- More aerodynamic and lighter in weight.
That is what we all want as cyclists, isn't it?
Loads of that sort of stuff on display here at EUROBIKE,
so let's go and rove and take a look.
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T RED are a company you might have seen on GCN before
if you watched Si's video from Bristol's Bespoked
earlier on this year.
A few updates to their models.
This is the Arachnid, the titanium framed set,
complete with disc brakes.
They've got that down to just 6.8 kilogrammes at the moment.
And here, we've got their new Levriero Time Travel bike.
Probably the only bike in the world that is time travel
specific, disc brake equipped, and made of steel.
Just check out the welding
around these parts of the bike here.
Very neat indeed.
Now along with the TRP disc brakes, they've also got
their own disc brake covers, and I wouldn't be surprised
to see these in the Pro Peloton
in the not too distant future.
They are patent-pending, they are through-axles,
and you can just remove the wheels
without anything happening to the rotor covers themselves.
Some of you would have seen this on the GCN Show
as tech of the week about two months ago.
But if you haven't, this is the 3T Strada,
designed by Gerard Vroomen, co-founder of Cervelo.
This Is his latest aerodynamic design,
built around disc brakes with internal cabling,
as you can see.
But also what makes this stand out from the crowd
is the fact that it is built specifically for 1x,
only one chain ring here on the front.
So there's no mount at all here
on the seat tube for a front mech.
Now at the time we reported that they are making
their own cassette, and we said it could be 12-speed.
We were wrong, apparently.
It's only going to be 11-speed.
So what makes the cassette different
to what's out there at the moment
is that there's going to be a very close ratio
for the smaller cogs down here at the bottom,
starting from a nine-tooth, going up to 10, 11, 12, 13,
before some bigger jumps, when you get to the climbing cogs.
Trying to make 1x systems work better on road bikes.
Along with the first look of the new Ultegra Groupset,
which you will have seen already from Si,
Shimano have also released this,
which is the Clincher version of their tri-spoke wheel.
The Tubular version you can see just behind me.
That's been out for quite some time.
It's been ridden very successfully by pro teams,
most notably, probably, Rohan Dennis,
who actually hasn't lost a show that he started this year.
This though, of course, way better for those of us
who don't have the luxury of a team car following us
when we're racing or training,
because you can change the inner tube yourself.
It's got Ultegra hub internals, so the weight is 1040 grammes.
It's got quite a wide rim for aerodynamics,
around 26 millimetres across.
I do like a tri-spoke.
If you really want lightweight then you need go
no further than the THM booth.
This is their Tibia stem.
Let's pick that off there.
It really weighs virtually nothing.
If you want the exact stats though, this is 78 grammes.
Honestly, you just can't believe it
when you feel it in your hand.
With a price tag, though, of 499 euros,
that does work out at about 6 euros per gramme.
So lightweight doesn't necessarily come cheap,
as you all very well know.
These are the updated Fibula cantilever,
not cantilever brakes, but the normal
calliper brakes, four-rim brakes.
Without pads these weigh 120 grammes each
and they've been updated to accommodate
the fashion for wider rims and tyres.
Look at the action on that.
Front of display at Storck stand is this Aernario Pro Disc,
which they have managed to get down to 6.9 kilogrammes
in the build that you see here, with the DT Swiss wheels,
disc brakes, and full-surround rim groups, et cetera.
But the showstopper is actually kind of slightly
hidden away here towards the back.
This is the Aernario 2 signature model.
And as you see, this here,
it weighs 5.3 kilogrammes.
Really, there's nothing to this at all.
And that's even with some deep-dish wheels.
Again, supplied by DT Swiss.
Oh, there's THM brakes back on here as well.
Lightweight have just unveiled the updated version
of their URGESTALT rim brake bike,
which you can see just in front of me here now.
One of the main differences is in terms of the tyre
clearance at both the front and the rear.
