Cannondale Trail SL3 vs Cannondale Badboy

[joebloe83]

Hi all,

I need some help picking a bike.

I currently have a 2014 Cannondale Trail SL3 29'er. When I bought it I hadn't rode in 10+ years.. Didn't really know what kind of bike to get.

I started off with leisurely trail rides, which turned into me riding single track with a more intense crowd. A couple bent rims and a broken axle I was way past the limits on this hard tail.

I went in to grab a Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Carbon but backed out last minute after feeling like it was too much coin.

Soon after I started riding with a friend who has a hybrid... Paved trails, roads. I loved it.

Now I want to get away from single track and just commute, ride paved trails etc.

What is the difference between my Cannondale Trail SL3 29er with a new set of smooooth 29x1.95 tires vs a Canondale Badboy? Are the gears spread out differently, is there riding geometry that would make a major difference? Is it worth buying the Badboy over just keeping the Trail SL3??

 

[Boon 51]

I had a Bad Boy 2 which was great fun it came with Kojak tyres which I changed to Gatorskins as I was doing more road but it does have a small suspension travel and I expect with some different 700cc tyres it would do tracks as well. The gearing was good but it was SLX stuff so in the end if I remember I changed it for a Specialized Diverge which run road bike gearing which suited me better fitted with Marathons 28cc.
Great bike though?