondale Scalpel 29’er 4
Cannondale Scalpel 2014 models
Cannondale Scalpel 29 Carbon Black Inc.
Cannondale Scalpel 29 Carbon Team
Cannondale Scalpel 29 Carbon 2
Cannondale Scalpel 29 3
Cannondale Scalpel 29 4
Cannondale Scalpel 2015 models
Cannondale Scalpel 29 Black Inc.
Cannondale Scalpel 29 Carbon Team
Cannondale Scalpel 29 Carbon 2
Cannondale Scalpel 29 Carbon 3
Cannondale Scalpel 29 4
Cannondale Scalpel 2016 models
Cannondale Scalpel 29 Carbon Race
Cannondale Scalpel 29 Carbon 2
Cannondale Scalpel 2017 models
Cannondale Scalpel-SI Team
Cannondale Scalpel-SI Black Inc.
Cannondale Scalpel-SI Race
Cannondale Scalpel-SI Carbon 1
Cannondale Scalpel-SI Carbon 2 Eagle
Cannondale Scalpel-SI Carbon 2
Cannondale Scalpel-SI Carbon 3
Cannondale Scalpel-SI Carbon 4
Cannondale Scalpel-SI 5
Cannondale Scalpel 2018 models
Cannondale Scalpel-Si Team
Cannondale Scalpel-Si Carbon 1
Cannondale Scalpel-Si Carbon 2
Cannondale Scalpel-Si Carbon 3
Cannondale Scalpel-Si Carbon 4
Cannondale Scalpel-Si 5
Cannondale Scalpel SE 1
Cannondale Scalpel SE 2
Cannondale Scalpel 2019 models
Cannondale Scalpel SE
Cannondale Scalpel-SI World Cup
Cannondale Scalpel-SI Carbon 1
Cannondale Scalpel-SI Carbon 2
Cannondale Scalpel-SI Carbon 3
Cannondale Scalpel-SI Carbon 4
Cannondale Scalpel-SI 5
Cannondale Scalpel-SI Women’s 1
Cannondale Scalpel-SI Women’s 2
Cannondale Scalpel 2020 models
Cannondale Scalpel Si Carbon SE
Cannondale Scalpel Si HI-MOD World Cup
Cannondale Scalpel Si HI-MOD 1
Cannondale Scalpel Si Carbon 2
Cannondale Scalpel Si Carbon 3
Cannondale Scalpel Si Carbon 4
Cannondale Scalpel Si 5
Cannondale Scalpel Si 6
Cannondale Scalpel Si Carbon Women’s 1
Cannondale Scalpel Si Carbon Women’s 2
Cannondale Scalpel 2021 models
Cannondale Scalpel Hi-MOD Ultimate
Cannondale Scalpel Hi-MOD 1
Cannondale Scalpel Carbon LTD
Cannondale Carbon 2
Cannondale Carbon Women’s 2
Cannondale Scalpel Carbon 3
Cannondale Scalpel Carbon 4
Cannondale Scalpel-Si 6
