2016 Merida Scultura 740g
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740g supposedly for a small/medium.
On another note, whoever took the picture must be new to cycling.
http://www.bikerumor.com/2015/05/11/201 ... the-world/
On another note, whoever took the picture must be new to cycling.
http://www.bikerumor.com/2015/05/11/201 ... the-world/
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Also they have the 680g Scultura 9000 LTD. Honestly, I would never have considered a Merida in the past as they were never on my radar. But with the new Scultura and the new Reacto they really have some nice bikes.
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/arti ... ltd-44281/
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/arti ... ltd-44281/
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Unusual way to feed the cables topside of the downtube
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It seems the competition of the lightest production bike is "in the news" these days!
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Looks clean except the cable routing.
Very common design, if it had standard rear brake on seat stays, you would say damn I've seen this bike a thousands time already.
Almost every bike with tucked rear brake at the chainstays had bad comments about the adjustment or stopping power. I doubt it saves a lot of watts aero-wise so I'd say except looking cool, it doesn't add anything or even can be an issue.
Also a tucked rear caliper makes the front caliper look out of place.
Very common design, if it had standard rear brake on seat stays, you would say damn I've seen this bike a thousands time already.
Almost every bike with tucked rear brake at the chainstays had bad comments about the adjustment or stopping power. I doubt it saves a lot of watts aero-wise so I'd say except looking cool, it doesn't add anything or even can be an issue.
Also a tucked rear caliper makes the front caliper look out of place.
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Were does one shop for Merida in the US?
All this commotion and not even the lightest version being shown? C'mon, weenies!
Anyway, a brand can build a frame, drop a few grams on the next competitor, and take a seemingly pretty standard lightest production bike component kit. And voilà!! Weight sans pedals, of course.
This is the 4.56kg/10.05lb Scuptura 9000 LTD. (Why is there Sram Red 22 on this bike with that name and not Shimano Dura-Ace 9000? Misleading name indeed.)
Compare that to the previous claimed as the lightest production bike, the 4.65kg Trek Émonda SLR10. It's easy to see that Merida beat the Trek because of the crankset weight, as Trek uses a GXP version of the Red 22 cranks instead of the obvious and superior choice being the BB30 version.
Personally, I don't believe any professional cyclist would risk his or her life racing one of these bikes with the specified component selection. I sure wouldn't!
Anyway, a brand can build a frame, drop a few grams on the next competitor, and take a seemingly pretty standard lightest production bike component kit. And voilà!! Weight sans pedals, of course.
This is the 4.56kg/10.05lb Scuptura 9000 LTD. (Why is there Sram Red 22 on this bike with that name and not Shimano Dura-Ace 9000? Misleading name indeed.)
Compare that to the previous claimed as the lightest production bike, the 4.65kg Trek Émonda SLR10. It's easy to see that Merida beat the Trek because of the crankset weight, as Trek uses a GXP version of the Red 22 cranks instead of the obvious and superior choice being the BB30 version.
Personally, I don't believe any professional cyclist would risk his or her life racing one of these bikes with the specified component selection. I sure wouldn't!
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mythical wrote:Personally, I don't believe any professional cyclist would risk his or her life racing one of these bikes with the specified component selection. I sure wouldn't!
Arguably, the only components that aren't race-worthy on that Trek are the Tufo tubulars (and there are throngs of folks who would even disagree with that statement).
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