Moterra LT 2026

The Moterra LT is the longest-travel, hardest-hitting model in Cannondale's full-power Moterra range. This new generation moves to a full carbon frame that Cannondale says shaves a kilo off the previous Moterra Neo LT, pairs a 170mm Fox 38 Performance fork with a 165mm Fox DHX coil shock, and runs a dedicated mullet wheel setup. Power comes from the 120Nm Bosch Performance Line CX (Gen 5) with a removable 800Wh PowerTube, swappable down to a 600Wh pack or extendable to 1050Wh with a PowerMore range extender.

The single UK build, the LT 1 at £6,500, is sensibly chosen for enduro abuse rather than showroom appeal: mechanical SRAM Eagle 90/70 T-Type shifting, TRP EVO Pro four-piston brakes on 220/203mm rotors, DT Swiss H 1900 wheels and radial-casing Schwalbe Shredda/Albert tyres. That undercuts the shorter-travel Moterra 1 (£7,500) and the lightweight Moterra SL LAB71 (£11,000) in the same catalogue, although the shorter-travel 150mm Moterra 2 offers the same full carbon frame and Bosch CX/800Wh system for £6,000.

Geometry is properly enduro: 64.4 degree head angle, 77.5 degree effective seat angle, 425 to 510mm reach across four sizes, and Proportional Response size-specific kinematics with chainstays that grow from 445mm to 450mm on the bigger frames. There is no flip chip; the coil shock carries a two-position adjustment instead.

As a newly launched generation there is little owner history on this frame yet, so long-term reliability and ride impressions from the community are still to come.