This one can now accommodate 28-millimeter tyres,
whereas the previous version
had a maximum of 25-millimeter tyres.
The frame, in a size 54, comes in at 790 grammes,
with 340 grammes the weight of the forks.
Not the lightest in the world,
but Lightweight say that was a deliberate move.
They want it to be far more durable
and long-term and have no degradation
in terms of the performance of the frame over time.
I think they've got some new wheels over here.
And they've also updated their Meilenstein C
disc brake wheels.
So this is the old one released last year, this is the one
just released a couple of days ago here at EUROBIKE.
Main difference being that the rim is much wider.
So here, 20 millimetres wide, here is 24 millimetres.
So quite a significant difference, really.
Accommodating a trend, of course, for much wider tyres
and therefore more comfort on bikes.
They have kept the same high-modular fibre in the spokes,
apparently material normally
only used in the aerospace industry,
which has allowed them to keep these carbon fibre spokes
even with the forces associated with disc brakes.
The Scott Foil aero bike was the first ever aero bike
to take the win at Paris-Roubaix,
courtesy of that fantastic ride from Matt Hayman in 2016.
And it is now available in a disc brake version,
which they've released here EUROBIKE.
And they've had to beef up the non-drive side
seat stay slightly and the forks as well.
But it's only added a total of 40 grammes
over the rim brake version.
I do particularly like the design of the front fork.
If you look at it from the front you can see that
much of that flat-mount calliper is hidden from the wind.
And apparently they've been able to do that
courtesy of a relaxing of the rules by the UCI
concerning the three-to-one ratio.
You may remember on Tech of the Week
on the GCN Show a couple of weeks back,
we talked about the collaboration
between Bianchi and Ferrari.
And here they are, in the flesh, or in the carbon,
to be a little bit more specific.
Now this is the SF01, it's a frame
which comes in at 780 grammes.
There will be two options, either the DI2 that you see here,
or the Campagnolo Super Record EPS,
which is on the other bike.
It has a few specific details which I want to talk about.
The first is that we speculated about the integration
between Bianchi celeste green and the Ferrari red.
There isn't that much integration, to be honest,
apart from a couple of subtle touches
up there on the top tube and also on the stem cap.
The saddle up here is the Astute One
made out of 3k carbon, which is something normally
reserved for parts of a Ferrari, I understand.
Now that thing comes in at just 94 grammes.
Good news though, is how comfortable, or not, it is.
But that is certainly very light indeed.
Astute also provide the vibration-damping,
luxury black bar tape.
French manufacturer Look have made a few adjustments
to their aero bike, the Aerolight RS.
Up here is the ADH2 bar.
You can see that this has been designed
so that you can easily fit aero bars into the centre here,
as in when you wish to go in a more aero
position for a time travel, perhaps.
You can also adjust your brakes on the fly
using these two bits just here.
Also changed on this bike is the fact that the cables
no longer enter straight into the frame here,
but rather through this more spacious area
just underneath the stem.
That allows them better handling 'cause it's much freer,
less friction when you're turning the bars, et cetera.
And they have also made things easier for the mechanics
out there by actually externalising,
underneath the bottom bracket, some of the cables.
In the previous incarnation of this bike
you had to take the crankset out to do adjusting
or replacement of the cables.
That is no longer the case, and they've also finally changed
the size of this chain stay here to accommodate Campi EPS,
'cause apparently what needed to go in,
slightly bigger on the EPS than it is for DI2.
Another aero bike which is now available in a disc brake
model is this one from Ridley, which is their Noah SL Disc.
As you can see, not many cables on display here.
They're almost completely hidden from view,
courtesy of their new one-piece
aero handlebar here at the front.
Cables run through that, through the stem,
and directly down into the frame itself.
I do like the look of that.
I think it's particularly nice with the subtle
graphics that they've got on the bike.
Good job, Ridley.
Well I'm afraid that is the last of our aero
and lightweight tech for this particular video.
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